Agenda and minutes

Apologies were received from Doug Barrow, Simon Duckworth and Deputy James Thomson.

There were no declarations.

To agree the public minutes and summary of the meeting held on 18 October 2019.

RESOLVED, that the public minutes and non-public summary of the meeting held on 18 October 2019 be approved as a correct record.

Report of the Commissioner.

Members considered a joint report of the Town Clerk and Commissioner regarding public references.

RESOLVED, that the report be received.

TO FOLLOW.

The Town Clerk noted that there were no public reports due for consideration.

The Commissioner to be heard.

The recently published Mackey/Savill Review of the national ‘lead force’ responsibilities of the City of London Police and the effectiveness of investigations in the UK was discussed and the following points were made.

·         The Commissioner welcomed the review and noted that the Force would be working with the Home Office to address the recommendations raised within it.

·         The Deputy Chief Executive similarly welcomed the review and confirmed that the Authority would work with the Force to address its recommendations. The Authority recognised that all 43 Forces in England needed to be engaged in order to address the issue of fraud and noted  the review’s recommendation that the City of London Police remained at the heart of any future solution to combat fraud.

·         The Director of Communications (Authority) noted that the publication of the review had attracted fair and balanced coverage.

There were no questions.

MOTION – that that under Section 100(A) of the Local Government Act 1972, the

public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the

grounds they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part I of Schedule 12A of the Act.

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

To agree the non-public minutes of the meeting held on 18 October 2019.

RESOLVED, that the non-public minutes of the meeting held on 18 October 2019 be approved as a correct record.

Report of the Commissioner.

Members considered a joint report of the Town Clerk and Commissioner regarding non-public references.

The Commissioner to be heard.

The Commissioner was heard regarding the recently published Mackey/Savill Review of the national ‘lead force’ responsibilities of the City of London Police and the effectiveness of investigations in the UK.

TO FOLLOW.

Report of the Commissioner.

Members considered a report of the Commissioner regarding Investment in National Policing Strategy for Fraud.

Report of the Commissioner.

Members considered a report of the Commissioner regarding City of London Police – Interpol & Europol Engagement.

Report of the Commissioner.

Members considered a report of the Commissioner regarding Economic Crime Directorate Performance Q3 – October-December 2019.

Report of the Commissioner.

Members considered a report of the Commissioner regarding Economic Crime Academy Performance Data – December 2018-December 2019.

There were no questions.

There was one item on other business.