Agenda item

The Senior City Probation Officer to be Heard

The Group heard a verbal update from the City Probation Officer updating them on developments of the City Probation Service since the last meeting.

The City Probation Officer explained that for the most part, business has been continuing as usual, with 10 officers currently active.  He explained that there was not a significant influx of City residents being recruited due to the limited pool available, but that many were brought in from other regions such as Manchester.

The City Probation Officer explained that there had been a big push to meet a target of 60% of probation reports on the day, and that they are currently achieving 80%, with the Central Criminal Court proving to be challenging.

The City Probation Officer explained that some long-standing members were currently on secondment, and that he would be at the Safer City Partnership Strategy Group meetings as a representative until March 2018.

The City Probation Officer explained that the current agenda was to improve assessment training in the team in order to contribute towards terror prevention.

RESOLVED – That the City Probation Officer be heard.