Agenda item

Report of the Commissioner of Police (copy attached).

The Committee received a report of the Commissioner of Police which provided a summary of the main findings of two HMIC reports following the recent “Valuing the Police 3 Inspection”.

The Assistant Commissioner advised that the Force had undertaken a good response to change arising from austerity measures. The Force had reduced its officer numbers which now were in line with the national average. The re-classification of some support posts would improve the position of the Force in national comparisons.

The City of London Corporation had signed a contract with Agilysys which the Force could utilise for non-police specific IT functions. As the East Coast Information Services contract would not move forward, Athena was now being considered as a police specific IT provider.