Agenda item

Joint Report of the Town Clerk and Commissioner of Police.

Members considered a report of the Town Clerk regarding public outstanding references from previous meetings and the following points were made.

14/2018/P – Police Telephony

·         Members noted that this reference had been completed and could be closed.

15/2018/P – FOI Requests

·         Members noted that the outstanding backlog of cases now stood at 16, and that the reference would remain open until all cases had been closed.

16/2018/P – Inspection – Initial Police Response to Hate Crime

·         Members noted that this reference had been completed and could be closed.

17/2018/P – Stop and Search Data

·         Members noted that this reference had been completed and could be closed. The Assistant Commissioner noted at Q3 data would be published mid-February 2019.

18/2018/P – Stop and Search Training

·         The Assistant Commissioner noted that 26 officers and staff remained to be trained, and that the delay was due to operational pressures. The remaining officers and staff would be trained by March 2019.

20/2018/P – Staff Survey

·         The Assistant Commissioner agreed to circulate the action plan and headline messaging arising from the staff survey.

22/2018/P – Police Bank Accounts

·         The Assistant Commissioner noted that, contrary to the written update, this reference remained open.

Members noted that the remaining references were complete and could therefore be closed.

·         24/2018/P (Detection Rates)

·         25/2018/P (Measure 5 – Countering Fraud)

·         26/2018/P (Briefing Note regarding steps to reduce crime.

RESOLVED, that the report be received.