Agenda and minutes

The Chairman welcomed Mike Veale – Chief Constable – Wiltshire Police and members of the public to the meeting.

Cllr Jonathon Seed raised the question of webcasting future PCP meetings, Kevin Fielding – Democratic Services Officer advised that he would feed this request back to Democratic Services.

Apologies were received from Cllr Dale Heenan – Swindon Borough Council. It was noted that Cllr Caryl Sydney-Smith would replace Cllr Heenan for future meetings as a Swindon Borough Council representative.

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on Thursday 29 June 2017.

Decision:

·         The minutes of the meeting held on Thursday 29 June 2017 were agreed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

             It was noted that Cllr Richard Britton and Cllr Peter Hutton were in  attendance at this meeting.

There were no declarations of interest.

The Chairman advised that a “Blue Light Services” guide had now been produced, the link below gives full details.

https://www.local.gov.uk/fire-and-rescue-services-england-guide-police-and-crime-panel-members

The Panel welcomes contributions from members of the public.

Statements

If you wish to make a statement at this meeting on any item on this agenda, please register to do so at least 10 minutes prior to the meeting. Speakers are permitted to speak for up to 3 minutes on any agenda item. Please contact the officer named on the first page of the agenda for any further clarification.

Questions

Members of the public are able to ask questions in relation to the responsibilities and functions of the Panel at each meeting. Those wishing to ask questions are required to give notice of any such questions in writing to the Head of Democratic Services at Wiltshire Council no later than 5.00 pm on 3 clear wkg days before meeting. Please contact the officer named on the first page of the agenda for further advice. Questions may be asked without notice if the Chairman decides that the matter is urgent.

Mr Paul Sunners, a Swindon resident raised the following question with the Commissioner:

“The Police and Crime Commissioner’s summary performance report for Quarter 1 – 2017/18 reports reductions in levels of public confidence, victim satisfaction with police visibility.

Does the Police and Crime Commissioner attribute the reported perception to the significant increase in reported crimes, which include a 16.3% increase in dwelling burglaries and a 26.2% increase in vehicle crimes?

Will one outcome of the public survey of Community Policing recommend a strategic response to the public need for increased police visibility within our communities?”

The Police and Crime Commissioner advised that he would provide Mr Sunners with a full written response to his question.

The Chairman made the point that good work was being carried out by Neighbourhood Watch Groups across the county.

Update from the OPCC.

Chris McMullin – OPCC outlined the Wiltshire Police review of Community Policing.

(The power point presentation is attached to these minutes)

Questions raised included:

Was there more flexibility of deployment using the new model?

a.    Flexibility had improved under the new model, but was still a challenge with managing staffing levels across the force.

Why a five shift system?

a.    It gives the best balance between work, resources and staffing.

Where do PCSOs fit in to the new system?

a.    PCSOs were very much part of the model, playing an important role in community policing.

Why bring in the new model and not properly resource it?

a.    Policing budgets were falling year on year, new emerging crimes mean that Wiltshire had to think outside of the box.

Were Wiltshire Police lobbying Central Government for more resources?

a.    The Commissioner had met with all local MPs to try and highlight Wiltshire’s lack of funding.

Does the new model mean that intel was fed to partner agencies quicker?

a.    Yes, Wiltshire Police was now more aligned with our partner agencies than ever.

Was the training budget big enough?

a.    Wiltshire Police was increasing its training of staff, with less resources it needed its staff to be as best trained as possible.

The Chairman thanked Chris McMullin for his presentation.

Mike Veale - Chief Constable, Wiltshire Police will give a short update on Wiltshire Police and the 999 television programme.

Mike Veale - Chief Constable, Wiltshire Police gave an update on Wiltshire Police and the 999 television programme after several Wiltshire Councillors had indicated that they felt that the programme had not portrayed the county, Wiltshire Police, Local Authorities and partners in a good light.

It was felt that the relationship between Wiltshire Police and Wiltshire Council was now challenging and needed to be repaired.

(A full transcript of Mike Veale’s statement is attached to the minutes)

Mike Veale also added that Wiltshire Police had always had a fantastic relationship with its partners, and would continue to build relationships with these partners.

In hindsight Wiltshire Police should have perhaps discussed its plans with the Local Authorities before agreeing their involvement in the programmes.

The Chairman thanked Mike Veale for attending the meeting and speaking to the panel.

To receive quarterly performance data from the OPCC as follows:-

·         Performance Report

·         Risk Register

·         Budget Monitoring Statement

·         Complaints

It was agreed that due to time constraints the panel would take a brief look at the Quarterly data (Q1) 1 April – 30 June 2017 contained in the agenda pack.

Performance Report (Q1) 1 April – 30 June 2017

The report was noted.

Deep Dive - Prevent Crime and keep people safe Delivery Plan 2017-21

The report was noted.

Risk Register –Quarter One 2017-18

The report was noted.

It was agreed that a report “Impact of the Police Pay Award” would come to the next meeting in December 2017.

The Chairman thanked the Commissioner for his report.

Update from the OPCC.

Chris McMullin outlined the Wiltshire Police Staff Survey 2017 which summarised the findings from the ‘Pulse’ survey.

(The power point presentation is attached to these minutes)

The Chairman thanked Chris McMullin for his presentation.

Questions to the Commissioner, (as part of the agenda pack) were noted by the Panel.

To note the forward work plan.

The Forward Work Plan was noted.

To note the future meeting dates below:

·         Wednesday 7 December 2017 – Swindon Borough Council Offices

The next meeting of the Police and Crime Panel will be on Thursday 7 December 2017 at Swindon Borough Council offices.