Agenda item

Report of the Town Clerk.

The Board considered a report of the Town Clerk on the Police Authority Draft High-Level Business Plan 2023/24.

The Police Authority Director informed the Board that risks relating to the Future Police Estate and the Fraud and Cyber Crime Analysis Future Service needed to be added to the key risks listed in the Business Plan.

The Deputy Chair requested that community safety, engagement and tackling violence against women and girls and the role of the Board be highlighted more in the aims of the Police Authority. Referring to the role of the Police Authority in the development of policies on community safety the Board noted that the Safer City Partnership and the Crime and Disorder Scrutiny Committee would be important in providing oversight of this work.

A Member commented that the effective measurement of the Police Authority’s work was vital and requested that key performance measures be established to properly assess against.

RESOLVED-That: -

1. That the factors taken into consideration in compiling the Police Authority Business Plan be noted; and
2. The departmental Business Plan 2023/24 be approved.