Agenda and minutes

Apologies were received from Cllr Peter Hutton and Mr Chris Henwood.

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on Thursday 1 February 2018

Decision:

·         The minutes of the meeting held on Thursday 1 February 2018 were agreed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

It was noted that Cllr Anna Cuthbert had asked whether, at the time of his appointment, the Temporary Chief Constable was the subject of any investigations by the IOPC as to his conduct. The Chief Executive had replied that no such investigations were outstanding.

There were no declarations of interest.

There were no Chairman’s Announcements.

The Panel welcomes contributions from members of the public.

Statements

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Questions

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There was no public participation.

Kier Pritchard was Introduced to the PCP as the new Acting Chief Constable of Wiltshire Police.

Points made included:

·         Was looking to build on the strong foundations of Wiltshire Police.

·         Would be listening to both staff and the public to find out what was good, and what could be better.

·         New threats to deal with as well as the more traditional areas of crime.

·         That demands were rising all the time, and that Wiltshire Police had finite resources to deal with these demands.

·         That Wiltshire Police needed to raise the level of awareness of the challenges that it faced.

·         The Acting Chief Constable paid tribute to the hard work and professionalism of Wiltshire Police and the other forces that were working on the Salisbury incident.

·         That compensation from Central Government would be paid to Wiltshire Police re Salisbury and its cost to the county of Wiltshire.

·         That it was business as usual for Wiltshire Police.

Both the Chairman and the Commissioner paid tribute to the Acting Chief Constable and the staff of Wiltshire Police for their excellent professionalism in the wake of Salisbury.

The Chairman thanked Kier Pritchard for attending the meeting.

To receive quarterly performance data from the OPCC

The Commissioner outlined a report setting out his quarterly performance data – Quarter Three 2017-18 (1 October to 31 December 2017) contained in the agenda pack.

Points made included:

·         The recorded crime rate per 1,000 population for Wiltshire in the year to December 2017 is 62.4 crimes. This was lower than most similar group (MSG) peers average of 67.9 crimes per 1000 population.

·         That the Force continued to prioritise the increasing crime trend for residential burglary and the ability to provide the victim with a positive outcome. In doing so, an improvement plan was commissioned during quarter one and burglary was made a new force priority alongside the control strategy.

PCP members were concerned to hear that previous reports would have been written using information from iQuanta and ForceSight (a Microsoft Excel analytical product that compares forces on a regional and national scale).

ForceSight data had been produced by a member of staff in Lancashire Police Force. Since the publication of the last report, that individual had left their role and this information was no longer available. Because of this, no national or regional comparisons were able to be made using ForceSight.

PCP members requested that they would like to view the Wiltshire Police – Burglary Improvement Plan. The Commissioner advised that an extract of the plan would be made available to PCP members at the next meeting.

Concerns were raised re the lack of confidence in Wiltshire Police from the Asian and Turkish communities re dwelling burglaries in Swindon. It was agreed that a written response to these concerns would be provided by the OPCC.

The Chairman requested that a report re Wiltshire Police stress related absences was put on the forward work plan for the September 2018 meeting.

Deep Dive – Priority 3: Putting the victim at the heart of everything we do

The report was noted.

Risk Register – 2017-2021

The report was noted.

The Chairman thanked the Commissioner for his reports.

Kieran Kilgallen – OPPC outlined the report which gave an update on the impact of the 7% policing precept increase by CPT, and current deployability and resourcing levels in CPT. It was noted that a full report would be submitted for the June 2018 meeting.

Points made included:

·         Under the implemented 2018/19 policing precept proposal of 7% (£12 for Band D property), the PCC committed to protecting frontline CPT officers and staff.

·         That the PCC would be working with the Chief Constable to ensure this was delivered as a central part of his Police and Crime Plan. The PCC proposed that information in this area was added to the PCP performance report.

The Chairman thanked the OPCC for the report and looked forward to seeing the full report in June 2018.

It was agreed that Cllr Richard Britton and Naji Darwish – OPC  would meet to discuss how the PCP could be involved in shaping the content of the final version of the report.

The current outstanding member questions were noted.

To note the forward work plan.

The Forward Work Plan was noted.

To note the future meeting dates below:

·         14 June 2018 - Corn Exchange, Devizes

·         27 September – County Hall, Trowbridge

·         6 December 2018 – Civic Offices, Swindon

The next meeting of the Police and Crime Panel will be on Thursday 14 June 2018 at the Corn Exchange, Devizes.

Future meeting dates were:

·         27 September – County Hall, Trowbridge  

·         6 December 2018 – Civic Offices, Swindon