Reports from Equal Opportunities and Diversity board sub-groups

Report: 13
Date: 3 April 2008
By: the Chief Executive

Summary

The purpose of this report is to provide members with an update on the work of the sub-groups to EODB, in particular the MPA Domestic Violence Board. A paper on the Race Hate Crime Forum has been referred from full Authority to this agenda.

A. Recommendations

That members note the report

B. Supporting information

MPA Domestic Violence Board

1. The MPA Domestic Violence Board is responsible for effective monitoring, scrutiny and support of the MPS in its response to domestic violence on behalf of Equal Opportunities and Diversity Board (EODB).

2. The Board has now met six times and has to date looked at the response from 10 boroughs – Havering, Croydon, Tower Hamlets, Brent, Hammersmith & Fulham, Sutton, Kingston Upon Thames and Hackney. Its most recent meeting was on 4 March 2008 where Kensington & Chelsea and Camden presented.

3. The Board has a facility to consider corporate issues and has considered domestic violence specific training, crime investigation policy, call centres and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) in relation to domestic violence and rape.

4. The Board meets next on 8 July 2008.

5. A review of the Board’s work during 2007-08 is scheduled to be considered at EODB in September 2008. If agreed by members, this will be referred to full Authority in October 2008.

C. Race and equality impact

1. The MPA’s work in relation to domestic violence contributes to the organisation’s legislative duties to eliminate discrimination, promote equality of opportunity and good relations between people of different racial groups and genders.

2. Domestic violence constitutes a quarter of all violent crime and disproportionately affects women. While MPS performance, specifically in terms of sanction detections, is higher than it has been before, the MPA Domestic Violence Board supports and challenges the organisation at both borough and corporate support levels to continuously improve its response in relation to safety, victim care, risk assessment and management, and contributing to successful criminal justice outcomes.

D. Financial implications

Resources to service all sub-groups to EODB are met from the MPA’s Equality and Diversity Unit budget. In 2007 – 2008, £5K was ringfenced to support the activities of the MPA Domestic Violence Board.

B. Background papers

None

F. Contact details

Report author: Laurence Gouldbourne, Equality and Diversity Unit, MPS

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