Agenda item

Report of the Commissioner of Police.

The Board received a report of the Commissioner of Police which summarised the performance delivered by the City of London Police in its capacity as the National Lead Force for Fraud as delivered through the Economic Crime Directorate.

National Attrition – The Board discussed the increase in the number of packages disseminated to forces rising from 11,483 in Quarter 2 last year to 16,625 in this quarter representing an increase of 16% on Quarter 1 performance. The Commissioner of the Police informed Members that the City of London Police were working with forces across the country to improve dissemination rates. However, noted that the Metropolitan Police remained poorly performing.

Members requested that in future when a performance area was improving as indicated by the upward arrow that the rating change from red to amber to show that there was improvement.

KPI 3.1 - The value of Criminal Asset denial through recovery (end to end process): The Board were informed that the indicator did not include money that was returned to the victim. In terms of recovery the previous year had provided a unique opportunity as 2 cases had yielded a substantial amount of money. As a result the Police were looking to establish a process whereby this indicator was considered in all crimes that were investigated going forward.

Members requested assurance that the Police had investigated the recovery of asset in crimes that had taken place. The Police agreed to provide a summary of the measures they had taken.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.