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Proof of Evidence of Commander Kyle Gordon THE MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR POLICING AND CRIME (PERIVALE) COMPULSORY PURCHASE ORDER 2020 PROOF OF EVIDENCE ON BEHALF OF THE ACQUIRING AUTHORITY IN RESPECT OF THE OPERATIONAL NEED FOR VRES, THE RISK OF OPERATIONAL FAILURE, THE LOCATION OF THE VRES SCHEME AND THE PROXIMITY TO LONDON AND THE NEED FOR THE VRES SCHEME ON ONE SITE COMMANDER KYLE GORDON, (MET OPERATIONS) 20 APRIL 2021 121072/126/28567153_1 1 OF 10 INTRODUCTION AND EXPERIENCE .......................................................... 3 SCOPE OF EVIDENCE ................................................................................ 3 STRATEGIC NEED FOR VRES SCHEME ................................................... 3 RISK OF OPERATIONAL FAILURE ............................................................ 6 SITE PROXIMITY TO LONDON ................................................................... 6 NEED FOR ONE SITE ................................................................................. 7 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION ................................................................. 8 121072/126/28567153_1 2 OF 10 INTRODUCTION AND EXPERIENCE 1.1 My name is Kyle Gordon. The evidence which I have prepared and provide for this Inquiry is true and I confirm that the opinions expressed are my true and professional opinions. 1.2 I am a Commander of the Metropolitan Police Service with responsibility for ‘Uniformed Operations’ within the Metropolitan Police Service’s ‘Met Operations’ Business Group. I have command of all Firearms, Taskforce (Territorial Support Group, Mounted, Dog Support Unit and Marine Policing Unit) and Roads and Transport Policing Operational Command Units (OCUs) within my current portfolio. I have held this positon since 2018. 1.3 The Met Operations Business Group encompasses all of the specialist and supporting police functions provided by the Metropolitan Police, including all of the functions delivered from the Perivale site. 1.4 Prior to my service with the Metropolitan Police Service I have served with the Royal Ulster Constabulary GC, Police Service of Northern Ireland, Northumbria Police and British Transport Police. SCOPE OF EVIDENCE 2.1 My evidence addresses the following topics:- 2.1.1 the role and strategic need for the provision of the Vehicle Recovery and Examination Service ('VRES') across London for the Metropolitan Police Service ('MPS'), and the Forensic Services ('Forensic Services') and the Road and Transport Policing Command ('RTPC') facilities, by the retention of the VRES facility, henceforth referred to as the 'VRES Scheme' continued delivery of the VRES; 2.1.2 the risk of operational failure by not enabling the continuation and security of the VRES Scheme; 2.1.3 the need for the VRES Scheme to be in close proximity to London; and 2.1.4 the need for the VRES Scheme to be located on one site STRATEGIC NEED FOR VRES SCHEME 3.1 The MPS is responsible, together with the Criminal Justice Service, Local Authorities and other partner organisations, for keeping London safe and for supporting victims of crime. The MPS is seen as a world leader in policing, has over 44,000 officers and staff, and is the UK's largest police service. It has 25% of the total police budget for England and Wales. The MPS also has national responsibilities, for example responding to counter terrorism through SO15 the Counter Terrorism Command and supporting the National Crime Agency and other national security organisations. 3.2 VRES provides a vehicle recovery, removal, forensic examination, storage and disposal service across London in accordance with over a dozen regulations. Its core focus is on denying criminals the use of roads and on obtaining vital evidence that allows the prevention of crime and the prosecution of criminals. 3.3 VRES fulfils a crucial role in fighting crime in London. It is the principal specialist 121072/126/28567153_1 3 OF 10 service involved in removing, storing and examining vehicles involved in crime, whether that be uninsured vehicles, vehicles involved in serious crime including murder, rape, drugs and weapons crime, people smuggling and other such activities or those involved in fatal or serious road accidents. Core services that are provided from the site that is the subject of this compulsory purchase order ('the Perivale site') include forensics, data collection, document verification, storage of vehicles and exhibits, terrorism-related vehicle crime investigation, intelligence gathering, firearms and offensive weapons discoveries and disposal, vehicle registration and large-scale incident response. 3.4 The Metropolitan Police’s Department of Legal Services has advised that: “the first point to note is that it is absolutely clear that the Commissioner needs access to car pounds to fulfil the statutory obligations under the Road Traffic Act 1988 (and other statutes) to keep impounded vehicles off the street and ensure they are kept safely. The provision of the car pounds therefore falls within the function of MOPAC to secure that the force is “efficient and effective”. 