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ISSUE 77
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I aim to arrest somebody every
time I go on shift. The Met pays
me a good salary and they want
some return on their coin.
Become dedicated to arresting
people; don’t choose which calls
you’re going to go to, go to all of
them and the arrests will come
out of that. I was due to retire
last October, but I’m staying on.
PC Nick Lloyd and other Excellence
Awards winners give tips for success
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SHARING THE MAP
Partners help us better when
they know the crime hotspots
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STOMPED!
When elephants used
to terrorise London
DIVERSE CITY
How to better
engage people
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SIX TRENDS
Public safety
in 2020
LET’S GO WALKIES!
Get out and enjoy the world
with this ace Met club
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The most recent community action day saw
officers and staff take part in more than 1,000
engagement opportunities to enhance
relationships with London’s communities
Case Overview Preparation Application
(COPA) is now rolling out across the Met,
improving how officers create
prosecution case files
GET CRIME PREVENTION
SUPPORT FROM THE INTRANET
AS PART OF THE MOPAC AND
Met Crime Prevention Strategy,
TP Capability and Support’s crime
reduction team has created a crime
prevention one-stop-shop with its
new intranet site.
Officers and staff can find tried
and tested advice on the site which
is ready to pass on to members
of the public. There is advice on
how and when to use leaflets and
posters to spread crime prevention
messages and links to help in
ordering corporate and correctly
branded materials.
The site includes detailed
information on how crime
prevention can be used as an
effective tactic to fight wider crime
and anti-social behaviour problems,
and the principles behind it. Each
section of the site is broken down
by type of offence and has key
messages. There are FAQs and
tactics for each subject, while
a Tactics A-Z helps users find ideas
for their particular area of concern.
The team is also working on
other ways to improve our crime
prevention knowledge. At recent
Awareness Days for SNTs, officers
were provided with a handbook,
put together by Designing Out
Crime Officers, that contains
detailed advice on home security
and personal safety, with guidance
on how and when to give the advice.
A Notes section offers background
information on certain crimes.
Visit the Crime Prevention
site: from the homepage, use
the A-Z index to search for
Crime Prevention, under “C”
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Firearms officers now on video
SCO19 Specialist Firearm Command
is now using cameras as part of a
national pilot supported by
Digital Policing. By April,
300 officers from Armed
Response Vehicles will
have been trained in
using body-worn video,
although the first units went
operational with the technology
from the end of January.
The rollout is supported by
Digital Policing and works in
conjunction with its own
pilot, via integration with
the data-management
system and training.
The national pilot will
run until August, after
which officers will probably
continue to use the technology
as the results are assessed.
CHECK
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Do you have these items in
your car when responding to
a report of a sexual assault?
It’s essential that you do!
● Standard swab kit
● Hand and nail swab kit
● Rear car seat covers
● Hand preservation kits
(suspect use only)
● Early evidence kits (EEKs)
Turn to page 32 for more
about supporting rape victims.
ATOC travel
scheme stays
great value
THE ASSOCIATION OF TRAIN
Operating Companies (ATOC)
travel scheme remains a great
deal for officers in 2015/16 as
the cost increased by just
£9.20 to £49.20 a month, from
1 April 2015. If you’re in the ATOC
travel scheme and wish to remain in
it, you don’t need to do anything.
Please note that only officers
who joined the scheme before
January 2014 can take advantage
of this deal, as the scheme is no
longer open to new recruits who
have joined since then.
Visit the intranet homepage:
HR > PeoplePages > Pay and
Benefits > Met Rewards >
ATOC Travel Scheme
UPDATE
Coming to a TV near you, this year
Many officers and staff have been
filmed over the past year as part of
a BBC documentary on the Met
Harrow PC Teodor Ailincai proposed
to girlfriend Geraldine at a passing
out parade. Nearly 800 people were
on hand to hear her say “yes”!
REVIEW OF NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICING FINDS WAYS TO RAISE CONFIDENCE
THE LOCAL POLICING MODEL
(LPM) has given us an extra 2,600
neighbourhood policing officers.
Crime and ASB are down, we are
attending more incidents on time,
and public confidence in policing
has increased. Yet the feedback
from communities and key
stakeholders was that they
aren’t seeing officers out on
their streets.
Commander Lucy D’Orsi
was tasked with conducting
a review to find out what was
causing this disparity.
“Local officers echoed what we
were hearing from communities,”
she says. “In particular, the
neighbourhood shift pattern and
the increase in responsibilities
taken on by neighbourhood
officers were having a big impact
on the time they could spend out
in communities and doing the
work that members of the public
actually see.”
Her review recommended
a number of changes within
neighbourhood policing that will
help make officers more visible.
These include:
● Certain tasks are moved away
from Safer Neighbourhoods
Teams, including operational
ones that are common to every
borough such as crime scenes,
constant watches, hospital
guards and appointment
cars. Duty officers will only
give these duties to Safer
Neighbourhoods officers
when there are no other
options, based on operational
need at the time and a clear
view of all the resources
available to the borough.
● Non-emergency
(E calls) will be
allocated to the
nearest available
unit to deal
with, regardless
of which team
they belong
to, allowing
more flexibility of
resources.
● A new shift pattern for
neighbourhood officers will
balance between meeting
demand and making officers
and PCSOs more visible. It
will also reflect concerns
from officers and staff about
work/life balance. The current
neighbourhood policing shift
pattern centres around when
the most crime and ASB occurs,
which is normally later on at
night and not necessarily when
communities are most able to
engage with us.
● A bespoke shift pattern for
Dedicated Ward Officers (DWOs)
and PCSOs will allow them to
attend community meetings and
appointments with
local stakeholders.
