Agenda and minutes

Venue: Council Chamber - Town Hall - Maidenhead

Contact: Tanya Leftwich  01628 796345

Items
No. Item

69.

Apologies for Absence

To receive any apologies for absence.

 

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor Hashim Bhatti.

70.

Declarations of Interest pdf icon PDF 52 KB

To receive declarations of interests from Members of the Panel in respect of

any item to be considered at the meeting.

 

Minutes:

None.

 

The Chairman announced that the meeting was being recorded and that the audio would be available shortly on the RBWM website.

 

71.

ANNUAL PRESENTATION BY THE CHIEF CONSTABLE

The meeting will commence with a presentation by the Chief Constable. 

 

Any questions by Members that have been submitted in advance of the meeting will then be considered and answered.

 

Minutes:

The Chairman welcomed the new Chief Constable, Francis Habgood, and Superintendent Bhupinder Rai to the meeting and invited the Chief Constable to address the meeting.

 

The meeting commenced with a presentation to the Panel by the Chief Constable Francis Habgood.  The Chief Constable started by showing Members a three minute presentation on what had happened locally over the past few years. 

 

The Chief Constable explained that over the last few months the Thames Valley Police had launched it’s commitment which was ‘Working together to make our communities safer’ by working with partners and the public to build community resilience.  Members were informed that the Thames Valley Police would transform and innovate to meet policing needs now and in the future.  It was noted that the four strands to the Thames Valley Police’s commitment was:

v  An emergency service that keeps people safe and brings offenders to justice.

v  Working together to build stronger, more resilient communities.

v  A modern police force that meets the needs of our communities.

v  A skilled and trusted workforce.

 

It was noted that the Thames Valley Police’s commitment could be found on their website. 

 

The Chief Constable showed Members a graph which showed the crime levels for Violence Against the Person and Burglary Dwelling in comparison to All Other Offences from 01/10/15 to 30/03/16.  It was noted that Violence Against the Person had increased year on year as predicted due to a number of reasons.  It was noted that the increase could be due to a recalibration of the lower level crimes that now get put on the Thames Valley Police system, that certain cases of violence that would have originally been disclosed and dealt with at case conferences were now being recorded on the Thames Valley Police system and because the Thames Valley Police had been encouraging people to come forward and report domestic abuse, something that was previously underreported (first time reporting).  Members were informed that burglary in the Royal Borough had gone down to a very low base but that there were still cases of cross boarder offenders coming in via the M4 corridor.  The Chief Constable explained that it was therefore important that the Thames Valley Police shared information. 

 

The Chief Constable outlined the Priorities for 2016/17 - Operational which were as follows:

v  To cut crimes that were of most concern

-     burglaries, violence,  rural crime, serious and organised crime.

v  To protect vulnerable people

    repeat victimisation of domestic abuse, response to hate crime, CSE, FGM, HBA, FM.  It was noted that it was National Hate Crime Awareness Week starting on Saturday.

v  To bring offenders to justice

    quality of files.

v  To reduce repeat demand.

The Chief Constable informed Members that the Thames Valley Police needed to both support victims and also prosecute offenders.  It was noted that the Thames Valley Police had just gone through an assessment process and found that drug issues (dealers) from large cities were setting up homes in local boroughs  ...  view the full minutes text for item 71.

72.

Date of future meetings

·         Monday 14 November 2016.

·         Monday 30 January 2017.

·         Thursday 20 April 2017.

 

Minutes:

The Chairman informed Members that the dates of the next meetings were as follows (19:00 start):

 

·         Monday 14 November 2016.

·         Monday 30 January 2017.

·         Thursday 20 April 2017.