Minutes

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

Present

Members

• Damien Hockney (agenda item 1-6)
• Elizabeth Howlett
• Aneeta Prem (agenda item 1-6)
• John Roberts
• Richard Sumray
• Rachel Whittaker (Deputy Chair)

MPA officers

• David Riddle (Deputy Chief Executive and Solicitor to the Authority)
• Ruth Hastings Iqball (Committee Section)

Part 1

30. Apologies for absence

(Agenda item 1)

Apologies were received from Reshard Auladin (Chair), Tony Arbour, Cindy Butts. In the absence of the Chair, his Deputy Chair, Rachel Whitteker, took the Chair.

31. Declarations of interests

(Agenda item 2)

No declarations of interest were declared

32. MINUTES OF THE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS CASES SUB COMMITTEE (PART 1): 13 SEPTEMBER 2007

(Agenda item 3)

RESOLVED - That the minutes (Part 1) of the Professional Standards Cases Sub Committee held on 13 September 2007 be confirmed and signed as a correct record.

33. 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 item in Part 2

34. Minutes of the Professional Standards Cases Sub Committee (Part 2): 13 September 2007

(Agenda item 5)

The minutes (Part 2) of the Professional Standards Cases Sub Committee held on 13 September 2007 were confirmed and signed as a correct record.

35. Police regulations 2003 - business interests appeal

(Agenda item 6)

Members resolved that the officer’s proposed business interest was incompatible with his membership of the MPS and his appeal against his Assistant Commissioner’s decision be dismissed. It was also agreed that the MPS’s mishandling of the case and the inadequacy of the legal advice provided be raised with the MPS.

This part of the meeting ended at 2.30 pm, however the Sub Committee reconvened after the Professional Standards and Complaints Committee to consider the outstanding item.

36. Police Reform Act 2002

Agenda item 7)

The MPA had received a complaint from a member of the public against an ACPO officer. The Sub Committee agreed that the complaint should be recorded; and that no further action should be taken to investigate the complaint.

Meeting ended (this part) at 4.45 pm

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