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that Devon and Cornwall was one of only five policing areas where recorded crime levels had reduced; the other areas were Staffordshire, Lancashire, Northumbria and Dorset;

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worked well in partnership to tackle county lines crimes;

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Devon and Cornwall had the lowest rate for victim based crime in the country, as well as the lowest for residential burglary and shoplifting offences;

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from 2015 – 2019 there was a massive growth in violent crime with a peak at 2016-17; there had been a real reduction in those figures however the crime type had changed and more things were categorised as violent crime due to the changes to the Malicious Communications Act (resulting in a big uplift);

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that she had an apology with reference to a sentence in the report which read: “…this impact is thought to have been most pronounced in the relatively less harmful types of violent crime particularly in relation to stalking and harassment offences and malicious communication offences…”; it was highlighted that in her role as Police and Crime Commissioner and that of her office, stalking and harassment and malicious communication were not a less harmful crime and that this sentence should not have been included in the report;

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the Interactive Voice Recognition (IVR) system had been introduced to better manage 101 call centre calls – it was considered successful in prioritising reporting crime however unsuccessful in pushing non urgent calls to the back of the queue; a new approach was required to better manage the system however web-chat was considered a success.

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that the Plymouth police estate was considered old and very tired and required additional funding; this has been a concern for many years;

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the impact of Covid 19 on the National Investment Funding and that 50% of ring-fenced money had been diverted to aid with the tackling of the pandemic; how would this be reflected in the future Recruitment Plan;

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if increased scrutiny would occur with regards to the IOPC report that called for greater scrutiny of Taser use that disproportionately affected BAMP individuals and those with mental health issues;

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why the Commissioner bid for a £3m National Grant for Victim Support yet only spent less than one quarter of the funds received.

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it was the decision of the individual Police and Crime Commissioners if 50% of the ring-fenced national investment funding budget was moved to cover to Covid 19 costs; the Devon and Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioner had decided against that option;

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the cost of obtaining and supplying PPE was considered the biggest financial element in tackling the pandemic; officers were in discussion with the Home Officer to establish if further costs linked to Covid 19 would be reimbursed from Special or Government Grants. An announcement had recently been made and officers were currently assessing this;

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the impact of the supply chain had affected the sourcing of PPE however officers had worked hard and there wasn’t considered to be as significant an impact on the Police in comparison to other public sector organisations;

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there was a Government directive that stated that the Police were required to pay suppliers immediately to help with the movement of money to small businesses; this had an impact on the budget;

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there was a cost to procuring and installing technology to enable staff to work safely from home; it was considered that this would benefit future ways of flexible working and would be beneficial going forward.