Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime

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Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC)
Functional body overview
Formed	16 January 2012
Preceding functional body	Metropolitan Police Authority
Jurisdiction	Metropolitan Police District
Headquarters	City Hall, The Queen's Walk, London, SE1 2AA
Functional body executives	Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London Kaya Comer-Schwartz, Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime
Parent department	Greater London Authority
Website	www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/mayors-office-policing-and-crime-mopac

The Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) is a functional body of the Greater London Authority responsible for oversight of the Metropolitan Police. It came into being on 16 January 2012 at midnight, replacing the Metropolitan Police Authority, as envisaged by the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011. The current Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime is Sophie Linden.

Structure

The office is headed by the Mayor of London 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 to act on their behalf. They are held to account by the Police and Crime Committee of the London Assembly.

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 office lacks the powers to appoint or dismiss the commissioner; these are powers of the home secretary.

Leadership

Deputy Mayor of London for Policing and Crime

2008–2012: Kit Malthouse
2012–2016: Stephen Greenhalgh
2016–2024: Sophie Linden
2024–present: Kaya Comer-Schwartz

Chief Executive

2013–2019: Rebecca Lawrence
2020–present: Diana Luchford

References

"London mayor gains powers over the Metropolitan Police". BBC News. 16 January 2012.

External links

Official website of the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime

Metropolitan Police

History

Governance

Organisation and structure

Met Operations	Dog Support Unit Marine Policing Unit Mounted Branch Specialist Firearms Command Roads & Transport Policing Command Territorial Support Group Specialist, Organised & Economic Crime Command Contact Centre Human Exploitation and Organised Crime Command Operation Trident
Specialist Operations	Counter Terrorism Command Protection & Security Command Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Royalty and Specialist Protection Aviation Policing
Frontline Policing	Homicide and Major Crime Command Royal Parks Operational Command Unit Violence Suppression Unit

Buildings

Stations

Current	Charing Cross Hammersmith Lewisham
Former	Arbour Square Canon Row Paddington Green West End Central

Training

Other

v t e Greater London Authority functional bodies
Current	GLA Land and Property (GLAP) London Fire Commissioner (LFC) London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) London and Partners (L&P) Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation Transport for London (TfL)
Former	London Development Agency (LDA) London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority (LFEPA) Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA)

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