Agenda item

Report of the Town Clerk.

The Committee received a Report of the Commissioner of the City of London Police concerning the Complaint Review Process.

The Chair thanked Members and officers for their participation and hard work in ensuring the success of the process over the past 12 months.

When it came to Member involvement on the panels, the Chair asked officers to establish a rota system to ensure that, going forward, the workload was spread out more equitably.

In the interests of maintaining scrutiny, it was suggested that, after each panel meeting, officers provide an update to each of the participating panel Members that would outline the actions resulting from any recommendations proposed. This could take the form of an email circular, and, in the event that further actions or follow up is needed, a more formal discussion can then take place at the next Panel meeting.

Separately, officers confirmed that future iterations of the Report’s appendix (which outlines details about Panel decisions and recommendations) include the initials of the participating panel Members; this would hopefully make things easier to reference when it came to Members and officers reviewing decisions after the panel meeting took place.  

RESOLVED – that the Committee noted the Report.