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Membership and Terms of Reference

Date updated: 8/04/2024

City of London Police Authority Board

RUSSELL, Mayor

RESOLVED: That the Court of Common Council holden in the Guildhall of the City of London on Thursday 15 April 2021, doth hereby appoint the following Committee until the first meeting of the Court in April, 2022.

1. Constitution

A non-ward committee consisting of:

  • 11 Members elected by the Court of Common Council including:
    • a minimum of one Member who has fewer than five years’ service on the Court at the time of their appointment; and,
    • a minimum of two Members whose primary residence is in the City of London;
  • 2 non-voting external members (i.e. non-Members of the Court of Common Council) appointed in accordance with the terms of the Police Authority Board Membership Scheme
  • 2 non-voting external members (i.e. non-Members of the Court of Common Council) appointed in accordance with the terms of the Police Authority Board Membership Scheme, with the disapplication of disqualification criteria 9(b) and 9(c), the requirement to reside or work within the City of

The Chairman and Deputy Chairman to be elected from among Court of Common Council Members of the Board.

Effective April 2021, there shall be a maximum continuous service limit of three terms of four years, with immediate past Chairs qualifying for a further four-year term. Service as Chair/Deputy Chair shall not count towards an individual’s term limit.

2. Quorum

The quorum consists of any five Members.

3. Membership 2021-22

  • 4 | (4) Tijs Broeke
  • 4 | (4) Emma Edhem, Alderman
  • 12 | (3) Douglas Barrow, M.B.E.
  • 7 | (3) James Michael Douglas Thomson, Deputy
  • 2 | (2) Dawn Lindsay Wright, for three years
  • 2 | (2) Munsur Ali
  • 2 | (2) Caroline Kordai Addy
  • 2 | (2) Timothy Russell Hailes, J.P., Alderman
  • 7 | (1) Nicholas Michael Bensted-Smith, J.P.
  • 6 | (1) Keith David Forbes Bottomley, Deputy
  • 1 | (1) Graham David Packham

Together with two non-City of London Corporation Members:

  • Andrew Lentin (appointed for a four-year term to expire in September 2021)
  • Deborah Oliver (appointed for a four-year term to expire in September 2022)

4. Terms of Reference

To be responsible for

  1. securing an efficient and effective police service in both the City of London and, where so designated by the Home Office, nationally, and holding the Commissioner to account for the exercise of his/her functions and those persons under his/her direction and control;
  2. agreeing, each year, the objectives in the City of London Policing Plan, which shall have regard to the views of local people, the views of the Commissioner and the Strategic Policing Requirement;
  3. any powers and duties vested in the Court of Common Council as police authority for the City of London by virtue of the City of London Police Act 1839, the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, the Police Acts 1996 (as amended) and 1997, the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001, the Police Reform Act 2002, the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 and any other Act or Acts, Statutory Instruments, Orders in Council, Rules or byelaws etc. from time to time in force, save the appointment of the Commissioner of Police which by virtue of Section 3 of the City of London Police Act 1839 remains the responsibility of the Common Council;
  4. making recommendations to the Court of Common Council regarding the appointment of the Commissioner of the City of London Police;
  5. to approve the annual budget and capital programme of the Force;
  6. (monitoring and reviewing the Force’s performance across a range of equality, diversity and inclusion measures, setting strategic objectives for the Force where appropriate;
  7. the handling of complaints and the maintenance of standards across the Force;
  8. monitoring of performance against the City of London Policing Plan, including the Force’s strategic priorities as National Lead Force for Economic Crime;
  9. monitoring of performance of the force in its capacity as National Lead Force for Economic Crime in partnership with the Home Office;
  10. (overseeing and scrutinising the Force’s work to prevent and reduce crime in partnership with relevant agencies in the City of London;
  11. ensuring local community needs are identified, considered and met as effectively as possible, including through the Policing Plan;
  12. (appointing such committees as are considered necessary for the better performance of its duties; and
  13. To appoint the Chairman of the Police Pensions Board.