Recommendation - Metropolitan Police Service, May 2018
Recommendation date: 2 May 2018
Response due: 27 June 2018
Published: 19 February 2019
At approximately 3am on 24 March 2017, police officers were informed of an alleged burglary taking place in south London. The alleged suspects made off on mopeds. Officers lost sight of the mopeds until an unmarked police car located one of them. The unmarked police car followed the moped for a short period of time to a local park, where the police car collided with it. Both rider and passenger fell off the moped. The driver of the moped sustained a fractured leg during the incident and was taken to hospital.
Recommendations (1)
Recommendation 1
Accepted
Recommendation
The Police and Driver - Vehicles and Equipment Standard operating procedure (SOP) states where vehicles are fitted with in-car recording equipment, the driver of the police vehicle “must ensure this equipment is working correctly and all cameras are visible through … Read more
Force Response
Accepted action: The subject matter experts have advised that Cleartone training will not be rolled out as part of the driving training for all MPS drivers for [the following] reasons. [Training in the use of the equipment is provided by … Read more