Agenda and minutes

Apologies were received from Nick Bensted-Smith, Alderman Timothy Hailes and Sir Craig Mackey.

There were no declarations.

To approve the public minutes and non-public summary of the meeting held on 16 February 2022.

RESOLVED – That the public minutes and non-public summary of the meeting held on 16 February be approved as an accurate record.

The Chair to be heard.

Members received a verbal update of the Chair regarding the Authority and Force priorities on both Local Policing and National Economic and Cyber Crime.

RESOLVED – That the update be noted.

Joint report of the Town Clerk and Commissioner.

The Committee considered a joint report of the Town Clerk and Commissioner which set out Outstanding References from previous meetings of the Board.

The ATTRO process had been updated to include a requirement for the Chair of the Board to be notified of its enactment.

The Community Engagement Updates would form part of reporting through SPPC.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.

Commissioner & Chief Officers to be heard.

Members received a verbal update of the Commissioner and covered a number of topics including:

• Details surrounding a Misconduct Hearing which had resulted in the dismissal of the officer concerned.

• A New Members induction session to be held on 11 May.

• Updates concerning Extinction Rebellion protests and fraud and cyber crime.

There was a discussion about the increase in urinating in the streets and how best to report this. Equally, how the issue might be prevented when the City was encouraging a return of the Night Time Economy. The Force and Authority were asked to link in with other parts of the Corporation to ensure they were engaged with this particular Anti Social Behaviour concern (ASB) (6/2022/P).

RESOLVED – That the update be noted.

Commissioner & Chief Officers to be heard.

Report of the Interim Director of the Police Authority.

Members received a report of the Interim Police Authority Director regarding the Community Safety and Crime Reduction.

A brief update on the future of the Safer City Partnership (SCP) was given by the Town Clerk and Members were asked to consider the recommendations which were approved.

RESOLVED – 

• Agree the process for allocating 10% of proceeds of crime recovered by City of London Police under the Asset Recovery Incentivisation Scheme to the Safer City Partnership should be reviewed
• Consider options to suspend or cap the provision of proceeds of crime funding to the Safer City Partnership during the review
• Agree the Safer City Partnership is the appropriate multi-agency mechanism for the new serious violence duty, subject to agreement by the Safer City Partnership
• Note the recommendations of the PCC Review

To receive the draft public minutes and non-public summaries of the following Committee meetings:-

Members received various draft public minutes and non-public summaries of its Committees.

In order to improve participation levels, Members discussed the importance of communicating to staff what the survey was and why it was needed. It was felt that motivation to participate would come from seeing results of feedback given.

An emphasis was put on the quality of questions and the ability to use free text to hold senior management to account.

Staff Networks had been engaged.

The company involved had a promising track record with other forces. These could be used for some benchmarking in future.

RESOLVED, that the report be noted.

Report of the Commissioner.

Report of the Town Clerk.

There were no questions.

There were no items of urgent business.

OR

There were X items of urgent business.

MOTION - That under Section 100(A) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part I of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act.

RESOLVED – That under Section 100(A) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part I of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act.

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To approve the non-public minutes of the meeting held on 16 February 2022.

Joint Report of the Town Clerk and Commissioner.

To receive the draft public non-public minutes of the following Committee meetings:-

The Chair to be heard.

The Commissioner & Chief Officers to be heard.

Commissioner & Chief Officers to be heard.

Report of the Managing Director of Bridge House Estates.

Report of the Town Clerk.

There were no questions.

There were no items of urgent business.

Report of the Interim Director of the Police Authority.