Agenda item

Report of the Town Clerk

The Committee considered a report of the Town Clerk which set out Outstanding References from previous meetings of the Committee.

OR1 – “Use of Force” Figures in Custody

The Chairman requested clarification as to when the conclusive information on “use of force” in custody would be available.  The Commissioner explained that it had become evident that this would be significantly more complex to draw conclusions from the date they currently have available for comparisons with other forces.  This was due to the fact that measurements were not directly aligned with those made by other forces, which for example included data on over 17s.  The Chairman of the Professional Standards and Integrity Sub Committee explained that this had been discussed at the last meeting of the Sub-Committee and that the Safeguarding Committee was also awaiting the conclusion.  The Commissioner confirmed that this was being followed up and the conclusive information would be provided to Members of the Sub-Committee as soon as it becomes available.

OR11 – POCA Reserves Allocation to Safer City Partnership

The Commissioner confirmed that a bidding process was in place for the Safer City Partnership to bid for funding from the POCA Reserves.  He confirmed that there had been discussion with the Safer City Partnership, and that they were aware of this process.  The Chairman emphasised the importance of funds being allocated to the Safer City Partnership, and requested that this item be marked as complete.

OR12 – Retrospective Waivers

The Chamberlain explained to Members that the Chamberlain’s department and the City of London Police had been working together on this area, in an effort to try to reduce the use of waivers.  The Commissioner explained that significant improvements had been made over the last 18 months, in which the number of waivers had been drastically reduced.  However, a number of retrospective waivers still remained, owing to previous action that could not be reversed.  He explained that the Finance Committee had put a great focus on the use of retrospective waivers, and as such their use by the CoLP had now been minimised and appropriate processes to address previous issues were now in place.  It was requested that this item be marked as complete.

RESOLVED – That the report be received.