Agenda item

Report of the Commissioner (copy attached).

The Committee considered a report of the Commissioner presenting the proposed 2013-16 Policing Plan for the City of London.

The Chairman of the Police Committee asked the Chairman of the Performance

& Resources Management Sub-Committee to provide a brief summary of the

decisions made at the recent Sub-Committee. The Chairman stated that Sub-

Committee had reviewed the Force’s paper on the HMIC VFM analysis and had

revisited the Policing Plan performance targets.

The Sub-Committee Chairman intimated that the Members had asked for more

comparative information to ensure that City Of London Police services are

delivering VFM. Members asked for more work to be done on justifying the

Force’s uniqueness and on explaining why the City of London Police was such

a high spender in many areas particularly in terms of support service functions.

Members also wanted to ensure that all relevant cost profiles had a City First

figure e.g. supplies and services as a percentage of the workforce costs. The

Force had agreed to produce a further VFM report for the next Performance &

Resource Management Sub-Committee.

The Assistant Commissioner outlined the Policing Plan challenge process with

the running of two member workshops and the presentation of the plan and

targets at the Performance & Resources Management Sub-Committee. He

advised that the Force had reflected on the discussions and would be providing

an additional victim based target as follows “To ensure at least 85% or more

crime victims are satisfied with the way the police has handled their case”.

A Member suggested that any revisions to the Policing Plan should be tracked

and Members should be given frequent updates (as they cannot always attend

all of the meetings). A Member asked why there was not more on traffic

management in the Policing Plan as it is a major issue for the City.

The Chairman of the Performance & Resources Management Sub-Committee

thanked the Town Clerks Department for their advice, support and guidance

during the Policing Plan challenge process and their contributions to date in

reviewing the HMIC VFM analysis.

RESOLVED: That:-

·         the Draft Policing Plan 2013-16 appended to the report be adopted as the Policing Plan for the City of London, subject to any further amendments agreed by the Committee and Commissioner;

·         the plan be published on the internet by 31^st March 2013; and,

·        performance against the plan be reported quarterly to the Police Performance and Resource Management Sub Committee.