Issue - meetings

  Agreed to defer consideration of the Governance Protocol with Cambridgeshire Constabulary (Central Division) regarding the deployment of 18 new Community Police Support Officers pending discussions with the joint steering group on the following issues identified by the Overview and Scrutiny Panels:

¨  . the inclusion of traffic management enforcement and road safety education as one of the five objectives of the PCSO’s in the Governance Protocol;

¨  Communications links;

¨  the implications for the Council’s Medium Term Plan; and

¨  the level of financial support provided by the Council compared with other authorities in the County.

(Councillor L M Simpson declared his prejudicial interest as an employee of Cambridgeshire Constabulary and left the meeting for the duration of discussion and voting on this matter)

Further to Minute No. 03/81 and by way of reports by the Director of Operational Services and the Head of Administration (copies of which are appended in the Minute Book) the Cabinet considered a draft Governance Protocol established as part of the deployment of 18 new Police Community Support Officers (PCSO’s) in Huntingdonshire.

Having been acquainted with the deliberations of the Overview and Scrutiny Panel (Planning and Finance) in relation to :-

¨  the role and allocation of Officers to the rural settlements throughout the District;

¨  the inclusion of traffic management enforcement and road safety education as one of the five objectives of the PCSO’s in the Governance Protocol;

¨  Communications links;

¨  the implications for the Council’s Medium Term Plan; and

¨  the level of financial support provided by the Council compared with other authorities in the County -

the Cabinet

RESOLVED

  that consideration of the Governance Protocol with Cambridgeshire Constabulary regarding PCSO’s be deferred pending clarification of the issues identified by the Overview and Scrutiny Panel and a further report thereon to a future meeting.

To consider a report by the Head of Environment and Transport providing information about the new Police Community Support Officers to be deployed in Huntingdonshire this Autumn.

Noted the contents of the Report.

Authorised the Chief Executive after consultation with the Leader of the Council and the Executive Member with responsibility for the Environment to sign the Memorandum of Understanding between the Constabulary and the District Council. The Memorandum of Understanding to be negotiated with the Constabulary.

(Councillor L M Simpson declared a personal and prejudicial interest in the following item of business and left the meeting for the duration of the discussion and voting thereon).

Consideration was given to a report by the Head of Environment and Transport (a copy of which is appended in the Minute Book) regarding the role, funding and deployment of eighteen new Police Community Support Officers in Huntingdonshire.

With regard to the draft memorandum of understanding annexed to the report, which had been drawn up by Cambridgeshire Constabulary, concerns were expressed in respect of those sections relating to the allocation, deployment and operational use of Officers and the circumstances in which it might become necessary to review insignia and badging linking officers to their areas of deployment and funding.  In that respect it was suggested that further negotiations would be required with the constabulary before the memorandum was completed by the Chief Executive on behalf of the Council.

RESOLVED

  (a)that the content of the report now submitted be noted; and

  (b)  that the Chief Executive, after consultation with the Leader of the Council and the Executive Councillor for the Environment be authorised to sign the Memorandum of Understanding between Cambridgeshire Constabulary and the District Council in relation to the funding, training, badging, deployment and operational management of Police Community Support Officers in Huntingdonshire.