
Meeting
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Police and Crime Panel (Statutory Joint Committee) - Hampshire
Scheduled Time
Friday, 18th October 2024
10:00 AM
Friday, 18th October 2024
11:49 AM
Confirmed
18 Oct 2024
Ashburton Hall, Elizabeth II Court, The Castle, Winchester
Councillor Christie Lambert
Southampton City Council
Absent
Councillor John McKay
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council
Present, as expected
Councillor Richard Adair
Portsmouth City Council
Absent
Councillor Richard Brown
Havant Borough Council
Present, as expected
Councillor Stephen Hammond
Gosport Borough Council
Absent
Councillor Becky Williams
Rushmoor Borough Council
Absent
Councillor Paul Basham
Basingstoke and Deane Brough Council
Not required
Councillor Gillian Harris MBE
Havant Borough Council
Not required
Councillor Tony Jessop
Gosport Borough Council
Not required
Councillor Halleh Koohestani
Rushmoor Borough Council
Not required
Councillor Simon Martin
Fareham Borough Council
Not required
Councillor Alan Oliver
Hart District Council
Present, as expected
Councillor Philip Lashbrook
Test Valley Borough Council
Absent
Trevor Cartwright MBE
Independent Co-opted Member
Present, as expected
Councillor Dan Poole
New Forest District Council
Absent
Councillor Luigi Gregori
Additional Local Authority Co-opted Member
Present, as expected
Shirley Young
Independent Co-opted Member
Apologies
Councillor Simon Minas-Bound
Additional Local Authority Co-opted Member
Absent
Councillor Gwen Robinson
Additional Local Authority Co-opted Member
Absent
Councillor Steve Clarke
New Forest District Council
Not required
Councillor Cynthia Garton
Eastleigh Borough Council
Not required
Councillor Tom Hanrahan
East Hampshire District Council
Not required
Councillor Ian Holder
Portsmouth City Council
Not required
Councillor David Podger
Additional Local Authority Co-optee
Not required
Councillor Ian Ward
Isle of Wight Council
Not required

Councillor Karen Lucioni
Isle of Wight Council
Present, as expected
Councillor Phillip Davies
East Hampshire District Council
Apologies
Councillor Vivian Achwal
Winchester City Council
Apologies
The Chairman announced that the press and members of the public were permitted to film and broadcast the meeting. Those remaining at the meeting were consenting to being filmed and recorded, and to the possible use of those images and recordings for broadcasting purposes.
Councillor Phil Davies, (Vice Chairman) East Hampshire District Council Councillor Vivian Achwal, Winchester City Council Shirley Young, Independent Co-opted Member Councillor Christie Lambert, Southampton City Council
No declarations were made.
(to follow)
To confirm the minutes of the Police and Crime Panel Confirmation meeting held on 31 July 2024
- Document Minutes , 31/07/2024 Hampshire and Isle of Wight Police and Crime Panel (Statutory Joint Committee) 10 Oct 2024
- Document 2024-07-26 PCP Minutes 10 Oct 2024
The Minutes from the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Police and Crime Panel Confirmation meeting held on 31 July 2024 were confirmed with the following amendments and signed by the Chair:
- Councillor Phil Davies, recorded as Vice Chairman
- Trevor Cartwright recorded as “in attendance”
Induction Briefing
The Chair thanked those Members who attended the induction briefing session held on 20 September 2024. The slides presented at that session had been circulated by email to all Panel Members and deputies.
Precept Briefings
To support the Panel at the January meeting when the Commissioner’s proposed precept would be considered, it was planned to offer Members 2 briefings in advance of this scrutiny as this approach was well received in previous years. The first briefing would take place on Friday 6 December at 10am (via Microsoft Teams) when the Chief Finance Officer for the OPCC would explain how the Policing Budget is calculated and what is taken into account in arriving at the proposed precept level.
A Second briefing would take place on Friday 24 January 2025 at 10:00am (via Microsoft Teams). For this briefing the report and proposed precept level would have been published, providing an opportunity for Panel Members to ask technical questions to understand the proposals, prior to scrutiny of the precept proposal at the formal Panel meeting on Friday 31 January 2025. Members had been encouraged to attend.
