 The matrix now has 1,933 individuals, a 49 percent drop from from 2017 when it peaked at 3,881. Back in February 2021, Sadiq Khan said he could not 'ignore the fact that Black Londoners have less trust in the Met.' He said: 'We simply cannot ignore the fact Black Londoners have less trust in the Met and that is why my comprehensive overhaul of the Gang Violence Matrix is so important to improving the trust and confidence London's diverse communities have in our police. 'As a direct result of the Met acting on my recommendations to make the Matrix database more transparent, effective and more evidence based than ever before, more than 1,000 young Black Londoners who should not have been on it have now been removed. "At the same time detection rates have improved."){kind=link}
Young men who posed âlittle to no threat’ have been removed from a controversial gang matrix targeting black men who were not supposed to be on the list
Young men who posed âlittle to no threat’ have been removed from a controversial gang matrix targeting black men.
Under reforms by the new Met Police Commissioner Mark Rowley, more than 1000 men on were taken off the list, the Guardian reports.
The gang matrix was found to be potentially breaching data laws and those listed could be subjected to tactics such as losing housing or driving licences.
The change comes after London Mayor Sadiq Khan pushed for the Met Police, which is under special measures, to change.