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Police introduce patrols to protect women and girls at concerts
The Metropolitan Police has introduced patrols aimed at keeping women and girls safe at concerts.
The new patrols come ahead of 51 large-scale music events due to take place in London this summer, with more than three million people set to attend shows at Wembley Stadium alone. The patrols started on 5 June with Beyonce's concert at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, with the operation leading to the removal of an individual on suspicion of stalking and threatening behaviour, as well as the arrest of a man for upskirting, who remains on police bail.
The patrols have been introduced alongside the V100 project, a new data-driven approach to identify serious sexual offenders and prevent crimes. Ben Russell, deputy assistant commissioner for the Metropolitan Police, said 177 of the V100 nominals had already been arrested, and 129 of them have been convicted for a range of serious offences.
"The V100 is our approach to identifying those men who are at the top end of carrying out the most serious and harmful attacks against women and girls - that's multiple serious sexual assaults. "Thankfully, there are a relatively small number of offenders who we believe are behind the most serious crimes.
"And this is about identifying through our data the men posing the biggest risk of women and girls in London and taking action in a very targeted, precise way." Read more:Post Office scandal redress must not only be fair - it must be fastTrump reveals timeline on Iran attack decision The patrols work on both engaging with the public, "helping people to feel safe, and letting them know that if they've got concerns, they can come and speak to us.
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