Mod Gov
It was highlighted that agenda papers for the Panel were published under ‘Hampshire County Council’ as the Host Authority. The Modern.Gov App should be used to access meeting papers for your own authority by subscribing to Hampshire County Council as a separate publishing organisation and switch between organisations in the App via the settings cog. The Democratic Services officers were on hand to circulate the guidance on how to do this and support any Panel members.
- Document PCC announcements October 18, 2024 10 Oct 2024
The Commissioner gave an overview of activity undertaken by her and her office since the last meeting in July, through which it was highlighted that:
· A new highspeed “Defender” boat had launched in the summer, which offered advanced protection and tactical capabilities; working in collaboration with the Marine Unit the defender would play a key role in crime fighting at sea.
· A County Districts meeting had taken place to address animal safety concerns raised related to the annual pony and trap ride out (an event in where the Gypsy and Traveller community gather to race animals) located in the New Forest, it has been advised that 2 unauthorised road closures had also taken place. The PCC worked with Highways England, the RSPCA and Forestry Commission to manage any future events.
· The Commissioner in recognition of the one year anniversary of the Stalking Advocate Support Service (SASS) visited provider Stop Domestic Abuse HQ in Havant. SASS had worked with over 200 victims of stalking and domestic abuse, of which 88% went on to complete a rehabilitation programme. We have had national recognition from the Ministry of Justice.
· Our Integrated Offender Management (IOM) facility is unique to the Hampshire and the Isle of Wight police force area. We are the only place in the country offering IOM Houses for people leaving prison. The service is provided by the Society of St James. I have invested in our 4th IOM House in Basingstoke in partnership with Probation. Other houses are located in Gosport, Portsmouth and Southampton. Facilities assist former inmates on their rehabilitation journey and they typically live in the IOM House for up to 6 months post release. SSJ help residents secure future accommodation, build their CV, and learn skills to get them into employment and turn their life around, move away from criminality and tackling the trauma of why they started taking drugs in the first place.
· I responded to the Gov’t early prisoners release scheme which is called SDS40 - Standard Determinate Sentence. Under this scheme, rather than some prisoners being released 50% of the way through their sentence, they are released at 40% of their sentence. That led to just over 1700 prisoners being released after serving 40% of their sentence. My role has been vital in chairing the Local Criminal Justice Board and ensuring the risk the Probation Service and Crown Prosecution Service are inheriting is managed to its best ability. Probation nationally are up against enormous pressures and South Central Probation Service have stood up well and I want to place on record my thanks to them.
· The PCC continued to support the government’s national campaign against the ownerships of zombie-style knives and machetes. Surrender bins across 15 locations in 2 counties were made available in advance of the ban on illegal ownership or the sale of zombie knives.
· Anti-social behaviour (ASB) task force investment continued. The PCC visited Gang Warily in the New Forest to see the effectiveness of the ASB taskforce. This included meeting with youth leaders, the Forestry Commission, police and Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service colleagues who had been working together to tackle the known “hot spots and reduce ASB”. The task force worked alongside the government grant to councils and communities of which £750k was invested in community wardens. Data had proven that the presence of ASB wardens that carried out patrols in ASB “hot spots” had made a positive impact in the reduction of ASB. In addition wardens worked closely with neighbourhood policing teams and also relieved the pressures on police time. All bids from Local Authorities were funded, including ASB wardens/public space guardians, working solely in hotspot ASB areas.
· As part of the police station programme, the old Barclay’s Bank in Petersfield, had contractors on site, the anticipated public opening to take place next year, in addition to Ryde Police station reopened in October 2024.
· In September, the Chief Constable opened Cosham Police and Fire Station which is home to neighbourhood policing, neighbourhood enforcement and missing locate teams. The new location was an example of a collaboration of key services and had seen a reduction in public spending
· The violence reduction partnership in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight had recorded a 4.8% reduction in serious violence since 2023/2024. This demonstrated the strengths and effectiveness of working with partners and agencies, local communities, the police, probation services and health authorities etc.
· A new Hampshire Search and Rescue (HANTSAR) Headquarters in Meon Valley opened in September. It was noted that volunteers had responded to 1100 call outs since the service launched and that it had significantly supported policing in the area. The service provides support to police when someone goes missing, including searching fields and waterways. They are incredible and it was a pleasure to support them at their opening.