● DWOs will only be required
for aid on New Year’s Eve and
during the Notting Hill Carnival.
● We can increase our
presence within
communities by
using resources
and people like
mounted police,
Specials and
Police Cadets
in ways that
complement
neighbourhood
policing.
● The next phase of the review
looks specifically at the impact
of central aid on local policing
and will be considered at
Management Board in April.
There are many things that
won’t change and are working
well because officers and
staff have worked hard to
implement changes. We
continue to listen to the public,
and our staff and officers to
make any improvements.
The review and its
recommendations can
be found online. Visit:
www.met.police.uk >
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A bit of history from the Met…
THE MORE
THINGS
CHANGE…
[ ORIGINS OF THE NAME ]
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OLD BILL
Ever wonder why the police are
sometimes referred to as the Bill,
or the Old Bill? The answer isn’t
clear, but the Met’s own website
lays out no fewer than 13 popular
theories. Some of the more
interesting ones include:
• Many police officers wore
moustaches like that seen on
a famous First World War cartoon
character by Bruce Bairnsfather,
called Old Bill (pictured)
• Constables were sometimes
nicknamed for the billhooks, or bills,
that they carried as weapons
• In the 1860s there was a Sergeant
Bill Smith in Limehouse. He was
a popular character and people
used to ask after “old Bill”
• The Old Bill was, in Victorian
times, a bill presumed to be
presented to the police as a bribe
to persuade them to turn a blind
eye to some nefarious activity
• The original vehicles used by
the Flying Squad all had the
registration letters BYL, so the
squad became known as the Bill.
A hundred years ago, the London
Ambulance Service commenced
operation, taking over some of the
duties originally carried out by the
Met. That same year, though, the
police conveyed more than 11,000
people to hospital. Today, we still
transport 70 per cent of detainees
who are in mental health crisis.
Just over 50 years ago the Met
had serious staffing problems, with
the force consisting of only 16,000
and needing an estimated 4,000
people, mainly police constables.
After recent budget cuts we’re just
staffing back up to our target of
35,000 officers.
Twenty-five years ago, on
31 March 1990, a riot broke out in
Trafalgar Square about the poll tax,
because many people felt that it
shifted the tax burden from the rich
to the poor. More than 113 people
were injured, including 45 police
officers, as well as 20 police horses.
Cars were overturned and set alight
in the theatre district and 340
people arrested. It mirrored a riot
103 years earlier, in the exact same
spot. In 1887, the square was a
rallying point for protests against
economic hardship of the poor of
London and in Ireland. It’s estimated
that more than 400 people were
arrested and 75 badly injured,
including many police.
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MET TIMES
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TROUBLE
Our most serious security
threats today are terrorism and
cyber attacks. A hundred years
ago? Elephants.
You may laugh, but there
are in fact almost half a dozen
cases in which petulant
pachyderms raised hell in the
capital during the Met’s first
70 years.
The first case occurred at the
end of 1827 – perhaps the very
reason Sir Robert Peel would
create the Met two years later.
Menagerie owner Mr Cross had
gone to collect his elephant from
a showman he’d lent him to.
As he and his crew walked the
creature peacefully back up the
Strand, a “little fat journeyman
plumber” came out of nowhere
and started yanking the animal’s
tail for a “lark”, reported the
Berkshire Chronicle. When Mr
Cross tried to intervene, “this
little melter of lead” put his fist in
his face, then yanked the tail again,
before running off laughing.
This didn’t sit well with
the elephant, which threw off
its handlers and gave immediate
chase. After a terrifying
pursuit (for the tormentor), the
animal swiped him with his
trunk – and sent him airborne
into the railings of St Clement’s
Church Yard.
Mr Cross didn’t press the case,
feeling the man had learnt his
lesson, but the court was less
forgiving and fined him.
1893 Mr Turner, a manager for
Mr George Sanger’s circus
entertainments, decided to take
Jim the elephant and two Indian
llamas for a walk in London, as
you do.
But Jim broke free and barrelled
through Finsbury Park, demolishing
the grandstand. Police pursued him,
followed by a large crowd, as he
smashed through walls and levelled
vendor stands all the way to Albion
Road. Police failed to catch Jim with
ropes, but one person from the
circus was able to calm the animal
down sufficiently to at least direct
him to a familiar place near Bruce
Grove railway station, where Jim
had once encamped with other
elephants.
Regardless, Jim still injured two
people, tore down the iron gates of
the Clapton Cricket Club, and
devastated several gardens while
being led there.
1897 They say an elephant never
forgets. When cruel ex-circus
trainer Allen Alfred Baker went to
visit some old friends at Sanger’s
Circus in Dalston, he had no idea
that one of his former charges
would settle a score. Upon
hearing Baker’s voice, a huge
bull elephant wheeled around,
charged and gored him through
the head – killing him. Mr Sanger
said he had complained about
Baker’s treatment of the animals,
and this was “a case of revenge”.
1900 Just outside a Christmas
Show at Crystal Palace, two
elephants got into a fight and
freed themselves. One of them,
Charlie, gored two camels and
killed one of his trainers in a way
too gruesome to describe here.
People waiting to see the show
were oblivious to the carnage,
chatting away until the other
elephant crashed through the
side of the room, causing
hysteria. Fortunately, he couldn’t
reach the audience, stamped
down the side aisle and hurtled
through another set of doors
to disappear into the night.
