Decision Maker: Northamptonshire Police, Fire and Crime Panel

Outcome: Recommendations approved

Is Key Decision?: No

Is Callable In?: No

Date of Decision: September 19, 2024

Purpose:

Content: RESOLVED that: a)     The HMICFRS report on the 2024 inspection of Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service be circulated to Panel members by the Secretariat to enable the Panel to consider how this might inform its future work programme. b)     The Panel requests the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner to confirm if Panel members can have the opportunity to observe meetings held by the Commissioner as part of the development of her proposed precepts for 2025/26. c)     The Panel requests the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner to confirm if Panel members can have the opportunity to observe meetings of the Police and Fire Accountability Boards. d)     The minutes of Accountability Board meetings be circulated to Panel members by the Secretariat when these are published on the website of the Office of the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner. e)     The Panel requests that the Office of the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Delivery Update and the Fire and Rescue Authority and Policing Finance Updates continue to be presented to ordinary meetings of the Panel. f)      The Panel requests the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner to provide further briefing information to Panel members about strip searching of children by Northamptonshire Police, in light of the findings in the recent national report by the Children’s Commissioner for England.