Agenda item

Deputy Henry Pollard to be heard

The Committee heard a verbal update from the SIA Lead for Strategic Policing Requirements.

The SIA Lead explained that this strategy was now in its 6^th year of operation, although there had been a similar strategy for many years covering the areas that the Home Secretary perceives to be serious and without force boundary.  He explained that there is however, little engagement on a national basis under this brief.

The SIA Lead explained the defined threats as Counter-Terrorism, Serious and Organised Crime, Public Order, Civil Emergencies, large scale Cyber-Attacks and Child Sexual Abuse.  He confirmed that these were all included within the CoLP’s Policing Plan.

The SIA Lead noted that the PEEL Effectiveness inspection, with a focus on protective services such as Marauding Firearms Terrorist Attacks (MFTAs), took place.  He explained that the CoLP were considered to be effective, though officially ungraded.

The SIA Lead suggested that, although Strategic Policing Requirement remains part of the 2017-20 Policing Plan, it might be beneficial for the SIA to be reallocated to another more current area, such as Cyber-Crime for example.  He explained that the Specialist Capabilities work at a national level would continue to monitor many of the specialist policing areas included in the Strategic Policing Requirement.

The SIA Lead explained that the CoLP still used Management of Risk in Law Enforcement (MORILE), which led to their own Strategic Threat and Risk Assessments on all areas of Policing.

RESOLVED – That the SIA Lead be heard.