Charlie never left the Crystal
Palace property – he was put
down by riflemen. The last press
report we could find, from the
Sunderland Daily Echo, said that
Charlie’s rival was still on the
run at 8am the next day, pursued
by many and heading for the
hop districts…
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IN THEIR
OWN WORDS
The 2014 Commissioner’s Excellence in Policing Awards once again showed us some
amazing examples of the quality of people we have working for the Met. We spoke to
some of those honoured this year to get some tips on good practice
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DC Acons helped two young sisters who were victims
of sexual abuse, overcoming many challenges to get
their attacker jailed for 22 years. The victims’ mother
said they wouldn’t have got through the ordeal
without DC Acons’ support. Her investigation
uncovered both girls’ abuse at the hands of their
father, who also kept indecent images of other
children. When arrested, he was a teaching assistant
at a local school and had a new partner and baby.
“At first, I had a lot of trust issues with the two
families involved,” says DC Acons. “There were
problems in the community because he was a
teaching assistant in a school and some parents
had to be informed that their children were victims
of crime and therefore keeping this information
contained within the education area and media
proved a challenge.”
To offer good victim support, DC Acons says: “Let
the person you’re talking to know that you trust them
and believe them. Let them know you’re going to do
whatever you can to get them out of that situation
and get their case to court, if that’s what they want
you to do.
“Victims want justice; they want to be believed,
they want someone they can trust and ultimately
they want you to take them out of a dark place and
into a better place. That’s what I believe.”
EXCELLENCE AWARDS
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The key to successfully diffusing a situation is to be non-judgmental, to listen and
work with what is causing the other person’s behaviour. We don’t question, we listen.
Listening gives the person time to think about what they’re saying, so that they can
consider their behaviour. When we get in a position of rapport and trust, then we’re in
a position to try to influence them.
Detective Inspector Paul Padman
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● Operational/Specialist Team of the Year
SNT E
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Heston and Cranford Ward, Hounslow
The officers of Heston and Cranford SNT worked hard to reduce burglary in their area by a third,
which has raised the local community's confidence in the police. Affluent and deprived areas exist
side by side in this ward, and a high proportion of Asian homes were targeted for their gold.
“Usually, we’d get hit pretty hard for burglaries during the autumn, so we had to give this extra
attention,” says Acting Inspector Dan Thompson. “We started early; we got ahead of the curve
starting with crime prevention advice to help people to help themselves.”
Then the team threw everything they could at the problem, using ANPR to target travelling
burglars, high visibility patrols supported by the TSG and Dog Unit, visiting known burglars
and offering voluntary satellite tagging to those wishing to reform. They also embraced newer
technologies like predictive crime mapping.
“We put a lot of faith in predictive mapping because it works,” says A/Insp Thompson. “It isn't
rocket science – we were out there all hours to provide the presence and catch criminals.”
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I aim to arrest somebody every time I go
on shift. The Met pays me a good salary
and they want some return on their coin.
Become dedicated to arresting people;
don’t choose which calls you’re going to
go to, go to all of them and the arrests will
come out of that.
I was due to retire last October, but I’m
staying on. I love my job.
PC Nick Lloyd
● Best Thief Taker and Police Officer of the Year
Charlotte Roper, Forensic Manager
Charlotte’s motto could very well be: “To catch a
criminal, you have to think like a criminal.” Criminals
don’t recognise borough boundaries, and her work
ensures that we think the same way when trying to
catch them, at least when it comes to forensics.
Charlotte is the lead for forensic investigation
within the Forensic Conversion Team, which
pioneered cross-border working in four North
London boroughs. She helped build capability in
local investigation and cross-border processes.
“We started dealing with all of their fingerprint
and DNA identifications, focusing on the crime, not
the borough where it was committed,” she says.
“A number of scenes had the same DNA profile,
but no known offender. You can see that as one or
two jobs in one borough, or 20 jobs that affect the
organisation. I arranged for the DNA to be searched
on foreign databases. You have a stronger case when
you can tell the CPS that this person has committed
crimes across London.
To be a good manager, she recommends good
communication skills, getting to know your staff,
and leading by example, saying: “If your staff see
that you’re dedicated and passionate about your
work, they will pick it up.”
MORE WINNERS AT THIS
YEAR’S CEREMONY
● Investigative/Detective Team of the Year
Operation Yewtree/SC&O MIT Team
● Investigator/Detective of the Year
DC Jacqui Robertson
● Diversity Award
Strategic HR – Constable Recruitment campaign
● Commitment to Professionalism Whilst Overcoming
Adversity
DC Peter Allen
PCSO Fiaz Ismail
Cadet Robson Lawrence
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OF T R
YEA
EXCELLENCE AWARDS
Cadet Robson Lawrence
PC Lou Roberts
Lynne Williams
● Leadership of the Year
Sgt Rodney Kenny
● PCSO of the Year
Shirley Aitken
● Outstanding Bravery of the Year
PCs Nathan Brennan and Harjit Sandhu
PCs Clive Deller and James Bushell
A/Insp Andrew Glen
and PC Justin Campbell-Harris
PCs Anna Moon and Leo Plant
Sgt Jeremy Roach
● Special Constable of the Year
Special Inspector Daemonn Brody
● Cadet of the Year
Shane Denny
Bailey Dielhenn-Stephenson
Alhaji Kargbo
● Volunteer of the Year
Rob Stevenson
● Support Team of the Year
Press Bureau, Social Media Team and Specialist Crime
and Operations Press Desk – DMC
Detective Sergeant Ken McAulay
DS McAulay successfully prosecuted and convicted Al Qaeda
suicide bomber Saajid Badat in 2005. He then orchestrated
his reformation so that he would go on to become a vital
witness in the convictions of several senior global Al Qaeda
operatives, including Abu Hamza.
