Agenda and minutes

Apologies for absence were received from Cllr Lucy Stephenson and Cllr Stephen Whelband.

Members will be asked to declare any interests they have in the business on the agenda.

Members were asked to disclose any pecuniary or other interest they may have in the business on the agenda.

There were no declarations.

RESOLVED:

That the press and public be excluded during consideration of the following reports in accordance with the provisions of Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended, because it involves the likely disclosure of “exempt” information, as defined in Rule 1 of Part 4B of the Council Constitution (Access to Information Rules), and taking all the circumstances into account, it is considered that the public interest in maintaining the information as exempt outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

Members to receive the draft Police and Crime Plan intended for consultation with partners and with the public.

Members will be invited to consider the draft document and provide any comments or suggestions.

IN PRIVATE SESSION

The Police and Crime Commissioner submitted a draft report setting out the principal elements of his Police and Crime Plan for consideration prior to public consultation.

Members of the Panel explored how the draft plan reflected the local needs and how background information and evidence had informed the plan.

Members considered the local police and crime objectives and the resourcing that would be put in place to deliver that.

Members also enquired about collaboration and other forms of partnership working.

Members asked about the consultation plans and communications strategies to promote it and noted that the PCC was still to confirm the date on which the public consultation would begin.

The Chair thanked members for their comments and asked that the final Police and Crime plan be brought to the panel in due course.

RESOLVED:

That the Police and Crime Commissioner shall present the final draft Police and Crime Plan at a formal meeting to be held in public, after the public consultation phase, at which Members of the Panel may make any final recommendations and approve the final Police and Crime Plan for publication.

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Thursday 30^th September 2021 at 1pm.

Thursday 30^th September 2021 at 1pm.

There being no further business the meeting closed at 1.45pm