Minutes

Minutes of the Co-ordination and Policing Committee held on 11 March 2005 at 10 Dean Farrar Street, London, SW1H 0NY.

Present

Members

• Len Duvall (Chair)
• Jennette Arnold
• Reshard Auladin (Deputy Chair)
• Richard Barnes
• Cindy Butts (Deputy Chair)
• Karim Murji
• Richard Sumray
• Rachel Whittaker
• Abdal Ullah

MPA officers

• Catherine Crawford (Chief Executive and Clerk)
• David Riddle (Deputy Chief Executive, Deputy Clerk and Solicitor to the Authority)
• Nick Baker (Head of Committee Services)

MPS officers

• Sir Ian Blair (Commissioner)
• DAC Ron McPherson
• Alisa Beaton (Director of Information)

44. Apologies for absence

(Agenda item 1)

Apologies for absence were received from Toby Harris, Kirsten Hearn, Elizabeth Howlett and Graham Tope.

45. Declarations of interest

(Agenda item 2)

No interests were declared.

46. Minutes – 11 February 2005

(Agenda item 3)

The Committee considered the minutes of the meeting held on 11 February 2005.

Resolved - That the minutes of the meeting held on 11 February 2005, be agreed and signed as a correct record.

47. C3i/Airwave update

(Agenda item 4)

The Committee received a report that gave an update on the progress of the C3i/Airwave Programme.

Members were informed of the programme delivery; updated on issues considered by the C3i Strategy Group; planning arrangements; achievements and key milestones; and major issues.

Resolved – That the report be noted.

48. Consultation document – drinking responsibly

(Agenda item 5)

The Committee were asked to consider a response to the Home Office on the white paper ‘Drinking Responsibly’.

The white paper focused on the role of the drinks industry and reviewed the penalties associated with alcohol related offending.

Members raised a number issues which they felt should be included in the response to the Home Office, these included:

• A need for the response to seek a wider involvement in promoting and supporting drinking responsibly from suppliers as well as licensed premises.
• Consistency of breaches should be achieved.
• Dissemination of good practice should be encouraged.
• To seek greater involvement by the industry in working with the community and particularly with vulnerable groups.
• Greater encouragement of joint working between CDRPs and health authority representative on preventative measures.
• A charge in commensurate with the venue in respect of licence charges.
• Alcohol Disorder Zones should be implemented in consultation with the local community.
• In relation to Alcohol Disorder Zones, identification on a charging mechanism should be clear.
• Adequate support mechanisms needed to be in place to tackle young people targeting isolated outlets.

Resolved – That, subject to comments made by members, the Committee endorsed the response to the white paper ‘drinking responsibly’ as outlined in Appendix 1 to the report.

49. Exclusion of press and public

(Agenda item 6)

A resolution was put to exclude the press and public from the meeting during agenda item 7 as it was likely to disclose exempt information as described in Schedule 12(a) (9) of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended).

Resolved – That the press and public be excluded from the meeting during agenda item 7.

50. Any urgent business

The Commissioner reported that London Borough of Tower Hamlets had agreed to financially support a further nine wards under the Safer Neighbourhoods initiative. This would be the first borough to be operating the initiative borough wide.

Summary of exempt items

51. C3i/Airwave Integrated Communications Control System Procurement (ICCS)

The Committee considered a report that sought authority to contract for the supply and maintenance of an ICCS

The meeting closed at 12.45 p.m.

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