Public accountability meeting – 29 March 2022 - York & North Yorkshire Office for Policing, Fire, Crime and Commissioning

Meeting overview

North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service – Risk Profile – Understanding current and future risks and their potential impact on the people, who visit, live and work in our county, to decide how we best use our resources to deliver our services; from preventing incidents to emergency response.
North Yorkshire Police – Custody Process – Understanding the process in custody, how the police assess risks to respond to mental health needs and prevent any harm.

The full procedure for asking questions at this meeting is available here: Procedure for public questions

To ask a question in advance
Send your question to info@northyorkshire-pfcc.gov.uk before the day of the meeting. Please include your name and address with your question.
To ask a question during the meeting using Twitter
To ask a question during the live broadcast, post your question on Twitter using #NYscrutiny
Not all questions may be able to be used, but they will inform the Commissioner’s questioning and the general discussion.

Chair – Simon Dennis – Chief Executive Officer, Office of the PFCC
Lisa Winward – Chief Constable, North Yorkshire Police
Jonathan Foster – Interim Chief Fire Officer, North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service
Mabs Hussain – Deputy Chief Constable, North Yorkshire Police
Jonathan Dyson – Interim Deputy Chief Fire Officer, North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service
Lindsey Butterfield – Assistant Chief Constable, North Yorkshire Police
Mark Pannone – Assistant Chief Constable, North Yorkshire Police
Simon Williamson – Chief Inspector, North Yorkshire Police
Thomas Thorp – Interim Assistant Chief Executive, Office of the PFCC
Caroline Blackburn – Interim Assistant Chief Executive, Office of the PFCC
Jenni Newberry – Head of Commissioning & Partnerships, Office of the PFCC
Peter Mountain – Policy & Scrutiny Manager, Office of the PFCC
Dave Winspear – Area Manager and Director of Capabilities, North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service
Phil Whild – Area Manager and Director of Transformation, North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service

Thematic presentation:

Performance update:

Thematic presentation:

Performance update:

	Time	Item	Lead
1	13:30	Welcome; Apologies; Minutes from the previous meeting & Actions	Chair
2	13:35	Public Questions	All
3	13:45	Presentation	Fire
4	14:15	Presentation Question Time	All
5	14:25	Performance update	Fire
6	14:45	Presentation	Police
7	15:15	Presentation Question Time	All
8	15:25	Performance update	Police
9	15:55	Questions from the Public	Chair
10	16:00	A.O.B & Date of next Meeting	Tuesday 26 April 2022

Ms Hobson – Seized mobile phones and laptops
How long does North Yorkshire Police take to process a mobile phone or laptop? The receipt for the device says it may be held up to six months however I have now been told this may be up to 10 months. The delay is causing stress.
I understand that West Yorkshire Police have got their return time down to about a month.
What are North Yorkshire Police doing to improve the return time of devices, especially in cases where no further action is taken?
Ms Protheroe – Custody booking in process
Please could you clarify if a person, who has been detained at custody, is allowed to inform someone of their whereabouts? If so, are they allowed access to their mobile phone to do so? Not many people know phone numbers off by heart now that we live in a technological world.