MPA
Statement Following Meeting of Professional Standards Cases Sub-Committee
The Metropolitan Police Authority's Professional
Standards Cases Sub-committee met to consider a report from the Director
of Internal Audit which related to the award of a contract by the MPS
in 2003 and to the extent of the involvement of Sir Ian Blair, then Deputy
Commissioner, in the procurement process.
The Sub-committee has decided to ask the Home Secretary to appoint an
investigating officer to ascertain whether the Commissioner's conduct
met the required standards as per the Police Code of Conduct (Police (Conduct)
Regulations 2004).
Reshard Auladin, chair of the Sub-committee, said:
'This decision does not imply any finding of wrong doing by the Commissioner,
but is made to ensure that all the facts are independently and thoroughly
investigated.'
