Agenda and draft minutes

Apologies were received from Deputy Doug Barrow, Mark Boleat, Deputy Richard Regan, Deputy Henry Pollard and Tom Sleigh.

There were none.

To agree the minutes of the previous meeting.

RESOLVED – That the Minutes of the meeting held on the 9 November 2015 be approved.

Report of the Commissioner of Police.

The Board received a report of the Commissioner of Police summarising the quantitative and qualitative performance of the City of London Police as the National Lead Force for Fraud in the period of Quarter 3 (Q3) 2015/16.

The Board considered the presentation of statistics within the report and debated potential alterations and additional information which would assist Members in scrutinising performance more accurately.

With regard to disseminations and Force reported outcomes, the Chairman observed that the current format only allowed for comparison between the current quarter and the same quarter of the previous year; it would be helpful to provide a chart or table showing the cumulative statistics and percentile performance across several quarters, thereby allowing for the identification of trends and a more rounded analysis of performance across time.

Members discussed the investigative and prosecution timeframe, noting that cases took on average around two and a half years to conclude, and asked if anything could be done to increase the speed of the process.

The Commander advised that only the investigative part of the timetable was within the control of the police, noting that once cases were referred to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), who required substantial time to prepare cases involving complex frauds, the timetable was out of the Force’s control. Following the CPS’ preparation, the third stage of the process was for the Courts to consider the case which, again, could take a lengthy period given the complexities involved. The Commander added that the City Police tended to deal with more complex and detailed fraud investigations which subsequently meant that the three stages of the process took longer than with more straightforward crimes. He therefore concluded that the most effective method by which to increase the speed at which cases were dealt with would be to deliver

There were no questions.

There were no urgent items.

RESOLVED - 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.

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 Act.

To agree the non-public minutes of the previous meeting.

The non-public minutes of the meeting held on 9 November 2015 were approved.

Report of the Commissioner of Police.

The Board received a report of the Commissioner of Police which provided an update on the Economic Crime Academy.

Report of the Commissioner of Police.

The Board received a report of the Commissioner summarising notable activity being delivered by City of London Police in its capacity as National Lead Force.

There were no questions.

There were no urgent items.