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“I think it’s very important that people who feel
compelled or manipulated in travelling to Syria or
disillusioned having returned from Syria have someone
to relate to,” he says. “Someone who has renounced
terrorism and is a very credible and compelling voice.
Someone who has experienced the London radicalisation
process, AQ terrorist training through to being personally
tasked by Osama Bin Laden to carry out a suicide bombing.
Saajid Badat is a reformed terrorist and one of the few who
could reach vulnerable individuals by describing in real and
negative terms the reality of life as a terrorist and sharing the
factors which drew him into extremism and which eventually
led to his disengagement.”
Today, DS McAulay and Saajid Badat value each other’s
friendship, based on a gradual building of mutual trust that
began back in 2003.
“It is so important our officers maintain their contact with
London’s communities to prevent isolation and encourage
integration at all levels. If we don’t, they can become breeding
grounds for radicalisation and extremism,” says DS McAulay.
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responding to local issues,”
says the Met’s lead on
Community Engagement,
Commander Mak Chishty.
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Global village
Most of the communities
covered by the study are settled
in areas with high levels of
different ethnic minority
groups. Communities where an
ethnicity is widely represented
carry a strong sense of unity
and a feeling of being “at home”,
and consequently members
tend to interact more with
their own group.
In areas where a group is not
as well represented, community
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With London home
to so many different
communities, the
Met commissioned a study
to find out how to improve
its engagement and
communication with them.
Exempting those
communities which are most
integrated within British
society, the largest ethnic
groups by population were
identified. Researchers also
spoke to those born in the UK
from ethnic backgrounds and
those of particular strategic
importance to the Met.
The research is highly
detailed but inevitably
makes some generalisations
about different communities.
However, it does offer
some useful insights for
our community engagement
work.
A mixed and robust
methodology was used to
gather accurate information
from the different
communities, which included
face-to-face discussions and
an online forum.
“Understanding our
communities by listening to
their concerns and taking
action is key to building
confidence in policing and
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Social and sports clubs are often at the heart
of community social life and have a high level
of influence over their members. Hard-to-reach
sections of this community include young
people, women and older generations. Key
media channels include BBC News, Zee TV,
Punjab and Desi Radio and publications Des
Pardes, Punjab Times and Sikh Times.
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This community widely uses mainstream
and ethnic television and internet. Popular
media outlets include GTV, Vijay TV, Jaya TV
and Deepam TV, and radio stations like IBC
Tamil, Shakthi FM and publications like Oru,
Eelanatham and Lanka news. Some favourite
websites include Tamilo, Cooltamil, TamilBeat
and Tamiltwist.
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Imans and religious scholars have wide
influence in this community, especially with
young people. The members widely consume
both mainstream and ethnic newspapers
and television. Popular media outlets include
TV broadcasters Channel S, ATN Bangla and
Channel I, and publications Bangla Times, Euro
Bangla, Bangladesh Times and Desh.
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This community often seeks facilities catering
to the wider East African community. They
also widely use ethnic and social media via the
internet. Popular media outlets include OH TV,
GOD TV and the Africa Channel, plus websites
like BBC iPlayer, The Huffington Post and
Magic Radio.
TURKISH
Turkish communities see themselves as
westernised, and often embrace mainstream
and social media. Mosques and Turkish
businesses, like cafes, are popular places to
socialise. Popular media outlets include TV
broadcasters Kanal D, TRT 1, Al Jazeera
and Show TV.
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Due to a lack of facilities aimed at them,
Saudis and Yemenis tend to affiliate
themselves with the wider Arabic
community. The Yemeni community makes
limited use of social media, though they
like YouTube a lot. The Saudi commnity
uses mainstream papers like Metro, Evening
Standard and Croydon Guardian. Popular
media outlets include TV broadcasters
Al Jazeera, Rotana and Wanasah, and
websites Al Arabiya, Al Quran and Al Watan.
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British Black and Asian
Word of mouth is strong as an
influencer in this group, although they
tend to use a high level of mainstream
media outlets, like newspapers and
TV, as well as ethnic radio stations and
social media. British Asians like to listen
to the BBC Asian Network and Sunrise,
while British Black people prefer
Radio 1Xtra, On Top FM and House FM.
They are very comfortable mixing with
ethnicities other than their own.
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Language matters
People’s education and
English language levels
are seen to affect their ability
and confidence to
communicate with groups
outside their own, as well as
the types of jobs they are
likely to be employed in.
For those with limited
education and who aren’t
comfortable interacting
outside their own ethnic
groups, English is less likely
to be their first language. The
research shows that they tend
to work in manual/service
industry occupations –
meaning longer hours, lower
income and colleagues who
are predominantly from their
own ethnic community.
Those born or largely
brought up in the UK, whose
first language is English and
who are highly educated, tend
to have “professional”
occupations with colleagues
who are likely be from varied
backgrounds. They want to
make the most of what
London has to offer, and might
live in areas of high ethnic
populations, while commuting
to work in other areas. They
tend to socialise across all
communities, including
white British.
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members often look to a wider
collective ethnic group, such
as defining themselves as
South Asian.
Living in culturally mixed
areas can give people a
greater sense of cultural
freedom. The study shows
this to be especially true for
women, as it increases the
likelihood that they will start
meeting people outside their
own ethnic group.
Younger participants
especially feel that there is
a downside to living in areas
where their ethnic population
is high, as it reduces the need
to integrate, creating a more
inward-looking perspective.
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The Met has 19 staff support
associations, reflecting the diversity
of our people as we aim to look
and feel more like London. The
staff associations include different
nationalities and religions as well
as gender, disability and sexual
orientation.
