Agenda and minutes

Apologies were received from Caroline Addy.

There were no declarations.

To agree the public minutes of the meeting held on 6^th May.

RESOLVED - that the public minutes of the meeting held on 6th May 2021 be approved as an accurate record.

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

Members received a joint report of the Town Clerk and Commissioner regarding references and the following points were made:

1/2020/P - 2 March 2020 Item 5 Integrity Dashboard and Code of Ethics Update

Case studies arising from London Police Challenge Forum Meetings to be circulated to Committee. CoLP have recently held an internal only challenge

panel – the results of which will be published on intranet soon – this will be circulated/highlighted to Members when available.

IN PROGRESS – Results from the internal only challenge panel will be provided to the November PSI within the ISB and ethics update.

2/2020/P – 2 March 2020 Item 5 Integrity Dashboard and Code of Ethics Update

Committee to be advised when next Victim Satisfaction Survey will be conducted (Feb 2021 update) Whilst a Report had been submitted recently to the Police’s Performance Management Group, the number of responses this quarter – 14, had been significantly lower than the longer term quarterly average; therefore, it would be difficult to glean as great an insight as usual. The Chair asked officers to submit a (hopefully) fuller quarterly Report for the next meeting of the Committee in May.

May update - Officers informed Members that the most recent quarter’s data had not yet been published – full data would be made available for next the meeting of the Committee in September.

COMPLETED - Members agreed to close the action. The Victim Satisfaction results get routinely reported to the SPPC as part of the quarterly performance reporting and the Force would wish to avoid duplicate reporting.

10/2020/P – 14 September 2020 Questions – External Scrutiny

IASG Members to meet PS&I Members in 2021. The Police Authority Team would be following up on this and would liaise with the Chair post-meeting. Members asked that any meeting would

Report of the Commissioner of the City of London Police.

The Committee received a Report of the Commissioner of the City of London Police concerning the activities supporting the delivery of the Equality and Inclusion Strategy.

A Member, noting the welcome approach to greater diversity across the Police’s workforce, queried whether there were measurable benefits that could be presented to senior Officers and Members when reviewing and analysing the progress made. Officers responded that building up this data was a key part of the current workload in this area and it was anticipated that both the Inclusive Employer staff survey results (due for circulation to Members in late September) and the CoLP HR commissioned Attraction Plan (2019 – 2024)  would give a greater indication of the scale of measurable benefits. Members requested that the Attraction Strategy Update Report be circulated to Members of the Committee when signed off by officers.  

In addition, officers proposed that future iterations of Equality and Inclusion update Reports would provide greater visibility of the 48 separate workstreams.

In response to a query, officers confirmed that a reverse mentor scheme was in place and a “buddy” scheme had been developed, which matched BAME recruits with inspectors.

In response to a query, the Assistant Commissioner confirmed that the Strategic Workforce Plan operated in parallel with the Corporate Plan. It was important to emphasise the golden thread that existed between each of these plans and officers would ensure that this was a key focus in written Committee Reports going forwards.

In addition, new recruitment was overseen by senior officers and the Force had seen a 40% uplift in BAME recruits with further progress being made. In response to concerns about a lack of firm timelines on recruitment milestones, officers confirmed that a good deal of work was currently being undertaken in this area internally, and a Review was

Report of the Commissioner of the City of London Police.

The Committee received a Report of the Commissioner of the City of London Police concerning stop and search data for Q1 2021-22.

Reflecting on the current 60% effectiveness rate of Servitor trained successful stop and searches, a Member noted that this represented a slight drop off from previous years, where the figure had hovered around 69%. The Assistant Commissioner explained that given the recent increased number of servitor trained officers, the downward trend was expected as it does take some time for these officers to gain practical experience; he anticipated that this rate would increase to previous levels as these newly trained officers became more skilled.

The Assistant Commissioner added that the benefit of Servitor is that it gives officers more time to embed themselves in an area and gain local knowledge, meaning that stop and searches are usually built firmer grounds, which then raises the likelihood of a successful outcome; in contrast “BAU” stop and searches are by necessity more reactive, providing officers with shorter time frames to prepare and carry out searches (with the likelihood that negative outcomes are more frequent). The national average for positive outcomes from “BAU” (i.e. non-servitor) stops equated to an average of between 12 – 18%.

In response to a query, the Assistant Commissioner confirmed that the City of London Police still carried out the training of servitor for other UK wide Forces. Most of these Forces had a lower success outcome rate than in the City, again this was primarily due to newly trained servitor officers having less experience and it was anticipated that numbers would increase over time to similar rate to that which is seen in the City.

In response to a query concerning the handcuffing of children, officers reviewed in detail each case. The operational view was that is

Report of the Commissioner of the City of London Police.

The Committee received a Report of the Commissioner of the City of London Police concerning the 2020 Staff Survey.

In response to a query, officers confirmed that a Survey of under-represented groups will come back as an additional supplement to the Staff Survey Report at the next meeting of the Committee.

RESOLVED – that the Committee noted the Report.

The Committee received a set of glossary terms for information.

There were no questions.

There was no other urgent public 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 6th May.

RESOLVED - that the non-public minutes of the meeting held on 6th May 2021 be approved as an accurate record.

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

Members received a joint report of the Town Clerk and Commissioner regarding the non-public references.

Report of the Commissioner of the City of London Police.

The Committee received a Report of the Commissioner of the City of London Police concerning NFIB fulfilment letters.

RESOLVED – that the Committee noted the Report.

Report of the Commissioner of the City of London Police.

The Committee received a Report of the Commissioner of the City of London Police concerning the Action Fraud Statistics for Q1.

RESOLVED – that the Committee noted the Report.

Report of the Commissioner of the City of London Police.

The Committee received a Report of the Commissioner of the City of London Police concerning the Professional Standards Statistics for Q1.

RESOLVED – that the Committee noted the Report.

Report of the Commissioner of the City of London Police.

The Committee received a Report of the Commissioner providing a sample of

recent Professional Standards Directorate cases.

Report of the Commissioner of the City of London Police.

Members considered cases dealt with under Complaint and Conduct Regulations 2019.

There were no non-public questions.

There was no other urgent non-public business.