Agenda item

Report of the Commissioner of Police.

The Sub-Committee received a report of the Commissioner of Police summarising Force performance against the measures in the Policing Plan 2015-18 for the period 1^st April 2015 – 31^st December 2015 and including a broad overview of wider Force performance.

The Chairman questioned the definition of trends described as ‘Stable’ which gave no indication of whether the position was a stable good or bad, and suggested that these be amended to give a more accurate description.

In respect of Measure 2 - the level of community confidence that the City of London is protected from terrorism – Members expressed concern that that this had decreased from 72.2% to 62%. 

The Commissioner advised that the third quarter survey had taken place almost immediately after the terrorist attacks in Paris. Those respondents who registered low confidence and who left contact details were subsequently contacted by the Force to gain a better understanding of why they lacked confidence that the City is protected from terrorism. The results were consistent with previous quarters with many citing factors that were outside of the Force’s control.

The Commissioner further advised that a second question was also posed for the quarter three asking whether people feel reassured by the work done by the City of London Police to protect the City of London from terrorism. That response to that question was very different, with 89.4% of respondents saying they felt reassured. 

In response to a question concerning Measure 6 and the levels of victim based violent crime which continued to increase, the Commissioner reported that this was entirely comparable to the rest of London and the UK and the Force continued to deploy targeted operations based on intelligence. The Commissioner also assured the Sub-Committee that this would remain a priority area at the Performance Management Group.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.