Agenda and minutes

Apologies were received from Tijs Broeke. Mary Durcan and Michael Mitchell issued apologies but observed the meeting virtually.

There were no declarations.

To agree the public minutes and non-public summary of the meeting held on 5^th November 2021.

RESOLVED, that the public minutes and non-public summary of the meeting held on 5 November 2021 be approved as an accurate record.

Joint Report of the Town Clerk and the Commissioner of the City of London Police.

Members received a report of the Town Clerk and Commissioner regarding the Committee’s outstanding references.

It was hoped that the first draft of the attraction strategy would be brought through Committee in May.

RESOLVED, that the report be noted.

Report of the Commissioner of the City of London Police.

Members received a report of the Commissioner on the Stop and Search and Use of Force Data for Quarter 3.

Regarding the disproportionality index, it was less than the MPS but above the City of London Police two-year average which was concerning. There was a timing issue on the Home Office data extract and processing this in time for committee.

Full information, including clarification on what ‘use’ of a baton includes, would be in the fuller report. On tasers, this had been drawn and aimed at people on 18 occasions. It was used on one occasion.

There would be more information in the next report on strip searches.

Officers were to confirm at the next meeting whether Emotionally and Mentally Disturbed (EMD) were those with confirmed mental health diagnosis.

A copy of the full report was to be shared with Members of the Committee if available ahead of the May meeting.

RESOLVED, that the report be noted.

Report of the Commissioner of the City of London Police.

Members received a report of the Commissioner regarding the Force’s Equality and Inclusion update.

The KPIs were considered useful, particularly as so many of them were numeric, which made them easy to measure. Members were keen to know how these informed changes to practice. A dashboard was being completed and would be available at the next meeting.

Staff meetings would take place in the coming two weeks and findings would be fed back to the Commanders and Chief Officer Team.

The response to the Charing Cross report included an increased resource in this area to bolster the Violence Against Women and Girls agenda. This was paired with the professionalism and trust stream of work. Huge learnings werebeing taken from schools and the voices of young people.

There was a discussion on a number of surveys and the need to draw on the work of the inclusive employer survey, with particular focus on BAME members of the Force and procedural justice on promotion and retention. There was wider work by the Force for a catch-all survey, to avoid survey-fatigue. It was hoped that even with a new system, results from previous years could still be used as baselines and mapped across, to avoid starting with nothing as a comparison.

Members sought a copy of the Police Federation Survey.

RESOLVED, that the report be noted.

Report of the Commissioner of the City of London Police.

To be read in conjunction with ITEM 15 (Non-Public) Appendix B - Integrity Dashboard – February 2022.

Members received a report of the Commissioner regarding the Integrity and Code of Ethics Update.

Following an investigation of the IOPC, 15 recommendations were made for the MPS. Officers hoped to identify themes and risk, as it was naïve to think that there would not be read-across to COLP. Ultimately this would be brought altogether under the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan.

The College of Policing was looking at cultural change, which would be considered in parallel to the IOPC recommendations.

It was thought that the integrity dashboard, currently attached as a non-public appendix, should be suitably redacted so it could be discussed in public session in future.

RESOLVED, that the report be noted.

Report of the Commissioner of the City of London Police.

Members received a report of the Commissioner regarding the Force’s activity to address Violence Against Women and Girls.

There had been some experience of Officers using language that seemed to trivialise rape and sexual assaults. It was a sensitive and delicate issue and it was recognised that members of staff were to be trained in this area. Standards were clear and anything beneath this is not tolerated.

Thought was being given as to how good news might be shared.

 A culture of partnering with other forces had started and peer review in this area would take place.

Extra funding (locally, regionally and nationally) had been made available for safer spaces, which fed directly into the work on VAWG.

All forces were driving work to improve the service experienced by victims and were bringing in expert partners to assist with a delivery plan. There was a need to manage trauma whilst gaining and keeping the trust of victims.

A question was raised about minority ethnic groups and whether individuals from these groups (some of whom may not have English as a first language), could be provided with additional support in coming forward, given the extra challenges they faced in doing so. In short, the Commissioner agreed that there was more to be done on demographics to identify a problem profile and the support to be given.

It was suggested that a Banter Policy be considered, so that a framework might be implemented around which people could challenge behaviour.

RESOLVED, that the report be noted.

Report of the Commissioner of the City of London Police.

Members received a report of the Commissioner regarding the Action Fraud statistics for Quarter 3.

It was suggested that the written responses be improved so that they read less like a Police Report.

RESOLVED, that the report be noted.

There were no questions.

There was no other business.

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

To agree the non-public minutes of the meeting held on 5^th November 2021.

RESOLVED, that the non-public minutes of the meeting held on 5 November 2022, be approved as an accurate record.

Joint Report of the Town Clerk and the Commissioner of the City of London Police.

Members received a report of the Town Clerk and Commissioner regarding the Committee’s non-public outstanding references.

Report of the Commissioner of the City of London Police.

To be read in conjunction with ITEM 7 (Integrity and Code of Ethics Update)

Members received a non-public appendix to item 7, the Integrity and Code of Ethics Update.

Report of the Commissioner of the City of London Police.

Members received a report of the Commissioner regarding the Professional Standards Statistics for Quarter 3.

Report of the Commissioner of the City of London Police.

Members received a report of the Commissioner regarding a series of PCR Case Summaries.

There were no questions.

There was no other business.