Scrutiny and Accountability Board

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Scrutiny and Accountability Board

Chaired by the Deputy Police & Crime Commissioner and attended by the Chief Constable’s Chief Officers, this Board enables in depth scrutiny of particular policing issues, particularly those identified in the Commissioner’s Police & Crime Reduction Plan and the Chief Constable’s associated Delivery Plan. The meeting also receives updates on key police performance and projects. Findings are fed through to the Strategic Board.

Agenda items and minutes from these meetings are available below:

2020 meetings

Topics Discussed	Minutes
Use of Force data Update on Automated Facial Recognition (AFR)	January 2020
Victim Satisfaction	February 2020
Disproportionality	August 2020
Update on Automated Facial Recognition (AFR) Independent Custody Visiting (ICV) Scheme during Covid-19	September 2020
Community Engagement	November 2020
Update on Automated Facial Recognition (AFR) Race Equality Plan	December 2020

2021 meetings

Topics Discussed	Minutes
Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic Representation	February 2021
Update on Automated Facial Recognition (AFR) Update on Community Engagement	March 2021
Child Protection	May 2021
The Role of the PCSO in supporting the delivery of Community Safety and Neighbourhood Policing	August 2021
Force Action around 101 waiting times	September 2021
Knife Crime	November 2021
Mental Health Markers Out of Court Disposal Scrutiny Panel Findings	December 2021

2022 meetings

Topics Discussed	Minutes
Mental Health Markers Out of Court Disposal Scrutiny Panels	March 2022
Progress of Force Race Equality & Anti-Racism Work	April 2022
Protecting Vulnerable Victims of Fraud	May 2022
Updates from the previous meeting in relation to; out of Court Disposal Scrutiny Panels and Mental Health Markers Recommendations from Deep Dive meeting on Fraud Scrutiny Forward Plan	July 2022
Progress against Workforce Commitments and Plan Progress update against representative workforce actions in the Joint Race Equality Action Plan Recruitment & Positive Action	November 2022

2023 meetings

Topics Discussed	Minutes
Child Exploitation and Vulnerability	February 2023
Recommendations from Deep Dive meeting: Child Exploitation and Vulnerability Review of Scrutiny & Accountability Recommendations from 2022/23 Business Assurance Update: Governance & Forward Planning - 2023 and beyond Update on Independent Custody Visiting Scheme	April 2023

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