Minutes

Minutes of the Professional Standards Cases Sub-committee of the Metropolitan Police Authority held on 15 March 2007 at 10 Dean Farrar Street, London SW1H 0NY.

Present

Members

• Reshard Auladin (Chair)
• Cindy Butts
• Damien Hockney
• Karim Murji
• Aneeta Prem

MPA officers

• Claire Lister (Head of Professional Standards)
• Doug Lewin (Policy Development Officer, Race and Diversity Unit)
• David Riddle (Deputy Chief Executive, Deputy Clerk and Solicitor to the Authority)
• Ruth Hastings Iqball (Committee Section)

MPS officers

• Judith Chrystie (Field Fisher Waterhouse) and two observers from the Northern Ireland Policing Board (item 1 to 5)

56. Apologies for absence

(Agenda item 1)

Apologies were received from Anthony Arbour, Elizabeth Howlett, John Roberts Richard Sumray (members ) and Rachel Whittaker (Deputy Chair).

57. Declarations of interests

(Agenda item 2)

Resolved – That declarations of interest be received.

58. Minutes of the Professional Standards Cases Sub Committee (Part 1): 14 December 2006, 15 January 2007 and 8 February 2007

Resolved - That the minutes of the Professional Standards Cases Sub Committee (Part 1): 14 December 2006, 15 January 2007 and 8 February 2007 be confirmed and signed as a correct record.

59. Exclusion of press and public

(Agenda item 4)

A resolution was put to exclude the press and public from the meeting during the remaining agenda item as it would be likely to disclose exempt information as described in Part 1, Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended).

Resolved – That the press and public be excluded from the meeting during the remaining agenda items.

Summary of exempt items

60. Minutes of the Professional Standards Cases Sub Committee (Part 2): 14 December 2006, 15 January 2007 and 8 February 2007

(Agenda item 5)

The minutes of the Professional Standards Cases Sub Committee (Part 2): 14 December 2006, 15 January 2007 and 8 February 2007 be confirmed and signed as a correct record subject to one change detailed. A considered opinion of the judgement made by the Crown Court in favour of officer whose pension was forfeited would be received at the next Sub Committee meeting.

61. Police Pensions Regulations 1987 - application for certificate

(Agenda item 6)

It was resolved that the ex officer had been convicted of an offence in connection with his service as a member of a police force; and that an application should be made to the Home Secretary for a certificate of forfeiture.

62. Police Reform Act 2002

(Agenda item 6)

At an earlier meeting, the Sub Committee had considered allegations made against two ACPO officers. It had made determinations in relation to all but three of these allegations, where it felt it had insufficient information to reach a conclusion and, therefore had asked that additional particulars be obtained. The Committee now considered these three outstanding complaints.

Meeting ended at 1.00 pm

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