1. London Freight Enforcement Partnership
Working Together To Achieve More

2. 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

3. FREIGHT NON-COMPLIANCE IN LONDON - Consequences

4. 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

5. THE LONDON FREIGHT ENFORCEMENT PARTNERSHIP

6. 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

7. DANGEROUSLY AND DELIBERATELY NON-COMPLIANT
THE LONDON FREIGHT ENFORCEMENT PARTNERSHIP – Our Ambition
Operator Compliance Spectrum
DANGEROUSLY AND DELIBERATELY NON-COMPLIANT
EXEMPLAR
Pre-LFEP Enforcement
LFEP Enforcement
Engagement
Accreditation

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. THE LONDON FREIGHT ENFORCEMENT PARTNERSHIP – Freight Compliance Unit

14. 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

15. THE FUTURE Criminal Justice Outcomes Further Intelligence Sharing
Additional Partners
Greater Use Of Technology
Additional Research

16. 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

17. Thank you