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Commissioner Rowley needs expert help to change the Met from top to bottom

As Mark Rowley was named as the Metropolitan Police's new Commissioner, Caroline Pidgeon said:

"I wish Mark Rowley well. London needs him to be a successful Commissioner, at a time when confidence in the Met is at a record low and it's just gone into special measures.

"There is no doubt that the scale of the challenge is immense, but the cultural and organisational failings in the Met cannot be solved by a change at the top alone.

13 July 2022 - 1:05pm

Next Met Commissioner cannot be a stitch-up

Reacting to the Metropolitan Police being placed under special measures, Caroline Pidgeon, Liberal Democrat London Assembly Member and member of the London Assembly Police and Crime Committee said:

28 June 2022 - 6:21pm

No more police stations or front counters must close

Caroline Pidgeon has written to the Deputy Mayor for Policing, asking her to publish the legal advice she receives on the sale of police buildings like Teddington and Notting Hill Police Stations, and to commit to no further police station or front counter closures in London.

Caroline said:

6 April 2022 - 10:32pm

Urgent assurance is needed on stop and search

Caroline Pidgeon has written to the Mayor of London, seeking assurances over the use of stop and search in London, and again calling for suspicionless stop and search to be banned.

Caroline said:

It remains my view that suspicionless stop and search should cease to be used. It is a practice which destroys community relations with the police. I have particular concerns over the Deputy Commissioner's record on this issue.

6 April 2022 - 10:30pm

Police watchdog report highlights the need for urgent and fundamental change

As Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services released its report into the Metropolitan Police's anti-corruption practices, Caroline Pidgeon said:

The report by HMIC into counter-corruption in the Met Police and other issues arising from the Daniel Morgan Independent Panel Report is damning. Urgent and fundamental change is required, particularly internal procedures for managing evidence and issuing warrant cards.

23 March 2022 - 6:05pm

Questions must now be answered on Met’s wider use of strip search

Answers to vital questions about the Met’s wider use of strip search must be provided, says the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Member Caroline Pidgeon.

In a letter to the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime, Caroline asks for the answers to five key questions.

17 March 2022 - 8:40pm

Catalytic converter theft has soared to worryingly high rates

The London Assembly Liberal Democrat Group has obtained figures showing soaring rates of catalytic converter theft across London, with Barnet and Hillingdon the worst afflicted boroughs.

Group leader Caroline Pidgeon said:

“A crime that hardly existed in 2017 soared in 2019 and remains at worryingly high levels across much of London, with gangs most recently targeting cars in Barnet, Enfield, Ealing and Hillingdon.

7 March 2022 - 6:48pm

The new Met commissioner must be bold, brave and brutally honest

Writing at Politics Home, Caroline Pidgeon AM sets out the scale of the challenge for an incoming Metropolitan Police Commissioner.

Caroline says:

2 March 2022 - 5:08pm

More must be done to rebuild Black Londoners’ trust in the police

Speaking in the London Assembly, Caroline Pidgeon stressed the urgency of rebuilding trust in the police among Black Londoners.

Caroline said:

"Black Londoners are disproportionately impacted by knife crime.

16 February 2022 - 5:20pm

The Met Police culture review must deal with homophobia, sexism and racism

Caroline Pidgeon has called for the review into culture and standards in the Met to specifically include a commitment to look at homophobia, sexism and racism in the service.

Caroline has written to Baroness Louise Casey urging her to update the working terms of reference for her review into culture and standards in the Met, to ensure that the issues of homophobia, sexism and racism in the service are specifically included.

Caroline said:

2 February 2022 - 5:10pm

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