Agenda item

Report of the Commissioner.

The Sub-Committee received a report of the Commissioner of Police which summarised the performance against measures set out in the Policing Plan 2015-2018 for the first quarter of the 2015-2016 year.

The Sub-Committee discussed the format of the report and it was agreed that future reports would contain data for a three year period and that where data was not available, this would be stated.

Measure two – ‘The level of community confidence that the City of London is protected from terrorism’ – The Sub-Committee discussed expectations should a terrorist attack occur and encouraged information to be circulated to residents, businesses etc. to increase the knowledge of Police counter terrorism operations.

Measure six – Levels of victim-based violent crime – Members noted that at the end of the first quarter the Force recorded a 38.7% increase in the level of victim based violent crime compared to 2014/15 resulting from 60 more offences.

The Sub-Committee discussed the interest in fraud and cyber-crime and noted that a new system would deliver significant improvements and measures were now being considered for 2016/17.

The Assistant Commissioner reported on the ‘Safe and Secure Town Centres at night Toolkit’ which was intended to provide stakeholders in the night-time economy with a structure for measuring the issues involved in alcohol-related violence and disorder in town centres at night by identifying priorities and taking action to deal with them.  The Force was working closely with the Safer City Partnership to progress this area of work.

The Assistant Commissioner reported that the Force had not seen an increase in gang related crime in the city.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.