Agenda item
FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE 'REACTIVE SCRUTINY ITEM' OF THE POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER'S AND CHIEF CONSTABLE'S DEVON AND CORNWALL POLICE PUBLIC CONTACT STRATEGY - STATION ENQUIRY RATIONALISATION
The Panel will review, report and agree formal recommendations made to the Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable in relation to the proposed Station Enquiry Rationalisation and consider the response and actions/progress from the Police and Crime Commissioner to those recommendations.
Minutes:
Further to the panel’s scrutiny of the Devon and Cornwall Police Public Contact Strategy – Station Enquiry Rationalisation - at its meeting on 17 October 2014, the Community Safety and Partnerships Manager submitted a draft report setting out the panel’s findings and recommendations, along with the Police and Crime Commissioner’s response.
Having considered the draft scrutiny report, together with the Police and Crime Commissioner’s response, the following points of concern were raised by the panel -
· the lack of an engagement plan for Plymouth;
· anyone living in Cornwall who was required to attend a Police Station in order to present documentation would now be expected to travel to either Bodmin or Plymouth;
· the lack of any mechanism for feeding back progress/action taken in respect of the panel’s recommendations.
In response to the above, the panel was advised that -
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there was no engagement plan for Plymouth as engagement plans had only been required where front desk closures were being introduced;
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from the research undertaken prior to the closure of front desk offices, evidence had suggested that there had been very little to no activity relating to production of documents, therefore the impact was expected to be very limited;
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an action plan would be drawn up to ensure that recommendations were cascaded down to the relevant area and implemented. |
The panel agreed –
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the draft report;
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to review the Police and Crime Commissioner’s response to its findings and recommendations and consider items for inclusion into its work programme. |
Supporting documents:
- REPORT ITEM 6 - Findings & Recommendations - Scrutiny Station Enquiry Desk Rationalisation, item 32. PDF 49 KB
- APPENDIX 1 (ITEM 6) - Report from PCP to PCC re SEO Scrutiny FINAL, item 32. PDF 147 KB
- APPENDIX 2 (ITEM 6) - PCC response to PCP re Scrutiny review of SED Closures 2014-12-02 153816, item 32. PDF 1 MB
- APPENDIX 3 (ITEM 6) - east-cornwall-engagement-plan-2014, item 32. PDF 589 KB
- APPENDIX 4 (ITEM 6) - eem-devon-engagement-plan-2014, item 32. PDF 249 KB
- APPENDIX 5 (ITEM 6) - nwd-devon-engagement-plan-2014, item 32. PDF 396 KB
- APPENDIX 6 (ITEM 6) - south-devon-engagement-plan-2014, item 32. PDF 290 KB
- APPENDIX 7 (ITEM 6) - west-cornwall-engagement-plan-2014, item 32. PDF 154 KB
- APPENDIX 8 (ITEM 6) - PEO EIA_SB_Nov14_v0.1.2.2, item 32. PDF 493 KB
- APPENDIX 9 (ITEM 6) - P&CC MTFS-14-15-to-17-18, item 32. PDF 2 MB
- APPENDIX 10 (ITEM 6) - Addressing of PCP recommendations by PCC's written response, item 32. PDF 39 KB