3.5 Crime rates relating to motor vehicles are increasing – between 2015-2018, thefts on motor vehicles increased by 34.4%, to over 31,000 offences per year. Of the c. 4,000 vehicles involved in crime that are brought to the Perivale site for detailed investigation, between 50%-60% are suspected of being involved in serious crime. 3.6 VRES operates from two sites, Charlton and Perivale. VRES recovers, investigates, processes and disposes of around 40,000 vehicles per annum. These are all types of vehicles, from scooters and motor-cycles to buses and HGVs. However, whilst the Charlton Car Compound deals primarily with uninsured vehicles and those linked to minor crime, the Perivale site provides a range of far more sophisticated investigation services and deals with a significant number of vehicles linked to serious crime. These vehicles require far more detailed investigation work and many remain on site for a considerable period of time while investigations complete. 3.7 In order to function effectively, the VRES needs to be able to recover vehicles from the street without delay – a vehicle suspected of being involved in crime must be attended by a police officer until removed as there is a high risk that evidence may be removed or tampered with. It must then be quickly removed to a safe and secure place, where it can be examined and within which there are clear and robust methods of ensuring the continuity of evidence. In over 60% of cases the vehicles cannot be driven, either to preserve evidence, because they are incapable of being driven, because they are or are suspected of being unsafe, or simply because the police do not have the keys. Consequently on these occasions, they have to be removed using flatbed recovery vehicles. As many of the vehicles concerned are linked to crime, there is a considerable risk of attempts to destroy evidence, meaning that the transport and storage of such vehicles creates risk. There have been 19 attacks on vehicles seized by VRES in the last 3 years resulting in evidence being stolen or destroyed. These attacks take place either while vehicles are in transport to the VRES sites or on the VRES sites themselves. We therefore try to move them as quickly as possible to a place of safety and keep them secure from that point onwards. 3.8 Whilst the longer term effects of the current pandemic remain unclear, we expect London to continue to grow rapidly, with its population projected to increase to ten million by the next decade. That population increases further during the day with the influx of commuters into the city as well as having to cope (in normal times) with millions of visitors every year. The work that the MPS has to do to keep London safe is becoming more demanding and complex, with increasing numbers of crimes and incidents involving vulnerable people and high risk of harm. Overall reported crime is 121072/126/28567153_1 4 OF 10 up by 27% in the 5 years to January 2020 whilst high harm crime is up by 38% in the same period. The threat to terrorism remains 'severe', with a series of appalling attacks around the world underlining the continued determination of terrorists to attack major cities including London in any way they can. The VRES have been used to investigate a number of terrorist attacks including the Westminster and London Bridge attacks and the Salisbury poisonings, with vehicles involved in the incidents themselves and those needing to be removed as a consequence of the incidents were taken to the Perivale site. The VRES continues to provide an important facility to store and examine evidence that enables the MPS to combat all of these crimes. 3.9 The Perivale site provides secure and specialist examination facilities for the following Met Operations Command Units; MO4 (Forensic Services), MO8 (Road Traffic Policing Command) and MO11 (Operational Support Services). In addition the VRES sites support the work of a wide range of other Met Operations services. The Perivale site includes one of a very few ISO 17020 accredited forensic vehicle examination sites in the UK. These facilities are not replicated at the Charlton Car Compound (nor anywhere else in southern England). The nearest similar facility is in Manchester. The Perivale site forensic facility also provides the main forensic service for all objects that are too large to be processed at the main MPS forensics unit at Lambeth (such as large bins or containers, doors, benches etc). 3.10 MO8 investigates all serious and fatal road accidents in London, comprising over 3000 incidents per annum. Whilst the causes of many of these collisions can be identified via on-scene forensic investigations, those that have resulted in fatalities or where serious fault (either of the vehicle or the driver) are brought to the Perivale facility for more detailed investigation. 3.11 In addition to its core work within the Met Operations business group, VRES is integrated into many strands of the wider MPS provision across Greater London. The Perivale site operates closely with other MPS Business Groups – in particular Frontline Policing and Specialist Operations.
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