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Minutes

Minutes of the meeting of the Professional Standards Cases Sub-committee held on 15 November 2010 at 10 Dean Farrar Street, London SW1H 0NY.

Present

Members

  • Reshard Auladin
  • James Cleverly
  • Chris Boothman
  • Valerie Brasse
  • Joanne McCartney

MPA officers

  • Jane Harwood (Deputy Chief Executive)
  • Chris Benson (Committee Officer)
  • Thomas Foot (Committee Officer)
  • Kalyanee Mendelsohn (Professional Standards Officer)

Also in attendance: Alix Rejman and Ashleigh Freeman (Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP)

51. Apologies for absence

(Agenda item 1)

51.1 Apologies were received for Tony Arbour.

52. Declaration of interests

(Agenda item 2)

52.1 None were recorded.

53. Minutes of the meeting held on 18 October 2010

(Agenda item 3)

53.1 MPA officers noted that the minutes of the meeting held on 18 October were not yet available, and would be considered at the next meeting of the Sub Committee.

54. Update on dip sampling of closed complaints and conduct matters

(Agenda item 4)

54.1 Jane Harwood reminded Members that the chosen files would be available for Members to scrutinize until 30 November 2010. She noted that this was a report on progress and that MPA officers are continuing to look at how best to take forward the dip sampling process.

54.2 Members asked whether there had been any issues with getting the files that were requested. Jane Harwood confirmed that there had been no issues. Members also suggested that the checklist contained at appendix 1 be revisited as some questions were not found to be useful.

Resolved – That the report be noted.

55. Exclusion of press and public

(Agenda item 5)

.55.1 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

56. Urgent items

(Agenda item 6)

56.1 Members considered an allegation against an ACPO rank officer.

57. Police Reform Act 2002 – allegation against an ACPO rank officer

(Agenda item 7)

57.1 Members considered an allegation against an ACPO rank officer

58. MPA Professional Standards Unit update

(Agenda item 8)

58.1 Members received and discussed an update on active cases within the MPA Professional Standards Unit.

The meeting closed at 10.45 am

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