Decisions

The Commissioner has entered into an agreement with the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland to deal with any complaints that arise from the deployment of police officers under mutual aid.

The Independent Custody Visiting Scheme is a statutory Scheme under the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act Part 3 Section 299 whose responsibility and oversight lies with the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner, in consultation with the Chief Constable.

A business case had been presented to and agreed by the Audit and Resources Committee of the Police Authority on 21st June 2013. The Commissioner has been asked to approve this lease to allow the establishment of the Crime Workstream Hub to take place.

The information contained in this report has been subjected to the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, Data Protection Act 1998 and the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Gwent’s public interest test and is deemed to be exempt from publication under section 4.

In January 2013, the Commissioner decided to implement a stop and search dip-sampling procedure to be undertaken on his behalf by a dip-sampling group (Decision Log Number PCCG-2013-001) consisting of members from the Independent Advisory Group (IAG) who undertake the exercise as members of the community. A total of 150 stop and search records, selected at random, were examined during the exercise with the results fed back to the Force. Overall the quality of the records was found to be satisfactory.

ICVA is a company limited by guarantee that promotes the custody process nationally through advocacy, training, publicity and ongoing support to all those involved in the process.

The Commissioner, under the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011, Sections 9&10, has the ability to make crime and disorder grants. Considering the requirements under the Act, the current service provision landscape in Gwent and the progress made to date in producing a commissioning framework the Commissioner has decided to support the OWL scheme for the financial period 2013/14. The OWL scheme will need to provide evidence to show that the funding allocated is being used effectively to meet my policing priorities as set out in my Police and Crime Plan 2013/17.

The Commissioner has been asked to approve the request to extend the current contract for a 12 month period in accordance with the Police and Crime Commissioner for Gwent Standing Orders relating to Contracts, paragraph 125.