Issue - meetings

To consider a report by the Overview and Scrutiny Panel (Service Support) on the funding of the Police Community Support Officers.

Agreed to withdraw the District Council’s funding for the employment of Police Community Support Officers in Huntingdonshire as soon as possible, commensurate with there being no reduction in the number of officers that were financed by the Council; and requested that future copies of the quarterly Community Safety Partnership report on crime in Huntingdonshire be circulated to all Members of the Council.

In response to a recommendation contained in a report by the Overview and Scrutiny Panel (Service Support) (a copy of which is appended in the Minute Book) for the Council to review the Council’s financial contribution for the employment of Police Community Support Officers in Huntingdonshire given the availability of new funding streams from the Government under the Neighbourhood Police Fund, the Cabinet

RESOLVED

(a)  that the District Council’s funding for the employment of Police Community Support Officers in Huntingdonshire be withdrawn as soon as possible, commensurate with there being no reduction in the number of officers that were financed by the Council; and

(b)  that future copies of the quarterly Community Safety Partnership report on crime in Huntingdonshire be circulated to all Members of the Council.