Minutes

Minutes of the Co-ordination and Policing Committee held on 16 September 2002 at 11.30am at 10 Dean Farrar Street, London, SW1.

Present

Members

• Toby Harris (Chair)
• R David Muir (Deputy Chair)
• Reshard Auladin
• Richard Barnes
• Elizabeth Howlett
• Nicholas Long
• Richard Sumray
• Abdal Ullah
• Rachel Whittaker
• Cecile Wright

MPA staff

• Catherine Crawford (Clerk)
• Peter Martin (Treasurer)
• Simon Vile (Head of Secretariat)

MPS staff

• Ian Blair (Deputy Commissioner)
• Alan Croney (Director of Property Services) (for part two of the meeting only)
• Ailsa Beaton (Director of Information) (for part two of the meeting only)

24. Apologies for absence

(agenda item 1)

An apology for absence was received from Graham Tope.

25. Declarations of interest

(agenda item 2)

No interests were declared.

26. Minutes

(agenda item 3)

Resolved – That the minutes of the meeting of the Co-ordination and Policing Committee held on 6 September 2002 be agreed and signed as a correct record, subject to some amendments to items 22 and 23.

27. Pilot project update

(agenda item 4)

It was explained that the purpose of this item was to provide the opportunity for the MPS to update members on any pilot projects which might be of interest or have implications for the Service. The Deputy Commissioner suggested that the MPS definition be used in deciding which corporate projects to report on, namely “a piece of important work where the effort will exceed ten days, will lead to change and will impact beyond the local unit”. He undertook to produce a list of such projects for the committee’s meeting on 21 October.

28. Race Hate Crime Forum

(agenda item 5)

The Committee considered a report by the Clerk outlining progress of the MPA Race Hate Crimes Working Group and proposing that it be restructured into a forum.

It was agreed that the MPS’s regular (monthly) reports on racial incidents in London be reported to the Equal Opportunities and Diversity Board in future (and reported on to the full Authority if there were matters of concern to all members).

It was decided that further discussions were needed on the basis for the proposed Forum and it was therefore

Resolved – That

1. further work be carried out to refine the proposal to establish a London Race Hate Crimes Forum, for discussion at the Equal Opportunities and Diversity Board and subsequent report back to this committee; and
2. the Equal Opportunities and Diversity Board receive regular reports on racial incidents 

29. Third National Independent Advisory Group Conference

(agenda item 6)

The Committee considered a report by the Clerk and

Resolved – That approval be given to the attendance of Kirsten Hearn at the Third National Independent Advisory Group Conference in Leeds on 11/12 November.

30. Exclusion of press and public

(agenda item 7)

Resolved – That the press and public be asked to leave the meeting during discussion of the remaining item of business because exempt information as defined in paragraph 9 of Part I Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 is likely to be made known.

31. Construction of a new command and control centre

(agenda item 8)

The Committee considered a report by the Commissioner seeking in principle approval to enter into contracts for the construction works of a new command and control centre.

Members recognised that the C3i project had significant organisational implications beyond the technological changes and that the impact would be felt throughout the MPS. The Finance Committee would not be the appropriate forum to consider such issues and it was agreed that reports should be put to the Co-ordination and Policing Committee on a regular basis, including, at Cecile Wright’s request, a report on the Southwark pilot. The Clerk was asked to discuss with the MPS the most appropriate timing for these reports.

Resolved – That

1. the contents of the report be noted;
2. that approval be given to the award of an initial works contract and subsequently the main construction contracts as detailed in the recommendation to the exempt report; and
3. reports on the organisational implications for the MPS of the C3i project be made to the Co-ordination & Policing Committee, on a basis agreed between the Clerk and the MPS.

The meeting ended at 12.30 p.m.

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