Correspondence submitted by the Association
of Chief Police Officer of England, Wales and Northern Ireland
(ACPO) to the Chairman of the Sub-committee, 16 January 2009
I write to advise you of the plans for the submission
of written material on behalf of the Association of Chief Police
Officers, and in particular its Terrorism and Allied Matters Business
Areas, in respect of the Sub-committee's inquiry into CONTEST.
As Chair of the Business Area and Assistant
Commissioner Specialist Operations for the Metropolitan Police,
I have considered this question with colleagues and it has been
determined that, rather than making an outline, generalist submission
at this stage, I will arrange for a written briefing note to be
dispatched to the Sub-committee in good time for members to review
it prior to my appearance before the Inquiry in February. This
note will, of course, reflect the guidance on length and methodology
of submission previously circulated on the Sub-committee's behalf.
Fundamental to this approach is the desire to
ensure that the submitted material should be helpfully reflective
of any particular themes emerging from the Inquiry's opening sessions
and to enable the submission to be dynamically current and responsive
to any key events that may take place in the interim, such as,
potentially, the launch of "CONTEST2".
I trust that you and your colleagues will find
this approach, and our subsequent submission, to be helpful.
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