If you would like to be involved\, please complete the reg istration form and return it to PPO@mpa.gov.uk by email or by hand (to avoid the problems with the postal strike) to MPA Scrutiny and Oversight \, 10 Dean Farrar Street\, London SW1H 0NY.
\nIf you are unable to attend\, we will be happy to receive written submissions. These should again be emailed or delivered to the addresses provided above and ideall y should be no more than 2 pages.
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\nCivil Liberties Pa nel
\nThe MPA Civil Liberties Panel was introduced in the MPA's mi
ssion statement for London's police\, Met Forward\, as a means of securi
ng public confidence in policing tactics in the capital and ensuring the
Met maintains public trust.
Met Forward
&lsquo\;Our duty\, as London's police authority\, is to ensure the Met restores and mainta ins public trust. In order to support this\, we will establish a Civil L iberties Panel of Authority members that will begin its work with a form al civil liberties scrutiny of the Met's public order policing of violen t disorder. Once the initial scrutiny is complete\, the panel will conti nue both to monitor the situation and hear specific concerns from the pu blic and human rights organisations.'
\nIt is proposed that the pa nel will convene to consider issues on a priority basis as agreed by the MPA. It will be a standing panel\, and will meet as the need arises.
\nDue to the public concern over events surrounding the policing of G20\, the first priority for the panel is a review of the HMIC report on the policing of G20. This will reflect the issues raised by members at the full authority meeting on 30 April 2009. As other priorities emerge\ , additional terms of reference will be agreed.
\nPanel hearings w ill be held in open session except if there are extraordinary and compel ling reasons to meet in private.
\nThe panel met for the first tim e on 9 July 2009. At this meeting Victoria Borwick was elected chair\, m embership of the panel was confirmed and terms of reference were discuss ed and agreed. The terms of reference were ratified at the full Authorit y meeting on 23 July 2009.
\nPublic meeting: 5 November 2009
\nCivil Liberties Panel open meeting - come and have your say!
\nAs part of our review of the events surrounding the G20 demonstrations w e are holding an open meeting from 09.30-12.30 on 5 November 2009\, in L ondon's Living Room\, City Hall\, The Queen's Walk\, London\, SE1 2AA.\n
We are keen to engage with as many individuals and groups as poss ible who would like to comment on the events which took place on 1 and 2 April 2009. We would particularly welcome firsthand accounts from those who were actually there.
\nIn order to cover the range of topics we plan to group the morning into three broad areas for discussion as de tailed below. Our aim is to gather as much information as possible from the maximum number of people\, and to do this in the time available we n eed to limit submissions to a maximum of 3 minutes each. Topics will als o be grouped together to avoid repetition.
\nComments\, submission s received and points raised in discussion will be used to inform the re port of the Civil Liberties Panel to the Metropolitan Police in the New Year. The report will be widely circulated within the Metropolitan Polic e Service\, the Mayor's office\, HMIC and other bodies concerned with ci vil liberties.
\nThe session will be recorded and the webcast will be available after the meeting.
\nI look forward to seeing you.\n
Victoria Borwick
Chair\, Civil Liberties Panel.
Agen da - 5 November
\n08:45 Doors open at City Hall
Please allow
time to get through City Hall security
09:00-09:25 Coffee and te a available
\n09:30-09:35 Welcome from the Chair
\n9:35-10:1
5 Planning for the Event
This section will cover pre-event planning
between organisers\, the police\, the public\, the local businesses\, a
nd the media
10:15-11:15 Policing on the day (various marches/de
monstrations)
This section will cover the various events and demons
trations that took place\, and how they were policed
11:15-11:30 Tea/coffee break
\n11:30-12:15 Communications (before\, during an
d after G20)
This section will cover communications: prior to the e
vent\, during and afterwards from the public\, police\, organisers\, med
ia and local businesses perspective.
12:15-12:25 Summation
Covering the key points made during the discussions
12:30 Close< br />Members of the panel
\n* Victoria Borwick (Chair)
* Val
erie Brasse
* Dee Doocey
* Kirsten Hearn
* Jenny Jones
* Clive Lawton
* Joanne McCartney
* Richard Tracey
Terms of reference
\nTo develop an ongoing understanding of civil liberties and human rights and the consequences this has for polic ing in relation to all the areas considered by this panel.
\n* the
panel may investigate any topics which in their view are relevant to ci
vil liberties
* within each area of review\, develop a clear under
standing of the full range of policies and tactics\, including training\
, supervision and communication\; the situations within which various ta
ctics are deployed and how decisions about proportionality are made. The
panel will consider the wider impact of these on civil liberties and hu
man rights.
* scrutinise the MPS's work to retain public trust and
confidence in balancing civil liberties with the need to maintain publi
c safety and public order through proportionate policing. This should in
clude scrutinising how the MPS communicates with the public\, key stakeh
olders and the MPA.
* the panel will consider how lessons learned
from previous investigations impact on current MPS practice\, training r
egimes and organisational culture.
* understand the potential equa
lities and diversity issues arising out of all areas of service delivery
being addressed by this panel.
* engage with the MPS\, the public
\, relevant groups and civil liberty and human rights organisations to e
nsure that members gain a comprehensive understanding of the issues invo
lved.
* the monitoring of the implementation of any recommendation
s by this panel and any other relevant reviews (e.g. the HMIC review of
G20 and public order) on behalf of the Authority may be undertaken by th
e panel or another MPA committee as appropriate.
* provide regular
reports to full Authority and other committees where relevant\, updatin
g them on the progress being made against the panel's work programme and
make recommendations to the Authority and the MPS.
There are po tentially significant equality and diversity issues arising out of any s crutiny in this area. The equality objectives outlined above aim to ensu re that they are addressed as the work of the panel develops.
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As part of the review of the events surrounding the G20 demonstr ations there is an open meeting from 09.30-12.30 on 5 November 2009\, in London's Living Room\, City Hall\, The Queen's Walk\, London\, SE1 2AA.
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