Agenda item

Verbal update from the Safer Communities Project Manager

The Group received a verbal update from T/Commander Gyford on the One Safe City Programme.

The Commissioner explained that previously there had been three projects: Joint Contact and Control Room (JCCR), Ring of Steel and Safer Communities Project.  However, as there were gaps between these three individual projects the scope of the programme was adapted to cover the following five projects:

1.    Digital Ring of Steel

2.    Joint Contact and Control Room

3.    Safer Communities – CCTV Hardware

4.    Future technology (Facial Recognition etc.)

5.    Physical Infrastructure

The T/Commander Gyford explained that a clear and robust business case had been commissioned for each project that would cover HR and costings etc., and in each case a project executive would be appointed.  The One Safe City working party would now need to be consulted, the One Safe City programme would be officially closed and all relevant action taken up within the Secure City Programme. The Commissioner advised that the Force were planning to bring a full report on the Programme to the Police Committee in September.

The Director of Port Health raised concerns over the lack of feedback from work achieved under the previous regime of the One Safe City programme, and highlighted the importance of updates on the programme and its outcomes.  T/commander Gyford explained that there is a closedown report on the Safer Communities project due to be submitted to the September meeting of the Police Committee (2) , but no others; Programmes such as the JCCR had many dependencies that need to be mapped out so that these projects can be taken forward effectively.  The Commissioner explained that due to the lack of clarity over the issues within the One Safe City programme the workload had become unstructured.

The Commissioner explained that under the new programme proposal requirements have been laid out and a project report will be produced.  There is a need for a documented business case “as is” for each project, with performance measures clearly defined.  There will then need to be very strict governance in place.

[RESOLVED] – That the Commissioner be heard.