To find out more, visit the
Staff-support Associations Meeting
Up Regularly And Interacting
(SAMURAI) intranet site: go
to the homepage > A-Z > S >
S.A.M.U.R.A.I.
WALTHAM
FOREST
REDBRIDGE
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NEWHAM
Pakistani
WARK
GREENWICH
The Polish in London are well-established,
confident and outward-looking.
Places like Polish cafes and restaurants
are favourite places to socialise, and
they use a lot of social media. Some key
media outlets include TV broadcasters
TVN, TVN24, Polsat and TVP, plus radio
stations PRL and ORLAfm and newspaper
Polish Express.
PAKISTANI
Successful businessmen are seen as role
models and word of mouth is highly
influential. Members of the older community
and people who have recently arrived in the
country are more interested in news from
Pakistan. Some key media outlets include
TV broadcasters Al Jazeera, ARY, Geo and
Zee TV, but also social media sites like
Facebook and Twitter.
JAMAICAN
BARKING &
DAGENHAM
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Most Jamaicans prefer face-to-face
contact. Jamaican festivals and music
gatherings pepper the London calendar.
The community also tends to listen mostly
to ethnic radio stations like Roots, Sting and
Vibes. But they’re highly active on social
media sites like Facebook, Twitter
and Instagram.
SOMALI
The community likes to hear news from
Somalia and have a radio playing in public
places about the latest on Somalian, Islamic
or international matters. Popular media outlets
include TV broadcasters Somaliland National
TV, Somali Channel and Al Jazeera, and radio
stations like BBC Somali and BBC World News.
BROMLEY
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African restaurants and places of worship,
like churches or mosques, are key places of
socialising and influence. Both groups often
look to the broader black community for
integration. Key media outlets include TV
broadcasters BEN TV, VOXAfrica and the
Africa Channel, plus radio stations Rainbow
and Hot FM and newspapers Mercury,
Greenwich Times and South London Press.
ROMANIAN
This community is split between the older
émigré community and more recent arrivals.
The former see themselves as established
Londoners, while the latter tend to be more
isolated. Popular media outlets include
DolceTV, and websites ROL.ro, TVR.ro, Sport.ro,
Radio Ciocarlia(.co.uk) and ROMANi Radio.
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A LOOK
AHEAD
Why we’re
focusing on
the future...
PUBLIC SAFETY IN 2020
As London changes, we have to
change with it, and it helps to look
at the road ahead
EVEN WITH THE SAVINGS MADE...
…we could still need to save
a further £700 million to £800
million by 2019/20
SIX
TRENDS
Key factors that will impact on the future of policing in London
CHANGING CRIME
Crime is at its lowest level for more
than 30 years
Demand on the Met is likely
to grow faster
Rape and hate crimes are tracking up
as more victims have the confidence
to report them
There will be a higher demand for
social protection and safeguarding
Cyber crime is rising, costs several
billion pounds a year and is
considered a top threat to national
security
Terrorism has become more
complex, with hard to detect
“lone wolf” attacks an increasing
concern. The arrest rate for
terrorism is rising quickly
AUSTERITY
Plans that ring-fence health and
education from budget cuts mean
further cuts for policing. Policing
on a smaller budget will be the norm
The Met expects to have to find
an extra £700 million to £800
million in cost savings on top
of the £600 million currently
being achieved
Without a pension tie, policing
is no longer a lifelong career and
many in the new generation expect
to work for several employers in
their lifetime
ECONOMIC GROWTH
While employment will continue to grow in London, most commerce
will be around high-value customers and business services for
the global market
The workforce will be more precarious, with greater reliance on state
welfare and personal finance
Relative poverty and inequality will remain high
Lower value economic activities will be displaced from the capital
Gentrification will continue neighbourhood by neighbourhood
The consumer economy will become more diverse and non-stop,
such as a 24-hour Tube service
FUTURE IMPACTS
ONE MET MODEL 2020
We’ve started to look at
options for how we’ll police
London in the longer term
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EXTERNAL ENGAGEMENT
We will start an informed debate
with stakeholders to make risks and
opportunities more transparent
Billie Jean/Agency Rush
ADVANCING TECHNOLOGY
Communication is going pure digital, pure mobile
Today’s teenagers only use voice calls for 3 per
cent of their communication
By 2020, 80 per cent of people in the world will
have a mobile phone
In the UK, we spend an average of 2 hours a day
using our smartphones
People are moving away from desktops and the
web and towards mobile apps
The next trend in computing is wearables: watches,
eyewear, jewellery, clothing and more
By 2020, there will be 26 billion devices connected
to the internet
The distinction between being online and offline
could disappear altogether
POPULATION GROWTH
More than 9 million people will
live in London by 2020, due to
immigration and rising birth rates
London is home to more than 270
nationalities and 300 languages
3 million people living in London
are foreign-born
The white British population
has fallen by 620,000 in the
past decade
POLITICAL
CHANGE
The general and
mayoral elections will
shape the political
future
There may be
a referendum on EU
membership
Local authorities
are likely to get new
powers to control more
of their own spending
Cross-borough
integration of services
is more likely
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Crime maps help us predict future crime and partners are helping us fight it
The Met has used
predictive mapping
to identify crime
hotspots for almost two years
now. But now one borough
is taking it a step further by
sharing parts of that
information with partners to
increase awareness on the
street about criminal activity.
Since December, Hackney
Borough Commander,
Detective Chief Superintendent
Simon Laurence has shared
information from the predictive
crime maps with the local
council and Neighbourhood
Watch teams, including the
Shomrim, a proactive Jewish
Neighbourhood Watch.
