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Application

• When? This Policy applies with immediate effect and until March 2015.

• Who? All police officers and police staff, including the extended police family and
those working voluntarily or under contract to the Mayor’s Office for Policing
and Crime (MOPAC) or the Commissioner must be aware of, and are
required to comply with, all relevant Metropolitan Police Service (MPS)
policy and associated procedures.

This Personal Indemnity Insurance Policy (PIIP) applies to MPS police
officers and police staff that are or may be engaged in high-risk duties.

Policy Principles

The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) Management Board and the Mayors Office for
Policing and Crime (MPOC) recognise the need to ensure that in certain situations, MPS
police officers and police staff are indemnified by the MPOC where their own qualifying
insurance fails to provide an indemnity or, where the member of staff cannot obtain
qualifying insurance or only at an excessive premium. This PIIP also demonstrates the
willingness of the MOPAC as an employer of choice to address issues of concern to MPS
police officers and police staff in the performance of their duties in today's society.

Purpose and Benefits

The purpose of this PIIP is to provide an indemnity to MPS police officers and police staff
who are or may be engaged in high-risk duties who all must comply with this PIIP and the
associated SOP. The availability of the indemnity provided by this PIIP and associated
SOP will provide reassurance for MPS police officers and police staff who are or may be
engaged in high-risk duties, who may find themselves in a situation where their qualifying
insurance fails to provide cover or is not available.

Associated Documents and Policies

• Personal Insurance Indemnity Policy - Standard Operating Procedure.
• MPS Overseas Travel Policy.
• Information from the Association of British Insurers at http://www.abi.org.uk/

Notices to be Cancelled / Amended

Previous PIIP policy and SOP that were published in March 2009 are cancelled by this
policy.