Agenda item

Report of the Commissioner of Police.

The Committee received a report of the Commissioner of Police concerning details of issues raised at Ward level and the Forces response since the last Community Engagement report.

20mph Speed Limit

The Committee noted the number of drivers that had been stopped for travelling in excess of the 20mph speed limit and a Member queried whether any buses had been stopped. The Commissioner explained that he was not aware of the number of buses that had been stopped but would work with Transport for London to ensure that buses complied with the speed limit.

The Committee asked whether there was any indication of the impact of the reduction in the speed limit. The Commissioner explained that it was too soon to assess the impact of the speed limit reduction in terms of changes to the number and type of incident and it would be difficult to assess this impact until the medium-term due to the relatively small number of incidents in the City. He also cautioned that it may not be possible to attribute any change in the number of incidents solely to the change in the speed limit as there would be a large number of contributing factors.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.