The Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) is a functional body of the
Greater London Authority
The Greater London Authority (GLA), colloquially known by the metonym "City Hall", is the devolved regional governance body of Greater London. It consists of two political branches: the executive Mayoralty (currently led by Sadiq Khan) and the ...
responsible for oversight of the
Metropolitan Police
The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), formerly and still commonly known as the Metropolitan Police (and informally as the Met Police, the Met, Scotland Yard, or the Yard), is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement and ...
. It came into being on 16 January 2012 at midnight,
replacing the
Metropolitan Police Authority
The Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) (2000–2012) was the local police authority responsible for scrutinising and supporting the work of the Metropolitan Police Service, the police force for Greater London (excluding the City of London Police ...
, as envisaged by the
Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011
The Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It transfers the control of police forces from police authorities to elected Police and Crime Commissioners. The first police commis ...
. The current Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime is
Sophie Linden
Sophie Linden (born 27 February 1970) is a British politician, and currently the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime in London. She is a member of the Labour Party.
Education
Linden was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge from 1989 to 199 ...
.
Structure
The office is headed by the
Mayor of London
The mayor of London is the chief executive of the Greater London Authority. The role was created in 2000 after the 1998 Greater London Authority referendum, Greater London devolution referendum in 1998, and was the first Directly elected may ...
who acts in a similar capacity to the
police and crime commissioners elsewhere in England. The Mayor can appoint a
Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime The current Deputy Mayor of London for Policing and Crime is Sophie Linden. The office holder is head of the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime.
Outside of powers to issue a Police and Crime Plan, and to appoint and remove senior Met officers, ...
to act on their behalf. They are held to account by the Police and Crime Committee of the
London Assembly
The London Assembly is a 25-member elected body, part of the Greater London Authority, that scrutinises the activities of the Mayor of London and has the power, with a two-thirds super-majority, to amend the Mayor's annual budget and to reject ...
.
Although the office is responsible for strategic oversight of the Metropolitan Police, all operational policing decisions remain the responsibility of the
Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis is the head of London's Metropolitan Police Service. Sir Mark Rowley was appointed to the post on 8 July 2022 after Dame Cressida Dick announced her resignation in February.
The rank of Commissione ...
. The office lacks the power to appoint or dismiss the commissioner.
External links
Official website of the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime
References
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Metropolitan Police
2012 establishments in England
Greater London Authority functional bodies
2012 in British politics
2012 in London
Major precepting authorities in England
Governance of policing in England