Source · IOPC Learning Case

Recommendation - Metropolitan Police Service, December 2025

Metropolitan Police Service Ref: 2023/185860 Recommended 17 Dec 2025 Response due 11 Feb 2026

Death and serious injury

We identified organisational learning for the Metropolitan Police Service aboutthe Joint Emergency Services Interoperability Principles (JESIP). This followedan independent investigation into the force's contact and actions relating to a member of the public before his death. During this incident, a negotiator was contacted to assist. Some of the officers involved appeared to have a dismissive attitude regarding the value a negotiator could bring and they appeared not to follow the advice provided by the negotiator.

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Recommendations

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Recommendation 1

The IOPC recommends that the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) should include relevant content on the MPS intranet around the Joint Emergency Services Interoperability Principles (JESIP), promoting the value of JESIP to recruits and providing links to the relevant material. This recommendation has arisen as a result of an independent investigation into the MPS contact and actions relating to a member of the public prior to his death in 2023. During this incident, a negotiator was contacted to assist. During the course of the investigation, it became apparent that some of the officers involved appeared to have a dismissive attitude (by their comments and actions) regarding the value a negotiator could bring to the circumstances and they appeared not to follow the advice provided by the negotiator. JESIP models and principles have become the standard for interoperability in the UK - their aim, working together to save lives. JESIP is the thread that should run through all plans and subsequent incidents, and recovery from these. All incident phases need to consider multi-agency working, best served by following the JESIP principles. Relevant and useful information around the negotiator role exists within JESIP. This will help officers improve their knowledge of the role of negotiators, how they add value to a live situation and the importance of effectively using their advice to inform decision making and tactical plans.

Addressed to: Metropolitan Police Service

Linked bodies: Metropolitan Police Service

Accepted

Force response

Accepted The MPS accepts the IOPC’s recommendation. MPS Learning and Development will promote the value of JESIP to recruits as part of the new recruit curriculum and ensure any relevant material is made available to them. The new curriculum is currently in development, due for launch in April 2026, and there is a detailed e-learning package around JESIP being created to sit as part of this curriculum and uplift what we teach currently. We will ensure this particularly references the importance of bringing in subject matter experts/partners such as negotiators as required. The MPS Public Order Planning (MO6) SharePoint page, which is accessible to all police officers and staff, provides a Major Incident Toolkit with information regarding JESIP Principles and Training with a link to the JESIP website.