Agenda item

Report of the Commissioner of Police

The Committee considered a draft report of the Commissioner of Police that highlighted the achievements of the City of London Police over the past financial year.

The Commissioner explained that there had been a different approach to the report this year, with a focus on creating an online interactive version that was hard to replicate in a paper report, though a version of this would be ready to submit to the Court of Common Council for their meeting on 19 July.  The Town Clerk confirmed that any Member feedback should be submitted directly to them by Monday, 4 June.

A Member noted that black backgrounds with white text was not very legible, and that the figures did not specify the presumed “00k” designation.

A Member noted that the infographic on Police budgets would be very useful here and noted that the case referencing fake airbags as the top highlight was perhaps a little underwhelming.

A Member noted that the responses section on “we said we would” and “What we did” did not necessarily match up, and also noted that there was no context to concerning figures such as 170% increase in rape.  The Chairman agreed with the Members statements, and a third Member suggested that perhaps current and historic rape cases could be separated, given their significance in the quoted figures.

A Member noted that the highlights stories were useful as they provided much needed colour to the report.

The Chairman requested that the final draft be circulated for information to Police Committee Members prior to its submission to the Court of Common Council. (OR)

RESOLVED – That the draft report be approved, subject to further comments of Members to be with CoLP Corporate Communications Director via the Town Clerk by 4 June 2018.