This meeting was mainly about hearing an update from the Humberside Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), receiving his annual report, and receiving a finance update. The PCC was scheduled to update the panel on several topics, and there were a number of updates and reports scheduled from his office.

Humberside Police and Crime Commissioner - Update

The PCC, Jonathan Evison, was scheduled to update the panel on his work tackling Domestic Abuse and wider Violence Against Women and Girls, including the establishment of a new task and finish working group on the topic. The PCC was also scheduled to give an update on the relaunch of the Not in Our Community scheme to tackle various issues affecting the safety of young people. He was also scheduled to update the panel on the launch of the new Affected by Crime service, and the publication of his new Police and Crime Plan. He was scheduled to update the panel on the progress made by the partnership on Anti-Social Behaviour since the ASB summit in March 2024. The PCC was also scheduled to announce that he would be establishing a new scrutiny panel to examine the way in which Humberside Police deals with Domestic Abuse and Violence Against Women and Girls, and to update the panel on his intention to seek to extend Temporary Chief Constable Judi Heaton's tenure as T/CC. Mr Evison was also scheduled to inform the panel about his recent publication of a timeline explaining the events that led to his referral of the previous Chief Constable to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC).

Humberside Police and Crime Commissioner - Annual Report 2023-24

The annual report was scheduled to be considered, and it contains a summary of the work that the PCC's office undertook during the previous year.

2023-24 has been another successful year for my office. After Humberside Police was ranked ‘Outstanding’ in most areas in the 2022 HMICFRS inspection, work has continued to build on this success and deliver even more for our local communities.

The report also contains summaries of the work done by a number of the PCC's partners and initiatives, including the Community Safety Partnerships, the Violence Prevention Partnership, Crimestoppers, and the four Community Safety Partnerships in Hull, North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire and East Riding of Yorkshire.

Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner - Update

This report was scheduled to give an update on the work of the PCC's office. The report begins with an update from Rachel Cook, the OPCC Chief Executive, summarising the achievements of the previous year and the challenges ahead.

This year was the year running into Police and Crime Commissioner elections and there was a real focus on ensuring we maximised efforts on completing the objectives of the current Police and Crime Plan.

The report also provides updates on each of the teams in the office. It provides an update on the work done on communications and campaigns, noting the success of the summer 2023 domestic abuse campaign, which had a social media reach of 549,000 plus on-street advertising, local radio and online channels (our biggest campaign reach yet). The report also gives an update on the office's work on scrutiny, volunteer recruitment, and public consultation. It details the work done on holding the Chief Constable to account, noting that the PCC and Chief Constable meet bi-monthly for formal governance meetings. The report also provides details of the work done with the Joint Independent Audit Committee, the Ethics and Scrutiny Board and Independent Custody Visiting Scheme.

The report contains updates on the work that has been done on partnership funding, including the Community Safety Partnerships. It mentions the publication of an ASB Toolkit that was commissioned as a result of the ASB summit held by the PCC in March 2024. It describes the work that has been done with the local criminal justice board, and details several of the programmes that the PCC's office has commissioned, including the Blue Door ISVA service and the Force Control Room IDVA service. The report describes the Safer Streets 5 projects in Grimsby Town Centre, Crosby and Orchard Park Estate, noting the success of the new CCTV cameras in Grimsby, which were used to arrest a suspect in a rape case.

The report also contains a case study about the positive impact that the Revolution domestic abuse perpetrator programme is having in East Riding of Yorkshire.

Finance Update - December 2024

This report was scheduled to update the panel on the OPCC's finances. The report begins by outlining the savings target of £1.5m that the Chief Constable is required to make for the 2024-25 financial year, and then details the £1.408m of savings that have already been achieved. The report notes that the OPCC has a forecast overspend of £1.339m, which it attributes to pressures on pay, non-pay and capital charges.

Complaints Reporting Process and Procedure

This item was scheduled to be discussed in private, and no report was provided to the public.

HPCP 43 - Update

This item was scheduled to be discussed in private, and no report was provided to the public.

HPCP 44

This item was scheduled to be discussed in private, and no report was provided to the public.