Agenda item

Report of the Commissioner (copy attached).

The Committee received a report of the Commissioner providing an update on recent community engagement activities, community priorities and forthcoming events.

The Lead Member for Equality Diversity and Human Rights (EDHR) commented positively on the reference to recent dialogue between the Force and the Independent Advisory Group, highlighting the strong links between community engagement and EDHR issues.

A Member asked if the Force could provide any information as to feedback received around the fraud prevention advice given on hard to reach, vulnerable and elderly groups, and the Assistant Commissioner undertook to come back to the Member in due course.

In response to a Member’s query regarding distribution of emails with information about serious incidents in the City, the Assistant Commissioner advised that it had been noted that different departments operated slightly different distribution lists when disseminating information, resulting in some individuals not receiving all relevant messages. However, he reassured Members that the Force was currently in the process of centralising all contact lists in to a single database so as to resolve this issue.

The Chairman commented that he had received a number of complaints regarding the prevalence of aggressive begging in the City and asked for a report to be prepared for a future meeting outlining what policies and targets were currently in place and what was being done to combat the issue, particularly in conjunction with the City Corporation and Broadway charity. The Assistant Commissioner gave assurances that the Force had been working hard in this area in the past few months and undertook to submit a report as requested.

RECEIVED.