Agenda and minutes

Apologies were received from Helen Marshall.

There were no declarations of interest.

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 5 September 2014.

The Minutes of the last meeting held on the 5^th September 2014 were approved subject to the addition of Mark Boleat being added as present.

Report of the Commissioner of Police.

The Board received a report of the Commissioner of Police which provided an update in relation to the National Fraud Capability Programme.

The Commissioner of Police informed Members that the City of London Police were considered experts in Fraud Strategy and were working with forces across the Country to establish the reason for their low performance in fraud cases. Additionally, the Police were working to promote fraud prevention and engage with local communities.

RESOLVED – That the report be received.

Report of the Commissioner of Police.

The Board received a report of the Commissioner of Police which summarised the performance delivered by the City of London Police in its capacity as the National Lead Force for Fraud as delivered through the Economic Crime Directorate.

National Attrition – The Board discussed the increase in the number of packages disseminated to forces rising from 11,483 in Quarter 2 last year to 16,625 in this quarter representing an increase of 16% on Quarter 1 performance. The Commissioner of the Police informed Members that the City of London Police were working with forces across the country to improve dissemination rates. However, noted that the Metropolitan Police remained poorly performing.

Members requested that in future when a performance area was improving as indicated by the upward arrow that the rating change from red to amber to show that there was improvement.

KPI 3.1 - The value of Criminal Asset denial through recovery (end to end process): The Board were informed that the indicator did not include money that was returned to the victim. In terms of recovery the previous year had provided a unique opportunity as 2 cases had yielded a substantial amount of money. As a result the Police were looking to establish a process whereby this indicator was considered in all crimes that were investigated going forward.

Members requested assurance that the Police had investigated the recovery of asset in crimes that had taken place. The Police agreed to provide a summary of the measures they had taken.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.

There were no questions.

There were no 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 1 of the Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act.

To agree the non-public minutes of the meeting held on 5 September 2014.

Report of the Commissioner of Police.

The Board received a report of the Commissioner of the Police.

There were no questions.

There were no items of urgent business.