The City of London Police Authority Board convened to discuss a range of topics, including reforms to board governance, the 2024/25 budget outcome, and the City of London Police's annual report. The board was also scheduled to discuss updates from the chair and commissioner, and receive minutes from various subcommittees. Additionally, members were expected to consider the review of activities of the City of London Police Pension Board.

Reform to Police Authority Board Governance

The board was expected to consider a report on reforms to the Police Authority Board governance, which proposes changes to the agendas and remits of the board and its sub-committees. The aim of these reforms is to distinguish between the board as a strategic overview forum and the sub-committees as policy detail forums.

The report notes several issues with the current structure, including:

• Overlap in responsibilities between committees
• Duplication of standing agenda items
• Gaps in reporting, such as the lack of regular reports on the City Police's overall victims work
• Long agendas and paper packs for the Police Authority Board
• Lack of a clear and consistent strategic overview

To address these issues, the report puts forward the following proposals:

• The Police Authority Board will become a strategic overview forum with a fixed agenda.
• Sub-committee remits will be altered to have clearly delineated areas of policy focus.
• Sub-committees will have more-or-less fixed agendas focused on key thematic areas in their remits.

The report states that the reforms are expected to improve the board's effectiveness in exercising its strategic oversight and scrutiny functions, enhance oversight of delivery against key strategic policing priorities, and reduce the administrative resource cost of servicing the board's governance structures.

2024/25 Final Revenue and Capital Budget Outturn

The board was expected to review the final revenue and capital budget outturn for 2024/25. According to a report prepared for the meeting, the final revenue outturn for the police budget was £116.3 million, which matched the budget, resulting in a balanced position. This was achieved after transfers to reserve of £1.549 million to manage timing differences in programme and project spend.

The capital programme had an outturn of £9.469 million, compared to a budget of £10.345 million, resulting in an underspend of £0.876 million. The underspend was primarily due to delays in non-Fraud and Cyber Crime Reporting and Analysis Service (FCCRAS) projects, partially offset by overspending on FCCRAS.

The report included a recommendation to approve the transfer of £1.549 million of ringfenced revenue underspends to specific reserves and a drawdown of £0.25 million from the Action Fraud Reserve to mitigate the residual FCCRAS cost pressure.

City of London Police Annual Report 2024-25

The board was scheduled to consider the City of London Police Annual Report 2024-25, which provides information on crime, financial and staff statistics, as well as a summary of performance and highlights throughout the year.

The report highlights a number of achievements, including:

• Achieving the uplift target for 2024/25 with 1,000 police officers
• Launching a local violence against women and girls' plan
• Publishing a Victims Strategy in collaboration with the City of London Corporation
• Launching a cycle team within the City of London
• Introducing routine screening of detainees for ADHD
• Achieving Silver standard with Inclusive Employers
• Launching a national campaign to raise awareness of fraud
• The City of London Police are amongst the best police forces in the country for positive outcomes

Community Engagement Strategic Plan Quarterly Update

The board was expected to receive a report outlining the progress and developments in the City of London Police and City of London Corporation's joint strategic community engagement plan. The plan centres on four priorities in the Neighbourhood Policing and Engagement Strategy: crime prevention, protection of vulnerable individuals, intelligence gathering and fostering public trust.

The report assesses the effectiveness of community engagement based on metrics set out in the Strategic Plan, including outcomes such as public confidence, crime reduction and demographic diversity. The report also lists various community-safety related engagement activities undertaken since February 2025, including public events and initiatives focused on crime prevention, inclusion and hate crime awareness.

City of London Police Productivity Action Plan

The board was scheduled to discuss the City of London Police Productivity Action Plan, which supports the delivery of the new Policing Plan and looks to deliver productivity gains across its strategic priorities to maximise impact. The plan aims to mobilise officers and staff with the City of London Police, as well as partners, towards practical actions that can deliver efficiencies, save time or raise the effectiveness of services.

The plan consolidates some existing change initiatives, such as those that help build stronger foundations on data and evaluations, with new actions. Timed milestones are allocated to named leads, so that implementation and improvements can be driven over the coming months.

Equity, Diversity, Inclusivity (EDI) Update

The board was expected to receive a report providing an update on Equity, Diversity and Inclusivity work within City of London Police.

The report notes that with a clear EDI Performance Framework and Implementation Plan in place, the Inclusivity, Culture and Organisational Development Team are in a better position to report on progress against the Strategy. Of the 76 actions that have been committed to complete over the next three years, 28 of these will form the priorities for years 2025/26. As of this quarter, 14% (4) of these actions have been completed, 72% (20) are in progress and 14% (4) have not yet been started.

The report also provides an update on successes, issues and risks, and notable national issues and developments, including the Supreme Court Ruling on Gender and the Police Race Action Plan.

Commissioner's Update

The board was expected to receive an update from the Commissioner of Police. The update includes information on local operations and security, and national economic and cyber crime.

