This meeting was scheduled to include a verbal update on the Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner's finances, and the consideration of two reports.

The first report was scheduled to be a summary of all complaints and conduct matters that were recorded by the Monitoring Officer between the 1st October 2024 and 30th November 2024.

Draft Police and Crime Plan 2025-2029

The second report scheduled to be discussed was a draft of the Police and Crime Commissioner's Police and Crime Plan for 2025 - 2029.

The report explained that the Police and Crime Plan is intended to set out the Police and Crime Commissioner's strategic plan for Northumbria Police¹ in line with the public's priorities.

It was accompanied by a draft of the plan, which stated that, since being elected in May 2024, the Police and Crime Commissioner had:

prioritised getting out in the community, listening to victims, speaking to officers, and ensuring residents feel heard

The draft explained that the Police and Crime Commissioner had gathered the public's views through a public consultation, and a series of roundtable events. The draft plan listed the following as the issues that the Police and Crime Commissioner had been told were most important by members of the public:

• Tackling serious and organised crime
• Reducing anti-social behaviour, including use of off-road motorbikes
• Improving police response times & ensuring effective investigations
• Preventing burglary & theft
• Increasing neighbourhood policing presence
• Working to make the regions roads safer and free of dangerous drivers

The report suggested that the Police and Crime Panel:

review the draft plan, attached, and make a report or recommendations on to the PCC; and

give support to the PCC and Chief Constable to deliver the plan over the next four years.

The draft of the Police and Crime Plan set out six priorities, which were:

1. Engaged and Responsive Police Force
2. Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour
3. Serious Violence and Organised Crime
4. Violence against Women and Girls
5. Hate Crime and Community Cohesion
6. Victims and Justice

For each of the six priorities, the draft plan set out a number of specific things that the Police and Crime Commissioner wanted Northumbria Police to do, for example under the priority Engaged and Responsive Police Force, the plan stated that the Police and Crime Commissioner wanted Northumbria police to:

Ensure that all officers act in an ethical and professional manner, and are fair, impartial, and trusted by all.

The draft plan set out a number of ways that the Police and Crime Commissioner would measure the performance of Northumbria Police. It also provided information on how the Northumbria Police are funded. It explained that Northumbria Police's revenue budget was £378 million. Of this:

• 67% came from central Government grants.
• 33% came from the precept set by the Police and Crime Commissioner.

The draft plan concluded with a list of ways for the public to contact the Police and Crime Commissioner.