Agenda and minutes

An apology for absence was received from Henry Pollard.

There were no declarations of interest.

To agree the public minutes and summary of the meeting held on 30 June 2015.

RESOLVED – That the Minutes of the meeting held on 30 June 2015 be approved.

To note the list of Outstanding References.

RESOLVED – That the list of outstanding references be noted.

1.    Police Compensation Claims

The Chamberlain informed Members that there were a number of minor claims relating to a wide range of matters including motor vehicle damage, however there were on occasion some significant claims processed.

The Chairman thanked the Chamberlain for the update and requested a more detailed report to the Sub Committee in December which provided a summary of the value of the claims and also an analysis of what was covered by insurance.

2.    Common audit areas

The Sub Committee requested further information regarding the common areas provided within the report so that any issues could be identified.

Report of the Commissioner.

The Sub-Committee received a report of the Commissioner of Police which summarised the performance against measures set out in the Policing Plan 2015-2018 for the first quarter of the 2015-2016 year.

The Sub-Committee discussed the format of the report and it was agreed that future reports would contain data for a three year period and that where data was not available, this would be stated.

Measure two – ‘The level of community confidence that the City of London is protected from terrorism’ – The Sub-Committee discussed expectations should a terrorist attack occur and encouraged information to be circulated to residents, businesses etc. to increase the knowledge of Police counter terrorism operations.

Measure six – Levels of victim-based violent crime – Members noted that at the end of the first quarter the Force recorded a 38.7% increase in the level of victim based violent crime compared to 2014/15 resulting from 60 more offences.

The Sub-Committee discussed the interest in fraud and cyber-crime and noted that a new system would deliver significant improvements and measures were now being considered for 2016/17.

The Assistant Commissioner reported on the ‘Safe and Secure Town Centres at night Toolkit’ which was intended to provide stakeholders in the night-time economy with a structure for measuring the issues involved in alcohol-related violence and disorder in town centres at night by identifying priorities and taking action to deal with them.  The Force was working closely with the Safer City Partnership to progress this area of work.

The Assistant Commissioner reported that the Force had not seen an increase in gang related crime in the city.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.

Report of the Commissioner.

The Sub-Committee received a report of the Commissioner of Police which provided an overview of the City of London Police response to Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary’s (HMIC) continuing programme of inspections and published reports.

The Assistant Commissioner circulated an updated progress report on the outstanding HMIC recommendations.

During the discussion, reference was made to the following –

Members were informed that whilst the force had processes in place to record attendance on CAD, the Crime systems did not enable attendance to be confirmed.  Processes for checking attendance data was accurate were dependent upon the replacement of CAD and Crime systems expected in 2016 and integration between these systems. The replacement of CAD is a Metropolitan Police project.  Members would receive clarification regarding the progress of this action prior to the next meeting.

Members noted that Intelligence requests for open source and social media enquiries could be made through the Force Intelligence Bureau during working hours.  The new RIOs were commencing training and would be in post by January 2016.

Reference was made to specific custody reports regarding children and it was noted that a monthly management report was being setup to enable a review by the due date of February 2016.

The Assistant Commissioner agreed to circulate a briefing note to the Sub-Committee regarding the outcome of the Hot Debrief and it was noted that the Force had received an overall ‘Good’ rating on the appeal inspection – more details were available on the HMIC website.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.

There were no questions.

There were no items of urgent business.