London Freight

Enforcement
Partnership
Working Together To Achieve
More
FREIGHT NON-COMPLIANCE IN LONDON – Issues of Concern

 Over half of vehicles operating in London are committing some type of offence.
 Nationally 25% of vehicles are operating with a potentially dangerous roadworthiness
defect
 Data indicates that different industries have different compliance issues
 Drivers Hours offences are the most commonly detected
 Offenders consider the possibility of being caught to be low. Fixed Penalty Notices are
not seen to be an effective deterrent
 Restricted Operator Licence holders are perceived to be more non-compliant
FREIGHT NON-COMPLIANCE IN LONDON - Consequences
CHALLENGES FACED

 Large number of drivers, vehicles and operators

 Large numbers of vulnerable road users
 Limited road space
 Multiple enforcement agencies
 Duplication of activity
 Gaps in activity
 Lack of a shared intelligence picture
THE LONDON FREIGHT ENFORCEMENT PARTNERSHIP
THE LONDON FREIGHT ENFORCEMENT PARTNERSHIP -
Overview

 Shared Governance
 Joint Aims and Objectives
 Combined Intelligence Picture
 Joint Roadside Operations
 Co-located staff
 Shared External Messaging
 Closer working with the Office of the Traffic
Commissioner
 Better use of technology
THE LONDON FREIGHT ENFORCEMENT PARTNERSHIP –
Our Ambition

Operator Compliance Spectrum

DANGEROUSLY AND
EXEMPLAR DELIBERATELY NON-
COMPLIANT

Pre-LFEP Enforcement

LFEP Enforcement

Engagement
Accreditation
THE LONDON FREIGHT ENFORCEMENT PARTNERSHIP –
Roadside enforcement

 Operational Units:
- MPS Commercial Vehicle Unit
- CoLP Commercial Vehicle Unit
- DVSA Area 15
- Industrial HGV Task Force
 90+ officers in total
 Pan-London coverage
 24/7 deployments
 Expert and highly trained officers - CPC and
Vocational licences
THE LONDON FREIGHT ENFORCEMENT PARTNERSHIP –
Roadside enforcement

Benefits of partnership working:

 Multiple skill sets
 Increased knowledge
 Shared information
 Different sanction policies
 Full range of abilities/powers

Results from Partnership activity are consistently better

than from non-partnership activity
THE LONDON FREIGHT ENFORCEMENT PARTNERSHIP –
Results from roadside enforcement (1ST Oct 2015 – 30TH Sep 2016)

15,906 vehicles stopped and checked

4,153 Roadside FPNs/TORs issued
33 arrests
82 vehicles seized
2,986 Mechanical Prohibitions issued
874 Drivers Hours Prohibitions issued
THE LONDON FREIGHT ENFORCEMENT PARTNERSHIP –
Freight Compliance Unit

 Shared Intelligence Function

 UK’s first and only multi-partner unit dedicated to freight
enforcement
 Made up of officers and staff from the MPS, CoLP and DVSA
with a direct link to the CoLP
 Access to all relevant Police and DVSA systems and
information
 Facilitates greater use of ANPR
 FCU closes the previous intelligence gap
 Facilitation of shared tasking activity
THE LONDON FREIGHT ENFORCEMENT PARTNERSHIP –
Freight Compliance Unit

Action arising from FCU activity to date:

 22 Operator Visits
 11 Operators taken to Public Inquiry
 10 Operators showing improved levels of compliance
 1 High Level DVSA Investigation into 3 “Phoenix” Companies
 1 Overseas Operator being Targeted by the DVSA at National Level

FCU information results in improved roadside targeting

THE LONDON FREIGHT ENFORCEMENT PARTNERSHIP –
Freight Compliance Unit

FCU/Non-FCU satisfactory stop rates

90%
87% 87.50%

85%
85%

81.50%

80%

75%
75%

70%

66%
65%

60%

55%

50%
FCU Non-FCU FCU Non-FCU FCU Non-FCU
CVU IHTF CoLP
THE LONDON FREIGHT ENFORCEMENT PARTNERSHIP –
Stakeholder Engagement

 Remote Enforcement Office

 Newsletters
 “Toolbox talks”
 Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme
 DVSA Earned Recognition
 CLOCS
 Training courses
 Support for stakeholders
THE FUTURE

 Criminal Justice Outcomes

 Further Intelligence Sharing
 Additional Partners
 Greater Use Of Technology
 Additional Research
Summary

 London faces a series of challenges which can only be met by working

closely together
 HGVs are over-represented in collisions, air quality issues and the causes
of congestion
 Enforcement prior to the development of LFEP was disjointed with
intelligence gaps and duplication in activity
 LFEP allows us to better focus our activity on the most dangerous and
non-compliant operators
 Shared intelligence is key
 We seek to continually improve our activities
Thank you