2012
Malthouse was appointed Deputy Mayor of London, Policing by London Mayor Boris Johnson with effect from 6 May 2008. In October 2008 he was appointed Vice Chairman of the Metropolitan Police Authority by the Mayor.
Malthouse was a member of the board of the Association of Police Authorities and the London Regional Resilience Forum. He also sits on the Ministerial Steering Group of the London Criminal Justice Partnership.
In October 2009 Malthouse was involved in the events leading to the resignation of Sir Ian Blair, then Metropolitan Police Commissioner. During his first few months in office he was also responsible for a wholesale change of the members of the Police Authority and a restructure of the organisation. Malthouse has introduced Met Forward, the Authority’s strategic mission for London’s police. Alongside the Mayor of London and the then Deputy Commissioner of Metropolitan Police, Malthouse released ‘Time for Action’ on 3 November 2008 in response to escalating concerns about youth violence in London.
In early 2012, Malthouse was criticised for questioning the Metropolitan Police's conduct of the investigation into alleged press phone hacking.
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