Agenda and draft minutes

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Contact: Katie Odling
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Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from Mark Boleat, Simon Duckworth Alderman Alison Gowman, Alderman Ian Luder, Vivienne Littlechild and Deputy Richard Regan.

 

Eric Nisbett Director of Corporate Services Police and Commander Stephen Head Economic Crime Police, also gave apologies.

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2.

MEMBERS' DECLARATIONS UNDER THE CODE OF CONDUCT IN RESPECT OF ITEMS ON THE AGENDA

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest.

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3.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 210 KB

To agree the public minutes and summary of the meeting held on 4 July 2014.

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Minutes:

RESOLVED – That the minutes of the Police Committee held on 4 July 2014 be approved.

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4.

Outstanding References pdf icon PDF 56 KB

Report of the Town Clerk.

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Minutes:

Barbican Highwalk CCTV – The Assistant Director, Street Scene and Strategy informed the Committee that Officers had been recruited into the Community Safety team to assist with progressing options for CCTV on the Barbican Highwalk.  The Barbican Estate Office and the City of London Police would be consulted and based on the outcome of these discussions, an action plan would be formulated.

 

The Commissioner acknowledged the importance of CCTV to support investigations and deal with cases more effectively and efficiently.

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5.

Serious Crime Bill pdf icon PDF 90 KB

Report of the Remembrancer.

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Minutes:

The Committee received a report of the Remembrancer which provided an overview of the Serious Crime Bill and identified those issues likely to be of most relevance to the City of London.

 

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.

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6.

Equality Diversity and Human Rights (EDHR) - Verbal update

Minutes:

The Equalities, Diversity Manager (Community and Children’s Services) provided an update to the Committee –

 

·         EID Dinner – The dinner to mark the end of Eid which took place on 3 September had been extremely successful.  The organisation was led by the City of London Police and jointly delivered with officers in the Community and Children’s Services Department with the Charity Partner being ‘Remembering Srebrenica’.  The Chairman congratulated all those involved for delivering an extremely successful event.  The Chairman suggested it would be useful to circulate a briefing on the event to Members to create awareness and generate publicity.

·         Independent Advisory Group (IAG) – Members of the IAG had formally joined and they were due to meet for the first time on Wednesday, 17 September.

·         The LGBT Action Plan had been issued and the results would be published in the new year.

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7.

Risk Register Update pdf icon PDF 165 KB

Report of the Commissioner of Police.

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Minutes:

The Committee received a report of the Commissioner of Police which provided an update on the Risk Register.

 

RESOLVED – that the report be noted.

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8.

Health and Safety Annual Performance Update and New Plan for 2014-2017 pdf icon PDF 184 KB

Report of the Commissioner of Police.

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Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Committee received a report of the Commissioner of Police which provided information on the current position regarding the management of Health and Safety within the City of London Police since the last report which was submitted in September 2013.

 

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.

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9.

2014-2015 Budget Monitoring Report - Period to end of July 2014 pdf icon PDF 177 KB

Report of the Commissioner of Police.

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Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Committee received a report of the Commissioner of Police regarding the 2014/2015 Budget Monitoring for the period to the end of July 2014.

 

In response to a question regarding the inclusion of budgets for unanticipated one-off items (additional staff costs for the IT Modernisation Programme and funding for the Mobile Working Project), the Chamberlain advised that at the time of setting the budget, the support was underestimated hence the need for this additional requirement.

 

The Assistant Commissioner informed the Committee that the budget allowed for funding for 740 Police Officers; however this figure could fluctuate throughout the year. 

 

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.

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10.

City of London Police Official Flag pdf icon PDF 151 KB

Report of the Commissioner of Police.

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Minutes:

The Committee received a report of the Commissioner of Police regarding the City of London Police Official Flag.

 

RESOLVED – that the report be noted.

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11.

Questions on matters relating to the work of the Committee

Minutes:

There were no questions.

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12.

Any other business that the Chairman considers urgent

Minutes:

There were no items of urgent business.

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13.

Exclusion of the Public

MOTION - That under Section 100(A) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part I of the Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act.

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Minutes:

RESOLVED – That under Section 100(A) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part 1 of the Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act.

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14.

Non-Public Minutes

To agree the non-public minutes of the meeting held on 4 July 2014.

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Minutes:

RESOLVED – that the non-public minutes of the meeting held on 4 July 2014 be approved.

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15.

City of London Police Accommodation Project

Joint report of the Chamberlain and City Surveyor.

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Minutes:

The Committee considered a report of the Chamberlain and City Surveyor in relation to the City of London Police Accommodation Project.

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16.

Quarterly Economic Crime Update Report

Report of the Commissioner of Police.

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Minutes:

The Committee considered a report of the Commissioner of Police which provided the quarterly update in relation to Economic Crime.

 

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.

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17.

Commissioner's Updates

Commissioner to be heard.

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Minutes:

The Commissioner of Police was heard concerning on-going and successful operations undertaken by the City of London Police.

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18.

Questions on matters relating to the work of the Committee

Minutes:

There were no questions.

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19.

Any other business that the Chairman considers urgent and which the Committee agree should be considered whilst the public are excluded

Minutes:

There were no items of urgent business.

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