Agenda and minutes

Venue: Virtual Meeting Microsoft Teams

Contact: Matthew Nundy  Email: matthew.nundy@northlincs.gov.uk

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Items
No. Item

369.

Welcome and Introductions

Minutes:

The Chairman welcomed everyone to the virtual meeting of the Police and Crime Panel and invited all in attendance to introduce themselves and identify the local authority they were representing.

370.

Apologies for Absence

Minutes:

Resolved - That it be noted that apologies for absence had been received from Councillors Birch and Weeks (East Riding of Yorkshire Council) and Rogers and Silvester (North East Lincolnshire Council).

371.

Substitutions

Minutes:

Resolved – That it be noted there were no substitutes in attendance at the meeting.

372.

Declarations of Disclosable Pecuniary Interests and Personal or Personal and Prejudicial interests (such declarations are to be made in accordance with the members' respective council's Code of Conduct).

Minutes:

There were no declarations of disclosable pecuniary interests and personal or personal and prejudicial interests.

373.

To take the minutes of the meeting of the panel held on 4 February 2021 as a correct record and authorise the chairman to sign. pdf icon PDF 221 KB

Minutes:

Resolved - That the minutes of the proceedings of the panel held on 4 February 2021, having been printed and circulated amongst the members, be taken as read and correctly recorded and signed by the chairman.

 

374.

Humberside Police and Crime Commissioner - Update

Minutes:

The Chairman welcomed the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Humberside to the meeting.  Mr Hunter provided a comprehensive update on the following areas –

 

Ø  Number of abstractions.

Ø  Complaints following enforcement of Covid restrictions.

Ø  Crime and Justice Task Force and reduction in crime

Ø  Crime and Policing Board priorities

Ø  Strategic planning to meet national policing pressures.

Following the Police and Crime Commissioners comprehensive verbal update, the Chairman facilitated a discuss between the Panel and the PCC.

 

Resolved – That the verbal update be received with thanks.

 

375.

Humberside Police - Attendance by the Chief Constable of Humberside Police

Minutes:

The Chairman welcomed Mr Freeman, the Chief Constable of Humberside Police to the meeting.  Mr Freeman delivered a presentation to Panel Members on the following –

 

Ø  Organisational briefing

Ø  People – Health and Wellbeing Staff Survey 2020 results

Ø  Implementation of the Police and Crime Plan

Ø  Performance update – crime and outcomes

Ø  Performance update – calls and responses

Ø  Operation Galaxy

Ø  Covid-19 update

Ø  IT update

Ø  Melton 2 update

 

Following the presentation, the Chairman facilitated a discussion between the Panel Members and Mr Freeman.

 

Resolved – (a) That the Chief Constable of Humberside Police be thanked for his attendance, verbal presentation and for answering members’ questions, and (b) that the Panel formally thank Humberside Police and the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for their significant contribution and commitment to the residents of Humberside during the Covid-19 pandemic.

 

376.

Humberside Police and Crime Commissioner Delivery Plan 2021-22 pdf icon PDF 2 MB

Minutes:

The Chairman welcomed the Chief Executive Officer at the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Humberside to the meeting.  Ms Cook introduced the fifth annual Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) Delivery Plan.  The document was the annual summary document for how the OPCC team worked effectively towards achieving the aims of the Police and Crime Plan.  It was the intention that the document was an operational one and it formed the basis of how the team both create and are provided strategic direction. 

 

The document served to inform the public and the Police and Crime Panel of the planned work programme of the OPCC for the year and provided an overview of the activities undertaken to ensure an effective office that supported the PCC to exercise his duties effectively.

 

The document used a system of outcome based planning to detail the outputs or products that the team seek to achieve over and above anything recognised as ongoing or business as usual.

 

The Delivery Plan was attached as an appendix to the report.

 

The Chairman then facilitated a discussion between the Panel and the Chief Executive Officer at the OPCC.

 

Resolved – That the Humberside Police and Crime Commissioner Delivery Plan 2021-22 be received with thanks.

 

377.

Humberside Police and Crime Commissioner End of Term Report 2016-21 pdf icon PDF 2 MB

Minutes:

The Chairman invited the Police and Crime Commissioner to introduce his End of Term report for the five-year period of his office.  The report outlined –

 

Ø  The delivery against the Police and Crime Plan

Ø  The Force’s organisational improvement

Ø  The performance of Humberside Police

Ø  The performance of the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner

Ø  Humberside Police budget

Ø  Partnership successes

 

Following the Police and Crime Commissioners comprehensive verbal update, the Chairman facilitated a discuss between the Panel and the PCC.

 

Resolved – That the End of Term report be received with thanks.

378.

Extension to Term of Office of an Independent Member on the Humberside Police and Crime Panel pdf icon PDF 254 KB

Minutes:

The Secretary to the Humberside Police and Crime Panel informed the meeting that two compulsory non-political independent members were required to form part of the Police and Crime Panel under Schedule 6 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011.

 

Independent Panel Members were appointed for a four-year term. 

 

Mrs Whittaker’s term of office was due to expire shortly.  Due to the on-going Covid-19 pandemic and the Panel being unable to meet in person due to Government restrictions, it was proposed that Mrs Whittaker’s term of office be extended by a further six months to allow the position to be advertised and for potential candidates to attend and observe a meeting in person prior to interview.

 

Resolved – (a) That the extension to the term of office of Independent Member Mrs Whittaker until September 2021 be agreed, and (b) that the Secretary to the Panel commence the advertisement and recruitment of a second Independent Member.

379.

Any other items that the Chairman decides are urgent by reason of special circumstances that must be specified.

Minutes:

There were no urgent items for consideration at the meeting.