Issue - meetings

That the report be noted and that further reports be made as information becomes available.

The Chief Executive introduced a report to inform the Committee (in its role as the Council’s statutory Crime and Disorder Committee) of the introduction of Police and Crime Commissioners and Police and Crime Panels and the implications.

                        The Chief Executive provided background information and advised that on 15 November 2012 voters across Wales and England would be electing Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) for the first time.  The Commissioner would be elected for a four year period and was required to publish a police and crime plan setting out police and crime objectives for the area.

The Chief Executive gave an overview of the key considerations, as detailed in the report, for policing and its governance.  He outlined the arrangements for the transition period to ensure continuity of planning and performance and the establishment of a Transition Board to oversee changes. He also advised that the Authority would still retain a statutory duty on Crime and Disorder Planning and that the partnership duty remained.    It was agreed that further reports on the Police and Crime Commissioners would be made as information becomes available. 

RESOLVED:

That the report be noted and that further reports be made as information becomes available.