Agenda item

Commissioner & Chief Officers to be heard.

Members received a verbal update of the Commissioner, who covered the following points:

·         Introduction of the two new Assistant Commissioners and further staffing changes (Commanders, Chief Finance Officer and Director of the Police Authority Team)

·         The Commissioner and Board wished to thank the T/Commanders Blackburn and Evans for their contributions over a long and challenging period.

·         Counter Terrorism threat remained at severe.

·         There had been no large-scale public order issues since the last meeting although at one point the Benbow agreement was engaged to assist with ensuring commuters had maintained access to travel networks around a recent football match.

·          Violence against Women and Girls was an area of continued focus and the Force was working on delivering the national strategy by building trust and confidence, relentlessly pursuing offenders and making safer spaces.

·         The Christmas Campaign had been successful.

·         Dedicated Ward Officers were focussed on bike theft.

·         The Cluster panels had commenced and had engaged a cross section of the locality (residents, businesses, faith leaders). Plans were put in place to feedback to those who raised questions at the panels.

·         An example of successful intervention on an attempted office break-in was described. The offenders were then traced back to several crimes and had been charged.

·         The Commissioner commended the work of an officer who, whilst off duty, assisted a member of the public suffering a heart attack whilst off duty on Christmas Eve. The individual survived due to the commendable action of the officer and further by-stander.

RESOLVED, that the update be noted.