“My theory was: if they’re
going to be out and about, why
not tell them where [to
patrol]?” says DCS Laurence.
“The Shomrim have already
assisted in 12 arrests.”
The map sent out to partners
shows the high and mediumrisk zones, but excludes the
exact scene of the initial crime.
“We were seeing a reduction
in burglary before this pilot
and that trend is continuing,
now that we’ve given the
information to different
partners,” says DCS
Laurence. “In just over
eight months, we’ve had
400 fewer burglaries.”
Predictable behaviour
been replaced. But they will
Predicting the future isn’t a feat quit that area when the risk gets
of magic. It can be achieved
to be too great.”
through a healthy
So when an area is placed
understanding of human and
on a crime map, officers visit
animal behaviour.
neighbours to warn them and
“If you have a pack of lions
see whether their homes have
patrolling the plains and they
the same vulnerabilities as the
find a place where there’s a lot
one burgled. They also keep up
of food, they’ll hang around for
a strong visible presence.
a while,” says Trevor Adams,
Further rollout?
Head of Data Development at
DCS Laurence and Trevor say
the Met. “If the prey gets wise
it’s up to the other boroughs as
to this, they move somewhere
else and the lions have to get up to when they start up a similar
programme of sharing maps
and move on.”
with local partners.
That scenario demonstrates
But DCS Laurence advises:
“optimal forager theory”, which
“Be sure that the people you
is a basis for predictive crime
send them to understand what
mapping. Crimes like burglary
the information means on those
are likely to be based on recent
maps, and that they are actually
burglaries in the same area.
going to use them.
Like the lions, burglars who
“Routine activity theory
have success in one place
says that if you have
will very likely return
three elements – a
there, say to a
suitable target,
house they
a motivated
burgled or its
offender and
neighbour.
the absence of
“They know
a capable
the layout of the
guardian – you
house, and the
will have a crime.
surrounding
“By increasing the
houses may well be
visible guardians – be
similar,” explains
DCS Laurence they police, the Shomrim
Trevor. “They might
return to the same house, made Hackney or a council street
the first borough
confident that the goods to share predictive sweeper – we are
they stole last time have map information reducing crime.”
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POINTS
TO
PONDER
About
transgender
people…
PEOPLE WHO CHANGE GENDER...
…often have a very strong feeling
of being at odds with their body.
Changing gender is called “transition”
Stephenie Robinson helps show a clear path for
transgender officers, staff and the community
IS THERE A MEDICAL TERM FOR IT?
Yes, it’s gender dysphoria.
Someone with gender dysphoria is
described as transsexual
LGB&T 23
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IS SURGERY INEVITABLE?
No. Underlying health and predicted
success rate may affect the decision
whether to have it or not
ARE TRANS PEOPLE GAY?
Some are. Sexual orientation
is a completely different issue
to gender identity
In April 2005 the
Gender Recognition
Act (GRA) came into
effect, which allows
transsexual people to change
their legal gender.
It also enables them to
acquire a new birth certificate,
and it recognises their acquired
sex for all legal purposes,
including marriage.
While the act came
through Parliament as a
response to rulings from the
European Court of Human
Rights, it still marks an
important step in society’s
progress in the recognition
of transgender people.
It’s a far cry from 30 years
ago, when Stephenie Robinson
struggled with inexplicable
aggression as a young man. He
went from pillar to post seeing
doctors and psychiatrists but
they lacked the knowledge to
help. Married at 21, his issues
wreaked havoc in his home
life and eventually saw him
hospitalised for a while and
kept sedated. Later, when
Stephenie’s wife reported to
marriage counsellors that he
was cross dressing and
behaving femininely, they
recommended Charing Cross
Hospital’s Gender Identity
Clinic. There, he was diagnosed
DO MORE MEN TRANSITION?
There are likely to be just as many
women. But it’s more difficult for
men to alter their characteristics
One of the big
problems we have as
officers is not knowing
which pronouns to use
or how to dialogue
with the transgender
community
with classic transexualism and
put on female hormone therapy,
which had a very positive
effect on his aggression. While
the road ahead still had many
twists and turns for Stephenie,
he would eventually undergo
the procedures necessary for
full transformation into a
woman, and today has her
Gender Recognition Certificate
and new birth certificate, per
the GRA.
Today, Stephenie is an
Intelligence Analyst for the
Met, and has taken every
opportunity to smooth the path
for other transgender people,
whether they’re officers or staff,
or members of the London
community who are served by
our people.
“It’s very difficult to
determine how many
transgender people work in
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DID YOU KNOW?
Mischa Haller
Stephenie has maintained
her Christian faith throughout
everything and is an elder in
her local church.
She writes about
balancing faith and policing
as a transgender woman
in her recently published
autobiography, ‘A Light in the
Dark’.
the police service in the UK
and even in the Met,” she tells
The Job. “The simple reason is
that quite a lot of people don’t
want to have that tacked onto
their life as it is now. They’ve
gone through the process, but
are in stealth mode because
they might be successful and
don’t want people to know.”
Stephenie was part of a group
of people asked to start the
National Trans Police
Association (NTPA), which held
its first meeting in 2008. She is
currently chair of that
organisation and vice chair of
the Met’s Trans Staff Support
Association (TSSA).
“The primary role of these
organisations is to look after
and support staff who identify
themselves as transgender,
whether they be staff or
officers,” she says. If someone
comes to them, their identity
and all their discussions are
kept confidential.
