Recommendation - Metropolitan Police Service and Ministry of Justice, March 2025

Metropolitan Police Service · Ref: 2024/200469

Recommendation date: 20 March 2025

Response due: 15 May 2025

Published: 23 May 2025

Death and serious injury

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Recommendations (1)

Recommendation 1 Accepted

Recommendation

The IOPC recommends that the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) and Ministry of Justice (MOJ) work together to review the process for responding to alleged breach of bail conditions to ensure that, where an electronic monitoring breach is identified, adequate checks … Read more

Force Response

Metropolitan Police Service: accepted The MPS has considered and accepts the IOPC’s recommendation. We have consulted with the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) who lead on Electronic Monitoring Tagging, and they are currently working with a new service provider for the … Read moreMetropolitan Police Service: accepted The MPS has considered and accepts the IOPC’s recommendation. We have consulted with the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) who lead on Electronic Monitoring Tagging, and they are currently working with a new service provider for the monitoring of suspects. The MoJ have ensured that the new provider is aware of their responsibilities when dealing with breaches of bail conditions which are electronically monitored. Within the MPS a new process for dealing with these breaches has been created as part of the wider Offender Management work that is being undertaken. This clearly articulates the actions required by officers when dealing with breaches of bail conditions by those electronically monitored. Within the MPS a new process for dealing with these breaches has been created as part of the wider Offender Management work that is being undertaken. This clearly articulates the actions required by officers when dealing with breaches of bail conditions by those electronically monitored. We are working in partnership with the MPS Lead Responsible Officer for Offender Management through MPS wide Offender Management meetings and the MPS Tasking and Coordination Unit to ensure that officers are aware of their responsibilities. In this case, officers accompanied a male to an address to remove his property which he was allowed to do as part of his bail conditions. However, once the breach had been received by the MPS, it is clear that insufficient enquires were undertaken prior to the arrest enquiry being conducted. If this process had been followed this would have prevented the arrest. As stated, the new process is clear around the responsibilities for officers when undertaking such arrest enquires. Ministry of Justice: accepted I can confirm we have met and discussed this case and the learning arising from it. We are working closely with Serco as the new provider to ensure they adhere to the contractual requirements. In recent times the MPS have led the way in responding to breach notifications and we have spoken about the processes in place. Show less