Agenda and minutes

Apologies were received from Mr Chris Henwood and Cllr Jonathon Seed

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

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.

There was no public participation

At the meeting of the Police and Crime Panel on 22nd March the OPCC invited the Panel to contribute to work of designing a methodology for assessing the extent of public confidence in Wiltshire Police.

Accordingly this single agenda item meeting was convened to take this forward.                             

The wide-ranging discussion covered: police visibility; confidence vs satisfaction; the problems of making a survey truly representative; the need to understand the public’s level of confidence in the force etc.

Decisions:

·         That Emily Higson would research existing work on confidence surveys.

·         That Cllr Richard Britton would document the three levels of research identified.

·         That Cllr Richard Britton would produce draft generic questions.