Agenda item

The Committee received a written briefing from the City of London Police regarding their Christmas 2015 Campaign – ‘Operation Tinsel’.

The City of London police reported that significant resources had been deployed over the Christmas period and that significant deployments were also planned for Christmas 2016.

In response to a question regarding the two incidents referred to on New Year’s Eve, the City of London Police reported that they had met with the owner/manager of one of the premises who had agreed to vary his licence with immediate effect so that no future promoted events were permissible. The second premises referred to had met with the City of London Police and had agreed to certain concessions as they continued to work towards a different business model. The premises was currently under close watch. Members were informed that neither of the premises referred to would be suitable for a licence review unless they had declined the opportunity to work with the City of London Police.

In response to concerns raised over promoted events in the City per se, the Chairman reported that Officers carried out intelligence checks on promoters. She added that many promoted events took place in the City each week without issue.

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