Minutes

Minutes of the Co-ordination and Policing Committee held on 07 May 2004 at 10 Dean Farrar Street, London, SW1H 0NY.

Present

Members

• Toby Harris (Chair)
• Reshard Auladin
• Richard Barnes (Deputy Chair)
• Cindy Butts
• Elizabeth Howlett
• Richard Sumray
• Rachel Whittaker

MPA officers

• Catherine Crawford (Clerk)
• Peter Martin (Treasurer)
• David Riddle (Deputy Clerk) for part of meeting
• Simon Vile (Head of Secretariat)

MPS officers

• Sir Ian Blair (Deputy Commissioner)
• Michael Debens (Corporate Planning Group)

Part 1

94. Apologies for absence

(Agenda item 1)

Apologies for absence were received from R David Muir, Sir John Quinton and Cecile Wright.

95. Declarations of interest

(Agenda item 2)

No interests were declared.

96. Minutes (Part 1)

(Agenda item 3)

Resolved – That the minutes (Part 1) of the meeting of the Co-ordination and Policing Committee held on 19 April 2004 be confirmed and signed as a correct record.

97. Funding of legal assistance – the family of Roger Sylvester and police officers

(Agenda item 5)

The Committee considered a report by the Deputy Clerk and Solicitor on the Counsel’s Advice obtained that it was within the Authority’s powers to fund the family in the special circumstances of this case.

The Deputy Clerk reported that in part the Counsel’s advice reflected the exceptional nature of this case. He also confirmed that the funding would not be an open-ended process – he was seeking to agree rates and estimates of cost on both sides and was looking for a broad equality of funding.

Resolved – That the Clerk be authorised to notify the family of Roger Sylvester, and the police officers concerned, that the Authority will fund their respective legal costs in connection with the judicial review proceedings, and to make all necessary arrangements to give effect to the decision of the Authority at its meeting on 25 March 2004.

98. Review of the Resource Allocation Formula 2005/06

(Agenda item 4)

The Committee received a report from the Deputy Commissioner seeking a decision on the future allocation methodology for those borough Police Community Support Officers that are not allocated as part of the dedicated Safer Neighbourhood teams.

The Committee favoured option three in the report. However, in relation to this it was clarified that the status quo would continue to apply to the ‘proof of concept’ boroughs and that security PCSOs would continue as a separate allocation based on the Commissioner’s judgement. The Treasurer was asked to clarify the position on the funding of security PCSOs.

Resolved – That, as set out in option three in the report, PCSOs should continue to be allocated to BOCUs on the basis of the size of a borough’s resident population (apart from in the proof of concept boroughs), together with a Commissioner’s Judgement allocation based on security requirements.

99. Urgent issues from the Equal Opportunities and Diversity Board

There were no items requiring a decision from the Committee.

Part 2

Summary of exempt items

100. Minutes (Part 2)

(Agenda item 9)

Resolved – That the exempt minutes of the meeting held on 19 April be confirmed and signed.

The meeting ended at 11.20 p.m.

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