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These are the minutes of the 9 June 2006 meeting of the Co-ordination and Policing Committee.
Warning: This is archived material and may be out of date. The Metropolitan Police Authority has been replaced by the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPC).
See the MOPC website for further information.
Minutes
Minutes of the an meeting of the Co-ordination and Policing Committee held on 9 June 2006 at 10 Dean Farrar Street, London, SW1H 0NY.
Present
Members
- Cindy Butts (Deputy Chair in the Chair)
- Reshard Auladin (Deputy Chair)
- Jennette Arnold
- Damian Hockney
- Toby Harris (agenda item 5 onwards)
- Karim Murji
- Aneeta Prem
- John Roberts
- Richard Sumray
MPA officers
- Catherine Crawford (Chief Executive and Clerk)
- Ken Hunt (Treasurer)
- Tim Rees (Head of Community Engagement)
- John Crompton (Committee Services)
MPS officers
- Paul Stephenson (Deputy Commissioner)
- Commander Jo Kaye and Martin Tiplady (Director of Human Resources)
72. Apologies for absence
(Agenda item 1)
Apologies for absence were received from Len Duvall (Chair), Richard Barnes, Kirsten Hearn, Elizabeth Howlett, GrahamTope and Rachel Whittaker.
73. Declarations of interest
(Agenda item 2)
No declarations of interest were received.
74. Minutes – 11 May 2006
(Agenda item 3)
Resolved - That the minutes of the meeting held on 11 May 2006, be agreed and signed as a correct record.
75. Update on the use of Taser
A report was submitted which provided an update on the trial of Taser and conversion to X26 model Taser.
Commander Kaye reported that since the report was written there had been four further deployments. It remained the case that the new X26 Taser was yet to be deployed The Commander explained that the detailed information contained in the Appendix was based on paper records, It was intended that electronic records would be used in the future.
In reply to points from members Commander Kaye undertook to provide details of what would happen to the earlier version of the Taser i.e. are they to be retained or sold to another police force.
Members said they would find it useful to be advised of how the wider learning from the use of the device and any operational issues would be disseminated within the MPS and incorporated into training packages etc. Members also felt that more information should be sought on the risk associated with the “les controlled fall “ which had been identified in paragraph 10.
Resolved – That the update be noted and a further report be submitted to the Committee in due course.
76. Annual Training Plan 2006/07
The MPS is required to prepare an Annual Training Plan that meets the criteria specified in Home Office Circular (HOC) 44/2005. It is a requirement that the MPA approve this plan, which is produced in the format required by the Home Office.
In reply to concerns from members on the sheer volume and complexity of the Plan the Director of Human Resources stated that it had been confirmed with HMIC that the document had to be made available in its full format. He undertook to investigate the possibility in future years of it being discussed in detail with the portfolio member for Workforce Modernisation before it came to the Committee for formal signing off.
Richard Sumray felt that the Authority should write to HMIC to point out that it did not make sense to expect members to have to consider such a complex document.
Resolved –That the Annual Training Plan for 2006-07 be approved.
77. Local Policing Summaries
The first Local Policing Summaries report was presented at the previous meeting on 11 May 2006. At this meeting, members identified a number of actions, which would provide further information and clarity on the development and production of the Summaries. This report provides feedback on each of the identified actions.
Jennette Arnold stated that she had not be present at the earlier discussion of this matter. She felt that in order to make the publication more attractive the emphasis should be on highlighting achievements rather than outlining strategies.
Resolved – That the report be noted and a final report be submitted to the July meeting.
78. MPA budget 2006/07 and provisional outturn 2005/06
A report was submitted which set out the budget for 2006/07 for the MPA together with the provisional outturn position against budget for 2005-06.
Resolved – That the report be noted and it be agreed to transfer the underspend of £325,000 to the MPA reserve.
79. Review of Standing Orders
A report was submitted which presented some amendments and additions to the Authority ‘s Standing Orders since they were last reviewed in 2004.
Toby Harris requested that the Standing Order in relation to co-opted members (1.1.2) be amended so that co-opted members of the Corporate Governance Committee would count towards the quorum.
Members referred to the proposed amendments concerning the presentation of petitions at Authority meetings (para 2.6.4) and felt that there needed to be a general discussion on the way that petitions and questions from the public are handled.
The Chair said that this was an issue would be easier to discuss at a forum such as a members away day.
Resolved – That the proposed amendments and additions contained in the report be agreed subject to further consideration of the point on the consideration of petitions.
80. Any urgent business
(Agenda item 9)
There was none.
The meeting closed at 12.15 p.m.
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