9 April 2024
Record of actions and decisions
Title: Chief Officer's Management Board - Strategic
Date: Tuesday 9 April 2024
Venue: County Room and virtual via Microsoft Teams
Attendees
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| CC Tim Smith (Chair) | Chief Constable |
| DCO Ian Drysdale | Deputy Chief Officer |
| A/DCC Tracey Harman |
Acting Deputy Chief Constable and Local Policing Directorate |
| ACC Andrew Pritchard (MT) | Serious Crime Directorate |
| A/ACC Samantha Price | Rep: Crime Operations Directorate |
| A/ACC Patrick Holmes | Rep: Central Operations Directorate |
| ACO Richard Leicester | Director of HR and Learning & Development |
| ACO Gavin McKinnon | Director of Corporate Communications |
| ACO Claire Medhurst | Director of Support Services Directorate |
| PSE Jonathan Castle | Chief Finance Officer |
| PSE Sonya Gransden | Chief of Staff |
| PSE Nicole Francis | Staff Officer to the DCO |
| T/DCS Lopa McDermott (Item 2a) | Head of Crime |
| PSE Gary Beautridge (Item 4) | Head of Corporate Services |
| C/Supt. Amanda Tillotson (Item 5) | Diversity and Inclusion Academy |
| PSE Alison Pavis (Minutes) | Executive Assistant |
Apologies
- DCC Peter Ayling
- T/ACC Nigel Brookes
- ACC Simon Wilson
- Insp. Donna Cork
1. Approval of the record from Tuesday 26 March 2024
The record was approved.
2. Matters arising/action updates:
2a. Action 46/23 - Detective accreditation six-month update
T/DCS McDermott presented the six-month update report providing an overview of the current and projected accredited detective constable numbers for Chief Officers to note. The Chair noted the excellent progress and thanked T/DCS McDermott for her briefing.
Decisions:
The Chair requested a further detective accreditation briefing on progress in October/November 2024 from the Head of Crime, T/DCS McDermott, to include an updated table, highlighting changes and the inclusion of the number of detective accredited special constables as a footnote.
The Chair requested the term “return on investment” be removed with immediate effect.
3. Chief Officer All Out Day organisational department feedback
DCO Drysdale and Chief Officers presented a summary of feedback from their visits to organisational departments on 7 March 2024. DCO thanked colleagues for spending time in the departments.
Decisions:
Chief Officers noted and recognised the good work within the various departments visited.
The Chair stated that he will discuss with Chief Officers outside of COMB, the future All Out Days format and governance.
4. Standing Item: Freedom of Information six-month Update
PSE Beautridge and PSE Marsden requested Chief Officer approval for greater use of S.22 Publication Strategy in FOI and the five recommendations as set out in the briefing paper.
The Chair thanked PSE Marsden for their report.
Decisions:
Chief Officers noted the report, with the following decisions:
- recommendations 1, 2 and 3 - approved
- recommendation 4 - approved, with the caveat that SOP’s must be excluded from the force Publication Scheme
- recommendation 5 - an annual FOI Report to be presented to COMB, to include updates on demand, challenges, and requests for further support
New action 14/24
PSE Pavis to amend the standing item schedule to reflect the decision for an FOI annual report presentation.
New action 15/24
All Chief Officers to update their HODs on the outcome of the FOI report, and in particular, recommendation 1, when dealing with high public interest policing matters.
5. HeForShe Gender National Policing Equality 2022/2023 Annual Report
C/Supt. Tillotson presented an overview of the fifth annual report to Chief Officers to note. Chief Officers were asked to consider the following recommendations.
- hold a series of women only promotional journey events – PAT/KNOW
- through the KNOW consider a ‘barriers to progression’ survey and address issues
- consider focussed support and encouragement for female constables in PC-Sgt promotional journeys (in addition to PAT work)
The Chair thanked C/Supt. Tillotson for her report.
Decisions:
Chief Officers noted progress to date, but acknowledged further improvements are required.
Chief Officers agreed to the Positive Action Team consulting with the KNOW Executive to identify barriers to female progression and produce an improvement plan to support female officers and staff seeking career promotion progression.
6. 7 Force Commercial Services presentation: Social Value, Procurement Act 2024
PSE Levy provided an update to Chief Officers to note. The Chair thanked PSE Levy for his presentation and requested that future Procurement Strategy prioritises value for money, efficiencies, and cashable savings to support the force in discharging its core policing duty.
7. Any other business
There were no items declared.
Date of next meeting
Tuesday 23 April 2024.