· National 999 Heroes Day, gave the PCC the opportunity to publicly commend the Constabulary for keeping people safe and their brilliant work resulting in an overall reduction in crime of 8% across the same period last year in many crime types including bicycle theft, theft, public order offence, burglary etc.
· The PCC had given support to a 3 day facial recognition technology trial, during a full demonstration of the software the Commissioner met with operators who explained how the technology would complement traditional policing methods.
· Following a super complaint report in a response to stalking, the Suzy Lamplugh Trust cited initiatives funded by the PCC as innovative and leading the way in good practice. Specially noting the Multi Agency Stalking Partnership (MASP) and co-located Victim Care Hubs in police stations.
· The PCC supported the Law Week Festival hosted at Winchester Cathedral, the focal theme for this year was the impact of the criminal justice system on children and families.
· The PCC and Chief Constable opened a new state of the art forensic facility in Eastleigh, the new home of forensic and serious collision investigations. Laboratories will look at initial DNA fingerprint analysis and chemical examination in addition to analysing computers, mobile phones and other digital evidence.
· The Commissioner launched a HIOW Business Crime Partnership aligned with National Business Crime Week. Over 50 key partners attended at John Lewis in Southampton. The Partnership will see the police and senior business representatives working together to tackle and reduce crimes against shop workers and retail crime.
Following questions Members heard:
· As part of the police station programme, the PCC confirmed that Bitterne station would be included in Phase II of the programme, at which point a decision will be made on whether to keep or dispose of the asset. There had been recognition by officers of the need to retain a facility in that part of Southampton. Other sites were under consideration for the Eastleigh and Fleet areas.
A specific grant to tackle anti-social behaviour was given to PCCs by the Home Office. To ensure the Home Office could monitor its impact, they determined how the £750,000 could be allocated. At the end of the programme the Home Office will share their findings There had not been a significant impact in Hampshire of the early release scheme, however it had put more pressure on probation and police managing public protection teams in the community. The Gov’t said that over 1000 probation staff would be recruited but they are not recruited yet. In the meantime the Probation Service are managing more people.
- Document Draft Police and Crime Plan 2024-compressed 10 Oct 2024
- Document 2024-10-29 Police and Crime Panel Letter to PCC re Police and Crime Plan 10 Oct 2024
- Document PCC response to Panel feedback on Police and Crime Plan 10 Oct 2024
Panel Members commented on the Draft Plan and provided feedback as follows:
· On page 5 ‘Policing at a Glance’ there was some concern about the use of an image of armed police for this page, when this is a specialist part of the police force, and for this page early on in the plan an image more representative of day to day policing may be better received by the public.
· Panel Members were disappointed in the level of detail in the pledges, noting that the role of the Panel to hold the Commissioner to account for delivery of the Plan would be supported if the pledges were accompanied by more specific targets.
· The Panel would welcome sight of the Commissioners Delivery Plan setting out how it was intended to monitor progress against the priorities
· The Panel would like to see how the funding decisions that lead to the Commissioners precept proposal were linked to achieving the Plan priorities.
· The Panel requested that as part of the precept briefing planned for Panel Members on 6 December, the OPCC share how the Plan priorities were tracked in the Commissioners first term, and provide an opportunity for Panel Members to feedback on how this would be approached for this term.
Panel Members were pleased to hear of the high response rate to the public
consultation on the Plan and welcomed that the Commissioner reflected the priority areas raised by members of the public in the local priorities within the Plan. Overall, the Panel were supportive of the Draft Police and Crime Plan for this term of office.
Panel Members noted that the Commissioner had been successful in her previous term of office in increasing police numbers, improving performance of the 101 service and improving confidence in the police. The Panel wished to support the Commissioner in continuing improvements for the residents
of Hampshire & the Isle of Wight in her second term.
RESOLVED:
That the Chair write to the Police and Crime Commissioner to provide the feedback of the Panel on the Draft Police and Crime Plan, and publish the letter and response alongside the papers for this meeting.
- Document Work Programme 10 Oct 2024
RESOLVED:
That the work programme was agreed.
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