They also advise people who
have someone in their life who
is dealing with gender issues,
including co-workers, family
members or a member of the
public who is involved in police
matters. The NTPA has been
crucial on advising on policy
for the NPIA and now the
College of Policing.
Much of Stephenie’s and her
colleagues’ time is spent
educating borough officers
about how to engage properly
with the LGB&T community, be
it out in public or in the custody
suite. She says that – second
only to travellers – transgender
people are least likely to report
a crime to police.
“One of the big problems we
have as officers is not actually
knowing which pronouns to
use, how to dialogue with the
transgender community, and
to engage with them,” says
Stephenie. “That can cause all
types of issues.”
She would like to see this
type of training one day made
part of the curriculum for new
officers in training, but doesn’t
hold out much hope with
continuous budget cuts.
Forces around the world are
taking notice. Last year, police
from Hong Kong and Toronto
both enquired about UK
policing policies for handling
transgender issues.
But while the UK is ahead
of others in its treatment and
acceptance of the transgender
community, there is still a long
way to go. Stephenie wants to
foster an environment where
all those living in “stealth
mode” or suffering in silence
with a gender issue feel free to
live as free individuals.
“Having lost people on this
strange journey, I made a
promise that if there were ever
an opportunity to change
things, then I’d take it,” she
says. “At the end of the day, if it
improves a life, and saves a life,
then I’ve done something.”
Advising on policy
Stephenie is also the
LGB&T liaison for the Met
Special Constabulary, giving
her the opportunity to feed
in to policies made by Mayor
Boris Johnson. As with
Met officers, she trains our
uniformed volunteers about
positive engagement with the
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PERSONALITIES, TEAMS AND CHALLENGES
TAKE IN THE SCENERY
The Met Walking Club invites you to hit the trails with them
The warmer weather’s coming
and you might be looking
for a good way to get off
your winter hibernation couch
and into the great outdoors.
The Met Police Walking Club
is one of the longest existing
clubs in the Met Police Athletic
Association. These days it’s
a club of endurance walkers,
covering great distances and
enjoying views that might be
passed by runners or cyclists.
NO MEAN FEAT
“If you think walking is an easy
sport, I’d ask you when you
last completed five marathons
in four days alongside 40,000
other walkers?” says Haley
Mattinson of the club.
She’s talking about the annual
four-day event they attend in
Nijmegen in the Netherlands.
“It is a prestigious event and
every successful participant
has every right to wear their
medal with pride,” says Hayley.
“We have members who have
completed it more than 40
times, so that in itself tells you
how much fun it is. This is the
only walk we complete in full
uniform and the Dutch people
give us a great welcome.”
The club takes part in several
other walks in various different
countries. Most are over two
days and walkers have a choice
of completing 20km, 30km or
40km per day. The members
have built up a great circle of
friends from all over the world
and regularly meet up with
them at the various different
locations.
CHANCE TO TRAVEL
Here are some of the other
walks they participate in, not
in uniform but in club shirts
that represent the Met and the UK.
● Blankenberge, Belgium – a
flat and very social walk that
includes a walk along the beach
● Ypres, Belgium – a 100km walk
over three days through the
battlefields of the Great War.
At the end of day one, the club
change into Number 1 uniform
and remember the fallen in
a wreath-laying ceremony
at the Langemark cemetery
(German) and then take part
in a parade through the town
of Ypres, laying wreaths at
the Menin Gate
● Wellingborough, England
– a great two-day walk in
Northamptonshire
● RAF Cosford, England – two
40k walks, which are used as
a training walk for Nijmegen
● Diekirch, Luxemburg – a two-day
walk through some beautiful
countryside
● Castlebar, Ireland – a four-day
walk in Ireland with various
distances and different terrains
● Arenzano, Italy – over two days,
you get a choice of flat beach or
some very challenging hills
● Leutasch, Austria – a two-day
walk in the Olympic area
of Seefeld
● Fulda, Germany – a two-day
walk, with a choice of distances
● Barcelona, Spain – two days
walking in the hills of Barcelona
“There are other walks which
we take part in and members
have travelled as far as New
Zealand, Japan and South Korea,”
says Hayley. “Some of the walks
are funded by the MPAA if you
represent the Met while there.
“If you are interested in walking
but would prefer different walks,
then come along to one of the
club’s meetings. You will be
more than welcome and can
put your ideas forward and I am
sure you will have interest
from other members who would
love to join you.”
MET PEOPLE 27
Met officers prepare
for a Paris pedal
In less than a year the Hornchurch Cycling Club –
started by two Met officers and now with 10 Met
cyclists – has grown to more than 60 members,
and is already poised to take on the world. Between
30 July and 2 August this year, club members will
pedal from Hornchurch to Paris in support of
Look Essex. The charity is dedicated to raising
awareness, and providing information and
services for children and young people with visual
impairment, their carers and their families in Essex.
“We will be starting outside Hornchurch Police
Station and hopefully we will be having a police
escort into London,” says co-founder PC Spencer
Littlechild.
Find out more at the club’s site or look them up
on Facebook and ‘like’ them to find out more.
Back to the 80s!
The Met Chinese & South East Asian Staff
Association raised £1,000 for the Chinese
Mental Health Association, with an 80s-themed
Fancy Dress Disco Party. To find out more
about the association, visit Aware: Associations
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Can we offer to go?
Over the past couple of years we have seen the Met
reduce its expenditure, sell off police properties and
make numerous changes to how we work – all in
order to manage the cuts to the police budget.
The simple fact is that salaries are probably the
biggest cost to the Met, if not all forces. I understand
that voluntary redundancies or severance was a
recommendation of the Winsor review and accepted
by the Government and that some forces have offered
this to their officers. Is this something the Met has
considered and is there any possibility that this may
be used in the near future?
