Agenda item

Report of the Commissioner of Police.

Members considered a report of the Commissioner of Police regaridng the Integrity Dashboard and a Code of Ethics Update and the following points were made.

Integrity Dashboard

·         The Commissioner of Police noted that two workshops had been convened to review the Integrity Dashboard.

Code of Ethics Update

·         The Chairman requested that some examples of videos of Chief Officers talking about difficult decisions that they had faced be provided at the Sub-Committee’s next meeting in March 2019.

·         In response to a request from the Chairman, the Commissioner of Police agreed to review approporiate use of language in integity and ethics reporting to improve clarity i.e. making clear whether zero drug tests referred to zero drug tests being undertaken, or zero positive drug tests having been recorded.

·         In response to a question from a Member, the Commissioner of Police replied that the revised Integrity Standards Development Plan would be ready in early 2019.

·         In response to a question from a Member, the Commissioner of Police confirmed that the use of a spit & bite guard would be recorded as a use of force.

·         The Chairman requested that a report how spit & bite guards had been used be provided to the Sub-Committee at its meeting in June 2019.

RESOLVED, that the report be received.