Agenda item

Joint report of the Town Clerk and Commissioner.

The Committee received the outstanding references list and noted the following:

a)     Annual Policing Plan Refresh -  this can be closed down.

b)     Child Protection Deep Dive.  An analysis had been undertaken across 20 committees with a potential interest, all of which now have coverage either from a  City of London Police (CoLP) or City of London Corporation (COLP) perspective, including a Police representative on the Safeguarding Sub Committee.  PA Director agreed to share the results of the analysis with Members of the Committee.

c)     Public ORs and PEEL Inspection can be closed. 

d)     Power Bi is a Microsoft application to drive data.  The Chair asked if a  demonstration could be added to a future agenda.

e)     Community engagement can be closed, noting its links to items 7 and 8 on this agenda.  The Chair of the Police Authority Board (PAB) suggested that outreach activity and use of social media could improve but commended the good work on ward policing.   The Assistant Commissioner confirmed the Force’s commitment to engage and advised that a Chief Inspector would be chairing the Cluster meetings. A Member suggested that the Small Business Research Centre could be helpful in neighbourhood work.

f)      Responses to residents’ main concerns; i.e. public urination and the behaviour of cyclists could be more pro-active in terms of how they are received and the resolutions sought.

g)     The Chair of the Police Authority Board (PAB) suggested that the Crime and Disorder Scrutiny Group should consider into the above suggestions.  The Committee noted that behaviour of cyclists was discussed at the SCP quarterly meeting the previous day.

In concluding the Chair quoted Baroness Casey; i.e. - ‘the Local Police Authority must understand the public it serves’ and asked for a separate conversation with the Town Clerk in terms of taking points (e) – (g)  forward.