Agenda and minutes
Police and Crime Committee - Thursday 19 September 2013 10.00 am

1.1  Apologies were received from Caroline Pidgeon MBE and Len Duvall.

The Committee is recommended to:

(a)  Note the list of Assembly Members’ appointments, as set out in the tables below as disclosable pecuniary interests;

(b)   Note the declaration by any Member(s) of any disclosable pecuniary interests in specific items listed on the agenda and the necessary action taken by the Member(s) regarding withdrawal following such declaration(s); and

(c)   Note the declaration by any Member(s) of any other interests deemed to be relevant (including any interests arising from gifts and hospitality received which are not at the time of the meeting reflected on the Authority’s register of gifts and hospitality, and noting also the advice from the GLA’s Monitoring Officer set out at Agenda Item 2) and any necessary action taken by the Member(s) following such declaration(s).

2.1  Resolved: That the list of Assembly Members’ appointments, as set out in the tables at Item 2, be noted as disclosable pecuniary interests.

The Committee is recommended to confirm the minutes of the meeting of the Police and Crime Committee held on 23 July 2013 to be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

3.1  Resolved: That the minutes of the meeting held on 23 July 2013 be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Claire Hamilton, [email protected]; 0207 983 5845

The Committee is recommended to note:

(a)  As background to the question and answer session with the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime and the Deputy Police Commissioner, the monthly report from MOPAC as attached at Appendix 1 to the report; and

(b)  The answers given by the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime and the Deputy Police Commissioner to the questions asked by Members.

4.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat as background to putting questions to the following guests:

·  Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime, Stephen Greenhalgh; and

·  Deputy Commissioner, Craig Mackey, Metropolitan Police Service (MPS).

4.2  A transcript of the discussion is attached at Appendix 1.

4.3  During the discussion, the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime committed to provide the Committee with:

·  Concise detail of the financial information which will be included in future MOPAC monthly reports, now that the MPS are providing MOPAC with quarterly rather than monthly statistics and will also soon cease to provide statistics broken down by ‘business groups’;

·  Details of MOPAC’s proposals, when finalised, to boost the number of special constables to meet the Mayor’s manifesto targets;

·  A list of all one-to-one meetings between the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime and Assistant Commissioner Dick since January 2013; and

·  Clarification of the percentage of correspondence MOPAC are currently responding to within 20 working days.

4.4  The Deputy Commissioner also agreed to provide the Committee with:

·  Clarification regarding the IPCC’s requests to the MPS to provide the results of investigations into the alleged misuse of Schedule 7 powers by MPS officers following  ...  view the full minutes text for item 4.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact:  Claire Hamilton, [email protected] ; 0207 983 5845

The Committee is recommended to note MOPAC’s Annual Report, as appended.

5.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat.

5.2  Resolved: That MOPAC’s Annual Report, as appended to the agenda, be noted.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact:  John Johnson, [email protected] ; 0207 983 4926.

The Committee is recommended to note the ongoing, outstanding and completed actions arising from previous meetings of the Committee and its Working Groups, and correspondence entered into by the Chair in accordance with the Standing Delegation to the Chair.

6.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat.

6.2  Resolved: That the ongoing, outstanding and completed actions arising from previous meeting of the Committee and its Working Groups, and correspondence entered into by the Chair in accordance with the Standing Delegation to the Chair, be noted.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact:  Claire Hamilton, [email protected] ; 0207 983 5845

The Committee is recommended to note the appointment of the Office for Public Management (OPM) to conduct external research to inform the Committee’s examination of stop and search.

7.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat.

7.2  Resolved: That the appointment of the Office of Public Management (OPM) to conduct external research to inform the Committee’s examination of stop and search be noted.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact:  Claire Hamilton, [email protected] ; 0207 983 5845

The Committee is recommended to:

(a)  Note its work programme as set out at paragraph 4.4 of the report; and

(b)  Agree that delegated authority is given to the Chair, in consultation with Group leads, to approve the topic for the meeting on 10 October 2013.

8.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat.

8.2  Resolved: That the work programme report be noted and the following topics for future thematic meetings of the Committee be agreed:

·  October – the management of MPS custody suites;

·  November – mental health and policing; and

·  December – work around extremism.

Report of the Monitoring Officer

Contact:  Ed Williams, [email protected] ; 0207 983 4399

The Committee is recommended to note the decision of Mr Alan Simcock in respect of the informal resolution process on the complaint made against the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime by Mr Jonathan Rosenberg.

9.1  The Committee received the report of the Monitoring Officer, who attended the meeting and answered questions from Members.

9.2  Resolved:  That the decision of Mr Alan Simcock, in respect of the informal resolution process on the complaint made against the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime by Mr Jonathan Rosenberg, be noted.

The next meeting of the Committee is scheduled for 10 October 2013 at 10.00am in the Chamber, City Hall.

10.1  The next meeting was scheduled for 10 October 2013 at 10.00am in the Chamber, City Hall.

11.1  There was no urgent business.

12.1  The meeting ended at 12.05pm.