The Community Cohesion and Equalities Overview and Scrutiny Panel undertook a review investigating reporting systems in place within statutory and voluntary organisations in Plymouth, their level of use, perceived barriers to use, systems that witnesses would like to see introduced, and the perceived benefits of a Council/Multi agency system. The review also examined the progress made in establishing racist and homophobic incident recording systems, and as necessary, made recommendations as to how they could be developed to comply with recommendations and best practice.