Membership of the Professional Standards Cases sub-committee 2007-08

Report: 14
Date: 10 July 2008
By: the Chief Executive and Clerk

Summary

The Committee is asked to appoint the Chair, Deputy Chair and membership of the Professional Standards Cases Sub Committee for 2008-09.

A. Recommendations

That

1. the Committee appoint a Chair, Deputy Chair and the membership of the Professional Standards Cases Sub Committee; and

2. the Committee agree that in general pension forfeiture and other cases should be heard by not more than five members.

B. Supporting information

1. The Committee is asked to appoint members to the Senior Officers Conduct Sub-Committee.

2. The Committee is also asked to appoint a Chair and Deputy Chair of the Sub-Committee.

3. It is important that meetings should not be inquorate, as this may mean postponing a hearing or deferring a decision with significant impact on an individual.

4. Where the Sub-Committee is meeting to hear cases, in pension forfeitures for example, the panel should not be more than five members otherwise the process may become intimidating for appellants. It is suggested that each Member will attend five or so meetings each year. This will give each Member a reasonable balance of experience and workload while also keeping panel size manageable.

5. The terms of reference for the Sub Committee and a schedule of dates are attached at Appendix 1 for information.

C. Race and equality impact

There are no race and equality impact issues relating to this report.

D. Financial implications

There are no financial implications arising from this report.

E. Background papers

None

F. Contact details

Report authors: Chris Benson Committee Services, MPA

For more information contact:

MPA general: 020 7202 0202
Media enquiries: 020 7202 0217/18

Appendix 1

Professional Standards Cases Sub-Committee (A Sub-Committee of the Professional Standards & Complaints Committee) - terms of reference and  schedule of dates

Police Pensions Forfeiture

1. To determine whether forfeiture of a police officer’s pension should be considered because he or she has been convicted of an offence committed in connection with his/her service as a member of the police force which the Home Secretary may certify as either having been gravely injurious to the interests of the State or liable to lead to serious loss of confidence in the public service.

2. In the event of the Home Secretary issuing a certificate of forfeiture, to determine the proportion, if any, of the pension which may be forfeited permanently or temporarily.

Senior Officer Conduct

3. To investigate and deal with any allegations, report and complaints about the conduct of officers of ACPO rank in accordance with appropriate regulations.

4. To consider all matters relating to discipline against ACPO rank officers, within police regulations.

Business Appeals

5. To deal with appeals by officers of the MPS against refusals by the Commissioner of permission for them to pursue business interests.

NB The sub-committee will have a fixed membership. These members do not necessarily have to be members of the parent committee. In the event of one of those members being unable to hear a particular case the Chief Executive has delegated authority to appoint another member for that meeting.

Programme of dates 2008/2009 - all meetings starting at 12 noon

11 September 2008
16 October 2008
13 November 2008
11 December 2008
15 January 2009
12 February 2009
12 March 2009
16 April 2009
14 May 2009
11 June 2009
09 July 2009

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