Agenda and minutes

Apologies were received from Deborah Oliver, Nick Bensted-Smith, Tijs Broeke, Michael Mitchell, and Deputy James Thomson.

There were no declarations.

To agree the public minutes and summary of the meeting held on 8 September 2021.

RESOLVED - that the public minutes and summary of the meeting held on 8 September 2021 be approved as an accurate record.

Joint report of the Town Clerk and Commissioner.

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.

COMPLETED – results have been received and circulated to members for info and interest.

4/2021/P - 6 May 2021 Item 7 – Integrity and Code of Ethics Update

The Chair requested that officers include the updated Integrity Standard Board (ISB) Dashboard for information at the next meeting of the Committee. This will reflect the data presented to the next meeting of the ISB on 9th June.

IN PROGRESS – Unfortunately, the next ISB meeting has been set for 10^th November to be chaired by Commissioner Dyson. The Dashboard will therefore be provided to the next meeting.

5/2021/P - 8 September 2021 Item 5 – Equality and Inclusion Update

Members requested that the Attraction Strategy be circulated to Members of the Committee when signed off by officers.

IN PROGRESS - The Attraction Plan is being updated currently and will be available in early 2022. It will be circulated to Members when it is signed off.

6/2021/P -  8 September 2021 Item 6 – Stop and Search Update Q1 2021/22

Officers undertook to include an update on Use of Force on children in the next Stop and Search update report to the next meeting of the Committee in November.

COMPLETED - this is included in the Q2 update on the agenda

7/2021/P - 8 September 2021 Item 6 – Stop and Search Update Q1 2021/22

Report of the Commissioner.

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.

RESOLVED – that the Committee noted the Report.

Report of the Commissioner.

The Committee received a Report of the Commissioner of the City of London Police concerning stop and search data for Q2.

In response to the query that arose at the last meeting of the Committee concerning recording keeping around the frequency of specific individuals being stopped and searched, officers confirmed that there were three forces in England and Wales that retain a record of individuals that have been repeatedly stopped and searched in their jurisdiction, however, it should be pointed out that none of these Forces share their data across county/jurisdictional borders, so an ability to glean any wider patterns is currently unavailable.

It was noted that whilst the City of London Police does collect the names of those stopped and searched, there is, currently, no way to cross-reference this list to ascertain how many individuals have been stopped on more than one occasion in the City. It was also pointed out that a full picture on the frequency of stops would only be possible if Forces across England and Wales shared their data. CoLP has raised this point with the national working group on Stop and Searches. Any shift in in this area would be reported back to the Committee.

In response to a query, officers confirmed that Police actions relating to the Extinction Rebellion protests in August and September were included in the Q2 figures. Whilst full analysis was still required, there had been, over Q2, an uptick in Section 1 Searches which relate directly to the protests. Officers would provide a further analysis in the Q3 Update.

In response to a separate query, officers confirmed that, whilst there had been no significant injuries amongst the 18 cases that were reported across Q2, a fuller analysis would be provided in the Q3 Report. It was also pointed

Report of the Commissioner.

The Committee heard an update from the Commissioner regarding Integrity and Ethics.

RESOLVED – that the Committee noted the update.

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 8 September 2021.

RESOLVED - that the non-public minutes of the meeting held on 8 September 2021 be approved as an accurate record.

Joint report of the Town Clerk and Commissioner.

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

Report of the Commissioner.

The Committee received a report of the Commissioner regarding Professional Standards Statistics Q2: July – September 2021.

Report of the Commissioner.

The Committee received a report of the Commissioner regarding Action Fraud Statistics Q2: July – September 2021.

Report of the Commissioner.

The Committee received a report of the Commissioner regarding an Annual Ethical Partnerships Update.

Report from the Independent Office of Police Conduct.

The Committee received a report of the Independent Office of Police Conduct regarding Police Complaints Information Bulletin Annual Data.

Report of the Commissioner.

The Committee received a report of the Commissioner regarding COLP – Historical Sexual Misconduct.

Report of the Commissioner.

The Committee received a Report of the Commissioner of the City of London Police providing a sample of recent Professional Standards Directorate cases.

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

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

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

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

There were no questions in non-public session.

There was no urgent business in non-public session.