Local operations and security updates include:

• The City of London Police have been praised by the Home Office for new initiatives to tackle phone snatching as part of the new policing plan
• A prolific phone snatcher caught with nine phones sentenced to two years and three months imprisonment
• A shoplifter sentenced to three months imprisonment and receives a 5-year Criminal Behaviour Order
• A thief who spat at a police officer sentenced to 24 weeks imprisonment
• A drug dealer sentenced to three years imprisonment
• The City of London Police Athletics Club wins Police Sport UK Track and Field Championships 2025
• The Cycle Team continue to lead the way Nationally promoting road safety and the seizure of electric cycles being used illegally on roads in the city

National Lead Force updates include:

• The City of London Police hosted Baroness Margaret Hodge, the Anti-Corruption Champion
• The Deputy Commissioner Nik Adams was a keynote speaker at the Economic Crime Summit focusing on effective fraud prevention, collaboration and accountability
• The Deputy Commissioner Nik Adams provided the keynote speech at the UK Finance Key Conversations Conference for Fraud
• The Deputy Commissioner Nik Adams attended the Government Counter Fraud Leadership Strategy Event
• The Commissioner hosted the Policing Minister, the Rt Hon Dame Diana Johnson DBE MP
• A man who pocketed over £3 million by running three illegal streaming websites has been sentenced at York Crown Court
• A father and son have been sentenced for their roles in a fraudulent car insurance scheme, following an investigation led by the City of London Police's Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED)
• The City of London Police hosted our National Functions All Staff Engagement Day
• The UK's first INTERPOL Silver Notice was published to help trace and recover the criminal assets of a convicted fraudster thought to have made £8.5 million illegally
• The City of London Police completed a public awareness campaign to warn of the dangers of romance fraud

Chair's Update

The board was expected to receive an update from Tijs Broeke, Chair of the Police Authority Board. The update covers the following topics:

• City of London Policing Plan 2025 – 2028
• Spending Review
• Safer Town Centres
• Cycling and e-bikes
• Engagement on Police Reform and Fraud Strategy
• APCC engagement
• Engagement on wider City of London Police role
• NCRCG Board meeting – 25 June 2025
• City of London Police Pass Out Ceremony – 29 May 2025
• City of London Police Commendation Ceremony – 4 July 2025

Annual Review of Police Complaints Activity – 2023/24

The board was scheduled to receive a report presenting a summary of the complaints and allegations concerning the City of London Police and the Action Fraud reporting service for the year 2023/24.

The report notes that the City of London Police received a total of 541 complaints in 2023/24, of which 161 pertained to the local force and 380 related to the Action Fraud Service. The average time to log a complaint was 6 days and the average time taken to contact a complainant was 28 days. On average it took 97 days to finalise cases falling outside of Schedule 3 and 199 days to finalise Schedule 3 cases (ex-suspension). The most frequent complaints, comprising 447 allegations (69%) of all cases, were related to the delivery of duty and service, primarily focusing on dissatisfaction, with communication delays of updates, rather than allegations of police misconduct.

The report also provides an assessment of the Police Authority's own performance in terms of undertaking complaint reviews.

Recent Police Authority Board Subcommittee Minutes

The board was scheduled to receive the public minutes and non-public summary of the following subcommittees:

• Resource, Risk and Estates Committee 190525
• Economic and Cyber Crime Committee 200525
• Strategic Planning and Performance Committee 020625
• Professional Standards and Integrity Committee 030625

The Resource, Risk & Estates (Police) Committee minutes of 19 May 2025, included discussion of the 2024/25 provisional revenue and capital budget outturn, and a Q4 workforce monitoring report. The committee also received an update from the Chief Finance Officer and Chief Operating Officer.

The Economic and Cyber Crime Committee minutes of 20 May 2025, included discussion of the ECCC chief officer update, and the Quarter 4 - National Lead Force City of London Police Performance Report. The committee also received an update of cyber and economic crime related activities.

The Strategic Planning & Performance (Police) Committee minutes of 2 June 2025, included discussion of public outstanding references, and a quarterly HMICFRS inspections update. The committee also received a policing plan performance report for Q4 2024/25, and a community engagement strategic plan quarterly update.

The Professional Standards & Integrity (Police) Committee minutes of 3 June 2025, included discussion of public outstanding references, and an equity, diversity, inclusivity (EDI) update. The committee also received a professional standards, conduct, and vetting update for Q4.

City of London Police Pension Board – Review of Activities for the Period 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025

The board was expected to receive a report summarising the activities of the Police Pensions Board for the period 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025. Over the last twelve months the Board: continues to review the working practices of the City of London Police Pensions Office including reviews of all letters and documents issued to scheme members, prospective scheme members, leavers and retirees; monitored and where appropriate updated the Board's Risk Register ; and continues to undertake online training modules with the Pensions Regulator's Toolkit. The training needs of all Board Members continues to be monitored and training provided as required.