Agenda and draft minutes

Apologies for absence were received from Deputy Doug Barrow, Mark Boleat, Lucy Frew and Helen Marshall.

There were no declarations of interest.

To agree the minutes of the meeting held on 15 July 2015.

RESOLVED – That the Minutes of the meeting held on 15 July 2015 be approved.

Report of the Commissioner of Police.

The Board received a report of the Commissioner of Police which summarised the performance delivered against the National Policing Fraud Strategy drafted and launched last year by the City of London Police – National Lead for Fraud (NPLF).

The Board commented that the overall performance was positive.

Members noted that the Force remained well above the national average of judicial outcomes which were 21% for Q2 and 35% for Q1 with the Force returning 84% for Q2 and 47% for Q1 respectively.  Some concern was expressed regarding the increase in no further action returns, the national average being 79% in Q2 and 65% in Q1 the COLP returns being 16% in Q2 and 53% in Q1.

The Board discussed the service delivery to victims of fraud and ensuring that PCC’s were offering the best advice possible.  Members were informed that a future piece of work would involve a discussion with PCC’s around the benefits of Action Fraud.

KPI 4.1 – Impact and reach of training and strategy delivery – feedback from delegates was requested as part of the performance report to the next Board.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.

Report of the Commissioner of Police.

The Board received a report of the Commissioner of Police which summarised the work of the National Police Coordinator’s Office (NPCO) delivered against the Policing Fraud Strategy.

Members were informed that the Board continued to support disruption activity through NFIB which included take downs of bank accounts, web pages and telephone numbers of 40, 279, the highest recovery total seen.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.

There were no items of urgent business.

There were no questions.

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 meeting held on 15 July 2015.

RESOLVED – That the non-public minutes of the meeting held on 15 July 2015 be approved.

Report of the Commissioner of Police.

The Board received a report of the Commissioner of Police which summarised notable pursue activity being delivered against the National Policing Fraud Strategy under the coordination of City of London Police in its capacity as National Police Lead for Fraud (NPLF).

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.

A question was raised regarding reporting fraud including online crime.

There were no items of urgent business.