Agenda item

Chair's Public Update

The Chair to be heard.

Minutes:

The Committee received a verbal update of the Chair.

 

The Chair continued to have significant engagement with the APCC, with all PCCs up for re-election in May 2021. This included the lead for Fraud, which the Chair explained he would be standing for. With a number of incumbents not seeking reappointment, a reasonable level of turnover in membership was expected. Regardless of the outcome of this election, there was a role for the COLPAB Chair prescribed for within the new APCC Fraud Forum.

 

A report on Fraud and Cybercrime had been published on 22 February by the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), within which both the COLP and Police Authority had been referenced.

 

The Commissioner featured as a keynote speaker at an event on the 1 March for the launch of the RUSI report, which had been very well received.

 

In the week prior to the Board meeting, the Chair and Commissioner attended the very professional Passing Out ceremony held at Wellington Barracks.

 

On matters of Governance, the Chair flagged the proposal of incorporating the responsibilities of the Cyber Security Steering Group under the umbrella of the Economic (and Cyber) Crime Committee. The intention was that this would help embed fraud and cyber more closely with the Policy and Mayoralty agenda, and would support a close working between the Force, Innovation and Growth, Mansion House and the Policy Team.

 

The Chair touched briefly upon the Member turnover expected at the forthcoming annual election of Committees by the Court of Common Council and once again thanked Alderman Gowman for her contribution to the Police Authority Board.

 

RESOLVED, that the verbal update be noted.