Minutes

Minutes of the Co-ordination and Policing Committee held on Monday, 18 November 2002 at 10 Dean Farrar Street, London, SW1H 0NY.

Present

Members

• Toby Harris (Chair)
• Cindy Butts
• Elizabeth Howlett
• Nicholas Long
• R David Muir (Deputy Chair)
• Richard Sumray
• Abdal Ullah
• Rachel Whittaker

MPA officers

• Catherine Crawford (Clerk)
• Peter Martin (Treasurer)
• Nick Baker (Head of Committee Services)

MPS officers

• Ian Blair (Deputy Commissioner)
• Tim Godwin (Acting Assistant Commissioner TP)
• Commander Alan Shave
• Martin Tiplady (Director of Human Resources)

Part 1

50. Apologies for absence

(Agenda item 1)

Apologies for absence was received from Reshard Auladin, Richard Barnes and Graham Tope.

51. Declarations of interest

(Agenda item 2)

No interests were declared.

52. Minutes

(Agenda item 3)

The Committee considered the minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 21 October 2002. It was noted that Abdal Ullah had given his apologies.

Resolved – That the minutes of the meeting of the Co-ordination and Policing Committee held on 21 October 2002 be agreed and signed as a correct record, noting Abdal Ullah had given his apologies.

53. Street crime update

(Agenda item 4)

The Committee received an oral update on street crime.

It was noted that there had been a slight increase in street crime, but a decrease overall on the same period last year. It was also noted that there had been a significant decrease in youth victims of street crime.

Arising from the discussion members acknowledged the positive impact that operation safer streets was having on street crime, along with other initiatives such as officers in school, progress in the criminal justice field and recently introduce initiatives relating to mobile phones. Members also received assurances that operation safer streets was sustainable and that proposals relating to increasing offer strength would be put to the MPA in due course.

Members agreed that that the Planning, Performance and Review Committee should lead on safer street issues/data, with specific trends being reported to this Committee, and that street crime need no longer be a standing item on this Committee agenda.

Resolved – That the report be received.

54. Best value review of retention

(Agenda item 5)

At its meeting in July 2002, the Human Resources (HR) Committee agreed that the best value review of managing people should focus on improving retention. The HR Committee also agreed that the project initiation document setting out the overall arrangements and plan for the review should be submitted Co-ordination and Policing Committee for approval, in order that member approval could be obtain sooner than the next HR Committee in December

In considering the report Members requested that project initiation document should be more explicit on ethnic and disability conditions and discussed the pension changes for those officers who wish to continue their service after 30-years of service.

Resolved – That the project initiation document for the best value review of retention as outlined in Appendix 1 to the report be agreed.

55. Name badges for uniformed officers

(Agenda item 6)

This item was withdrawn and members informed that it would be presented to the Committee meeting on 6 December 2002.

56. Phase II of the Transport Policing Initiative

(Agenda item 7)

Members received a report that outlined the proposed developments of the phase II of the transport policing initiative.

The report gave progress details on phase I as well as further development of the transport policing Initiative.

Members raised a number of issues including: how was the initiative being scrutinised, further details regarding the area team approach, the role of officers regarding the enforcement of the congestion charge. In response, the MPS confirmed that the scheme was being scrutinised, particularly for value for money. Details were given on the area approach to the initiative (including that it was intelligence led) and confirmation that officers would not be engaged in enforcing the congestion charge.

Members raised concerns relating to the staffing breakdown and costs and that the advice of the PCSO Programme Management Board regarding CSO managers was not being considered. It was agreed that further discussion on this matter should be undertaken between the MPS and the Board.

Confirmation was given that no additional recruitment would take place within phase II of the initiative before the Mayor and the GLA had fully considered the proposals.

Resolved – That the developments of phase II of the transport policing initiative as outlined in the report be agreed, subject to further discussion with the PSCO Programme Management Board on issues relating to CSO managers..

57. Members question – change to Standing Orders

(Agenda item 8)

Currently there is not a facility for Authority members to ask relevant questions at full Authority meetings in relation to issues appearing in the minutes of committees presented to the Authority for information.

The Committee now received a report, which sought to amended the Authority’s Standing Orders to enable such questions to be asked at full Authority meetings.

Members agreed the proposed amendment to the standing orders, with the amendment that time allocated to questions shall not exceed 10 minutes and that this item be placed at the end of each the Authority agenda. It was also agreed that any supplementary question must be relevant to the original question.

Resolved – That

1. the introduction of a facility for members to ask questions at full Authority meetings be agreed; and
2. the full Authority be recommended that a provision be included within Standing Orders as outlined in paragraph 2 of the report, with the amendments highlighted by Members.

The meeting closed at 12.35 p.m.

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