{"id":632,"date":"2025-06-19T23:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T23:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mississaugaoffice.com\/?p=632"},"modified":"2025-06-20T09:45:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T09:45:58","slug":"met-police-deploying-dedicated-patrols-to-protect-women-and-girls-at-concerts-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mississaugaoffice.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/19\/met-police-deploying-dedicated-patrols-to-protect-women-and-girls-at-concerts-this-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Met Police deploying dedicated patrols to protect women and girls at concerts this summer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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More officers specially trained to spot predatory behaviour will be deployed at concerts across London<\/a> this summer<\/a> to try and keep women and girls safer, the Metropolitan Police said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The capital is gearing up to host an unprecedented number of events, with more than 50 concerts taking place at major venues including the London and Emirates<\/a> stadiums, as well as Wembley<\/a>, which is due to host three million people alone.<\/p>\n

Dedicated violence against women and girls (VAWG) patrols will be on duty both inside venues and along routes to and from major transport hubs to root out potential predators and reassure concert goers.<\/p>\n

The project forms part of the Met\u2019s V100 project, a new data-driven approach to identify serious sexual offenders and prevent crimes.<\/p>\n

It began on June 5 at US singer Beyonce\u2019s concert at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and led 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.<\/p>\n

Since the V100 project was introduced 18 months ago, 177 arrests have been made leading to 154 charges and 129 convictions.<\/p>\n

Deputy Assistant Commissioner Ben Russell said: \u2018This 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.\u2019<\/p>\n

He told Metro: \u2018We have never seen anything like the demand we have got for concerts this year.<\/p>\n

\u2018I think what\u2019s happened is basically because of Taylor Swift – she came to London, and it was immensely popular, sold loads of tickets across loads of nights, and I think because of that promoters and event organisers have said we want to come to London and host concerts in major stadiums.<\/p>\n

\u2018It\u2019s 51 separate concerts this summer, over double what we had last year.\u2019<\/p>\n

He added: \u2018There\u2019s a number of reasons we police concerts in the way we do, and VAWG is one of them.<\/p>\n

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On November 25, 2024 Metro<\/strong> launched This Is Not Right, a year-long campaign to address the relentless epidemic of violence against women.<\/p>\n

With the help of our partners at Women’s Aid, This Is Not Right aims to shine a light on the sheer scale of this national emergency.<\/p>\n

You can find more articles here<\/a><\/strong>, and if you want to share your story with us, you can send us an email at vaw@metro.co.uk<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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