Anonymous
As part of our ongoing response to budget pressures
and our workforce planning processes, we continue
to look at possible scenarios on how costs might be
reduced. These scenarios cover a range of options
that include the voluntary exit scheme now permitted
within police regulations.
Management Board will continue to review our
position albeit there are no immediate plans to
introduce this scheme.
Martin Oest, Strategic Workforce Planning
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“So, copper,
I reckon that
because of this
bloke Winsor,
you’ll have to
work about this
much longer to
get a pension!”
Nigel Crane, TSG5
“When I asked how long your fishing permit was,
I meant in time.”
DS Daryl Malster, SC&O36
“So you are eight years old and your previous convictions
file is how big?”
PC Saqib Khan, Kenley, Croydon LPT
“Son, what are you carping on about?”
Gurdip Dhillon
“Oi, mister. I heard your pension pot is only this big.”
PC Ryan Kimber, Hillingdon LIT
“Your story about the one that got away, son, is as
believable as the ones I tell my Sergeant!”
Geoff Moon, Met Prosecutions
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“Don’t mean to brag, but percentage-wise my pocket
money increased by this amount over the previous 12
months – a bit more than your wages grew in the past year,
what with the austerity measures and all that.”
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NEW INTRANET
A NEW INTRANET
FOR THE WAY
WE WORK
Our current intranet site has
10,000 content pages, and
half of those are only visited
20 times a month. The
technology used to run it is
now outdated and no longer
supported; technical issues
just get worse over time.
So the Met is developing a
modern intranet with changes
that are being released in
stages over the next year.
“Our new intranet will
make it quicker and easier to
find information,” says Martin
Fewell, Director of the
Directorate of Media and
Communication and the
Management Board lead
for the intranet project.
“Removing duplication and
presenting information in
a clearer way will ensure you
can trust you have the right
information to do your job.”
This summer you will see
the first of the changes with
a new-look homepage. This
will have a new look and feel
to the News section and
will introduce a new forum
function. It will also show
the new design that will be
applied across the whole site.
But don’t worry, you’ll still
be able to access all of the
features that you’re familiar
with – look for them in the
footer of the page. These will
gradually be replaced as we
roll out the new features and
design for those sections.
“The new intranet gives
us an exciting opportunity
to present information and
engage with each other
in a modern online
environment,” says Martin.
As new functionality
develops you will be able to
engage in forum discussions
and comment on news articles,
share information and expertise,
and help build a stronger sense
of community.
“Like other big companies, our
approach to the new intranet is
phased,” says Martin. “We can’t
just flick a switch, it will take time
to develop the designs and move
existing content to the new site.”
You can also look
forward to seeing a new
look to our unit pages,
greater interactivity
around news and even
your very own profile
page that’s personalised
to you.
A new directory will
make it easier to find
people, units and buildings
and a new search engine
will make browsing a breeze.
Martin concludes: “It
will take a while to get
used to the changes, too,
so we’d ask for your
patience as we transition
to the new site.”
A representation of how the new homepage may look
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WANT TO KNOW
want to know Need to know
YOUR REGULAR GUIDE
TO WORKING SMARTER
New guidance for borough
officers to support rape victims
A new guide is available for
borough officers for
responding to a report
of rape, as they are often the
first responders to allegations
of serious sexual assault.
Prompt retrieval of forensic
evidence from a scene is
pivotal in successful rape
convictions and the guide, which
was produced by SC&O17 Sexual
Offences, Exploitation and Child
Abuse Command (SOECA), has
practical advice on how to do this.
The guide also explains
how to support the victim, deal
with suspects and hand over to
an investigator.
Read the full guide at:
Structure > Specialist
Crime and Operations
> Sexual Offences,
Exploitation and Child
Abuse Command
To contact SC&O17,
continue to the
“Contact Us” tab
THE ACCOUNT AND THE EARLY EVIDENCE KIT (EEK)
Ask the following four questions only, in order to avoid asking leading questions.
If the person volunteers more information, ie without you asking for it, then write it down
verbatim in an EAB. Do not ask why there was a delay in reporting.
1 What happened?
This will establish whether a criminal offence
has taken place.
2 Where did it happen?
Try to ascertain the exact location.
This will identify the crime scene.
Also consider asking the victim: “Were
you touched? [If so,] where?” This will
identify where non-intimate swabs need
to be taken from.
3 When did it happen?
This will identify whether the victim is
suitable for a Haven forensic examination.
4 Who did it?
Take a description of the offender. This
will assist in identifying the suspect and
clothing worn at the time.
The Early Evidence Kit (EEK)
Take a full EEK if the offence occurred within five
days. If the offence occurred after five days but
within 14 days then don’t take the full EEK, but
you must take a single urine sample where the
use of drugs is suspected. If in doubt, call Met
Forensic Command (MFC). Make sure any
non-intimate samples have been taken before
using the EEK.
Remember…
● Follow the step-by-step instructions provided
inside the EEK
● Make sure the victim doesn’t drink or smoke
before you have had a chance to use the EEK
● Obtain the victim’s consent and their
signature on the consent form before you
do anything else
● Record the lot number and expiry date
● Record the time each sample was taken
● Ensure you take the mouth swab sample and
not the victim
● The urine and tissue paper must be exhibited
by the victim
● Take a second consecutive urine and tissue
sample from the victim approximately an hour
after the first one if the incident occurred
within 24 hours
● All samples must be booked in and placed into
a freezer or handed to a SOIT officer