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Geographical Area Independent Advisory Groups (IAGs)

These IAGs are geographically based within Avon and Somerset’s force area and represent their respective communities, allowing area-specific insight, challenge and community engagement.

If you are interested in joining one of these IAGs, read how to become a member.

South Gloucestershire IAG

Meeting records

Agenda items (2023 Q2)
  • Policing update including hate crime and stop and search data
  • Hate crime incident reporting
  • National police race action plan
  • Our disproportionality report
  • Strategic Independent Advisory Group activity update
Agenda items (2023 Q1)
  • Policing update including hate crime and stop and search data
  • Hate crime incident reporting
  • Member updates
Agenda items (2022 Q4)
  • Police and Crime Commissioner update
  • Hate crime and stop and search data
  • Anti-racist organisation video
  • Threats to the Hindu community – Leicester / Birmingham
Agenda items (2022 Q3)
  • Police lead update
  • Hate crime data
  • Stop and search data
  • Hate crime incident recording
Agenda items (2022 Q2)
  • Police lead update
  • Hate crime data
  • Stop and search data
  • Neighbourhood safety, arson attacks, anti-social behaviour
  • Hate crime incident recording
Agenda items (2022 Q1)
  • OPCC Scrutiny Panel overview
  • Police lead update
  • Hate crime data
  • Stop and search data
  • Hate crime incident recording
  • Op Nautical

Bath and North East Somerset IAG

Meeting records

Agenda items (2023 Q2)
  • Introducing new members
  • Comms graphic
  • Summer focus priorities
  • Local incidents update
  • Group 3 – things introspection
  • Crime statistics
  • Vice-chair election
Agenda items (2023 Q1)
  • Communications with the public
  • Recruiting new members
  • Domestic burglary attendance
  • Crime statistics
  • Lammy Review discussion (guest speaker)
  • Comms centre visit plans
Agenda items (2022 Q4)
  • Review of Radstock incident
  • Review of Sainsbury’s altercation
  • Review of Lansdown Crescent incident
  • Recruiting new members
  • E-Scooters
  • Crime statistics
Agenda items (2022 Q3)
  • Recruiting new members
  • Insight day on domestic abuse debrief
  • Bath police station
  • E-Scooters
  • Crime statistics
Agenda items (2022 Q2)
  • New Chief Inspector introduction
  • Bath police station
  • E-Scooters
  • Crime statistics
Agenda items (2022 Q1)
  • Guest speaker: public submissions of dash camera footage to police process
  • Crime statistics
  • Strategic IAG changes and IAG relationship
  • Chair appointment

Bristol IAG

Meeting records

Agenda items (2023 Q2)
  • Bristol neighbourhood commander update
  • Stapleton Road update
  • Insight into communication centre
  • Members topics
Agenda items (2023 Q1)
  • Bristol neighbourhood commander update
  • Confidence levels and perceptions of the police
  • Graffiti and nitrous oxide police update
  • Stapleton Road update
  • Members topics
  • Race Action Plan delivery and guidance from the group
Agenda items (2022 Q4)
  • Bristol commander update
  • Race Action Plan update
  • Stop and Search overview
  • Members topics
Agenda items (2022 Q3)
  • Update from Superintendent Mark Runacres
  • Race action plan
  • Open session for member’s topics
Agenda items (2022 Q2)
  • Update from Superintendent Mark Runacres
  • Updates from Bristol’s Chief Inspectors
  • PCC scrutiny panel overview
  • Open session for member’s topics
Agenda items (2022 Q1)
  • Update from Superintendent Mark Runacres
  • Updates from Bristol’s Chief Inspectors
  • Outreach Team update
  • Open session for member’s topics

North Somerset IAG

Meeting records

Agenda items (2023 Q3)
  • Community issues, forward plan and memberships
  • Guest speakers
  • Training updates
  • Chair & Vice Chair of SIAG
  • Attendance at SIAG
  • Frequency of meetings
  • Local policing priorities, including snapshot of crime figures over last month
Agenda items (2023 Q2)
  • Community issues, forward plan and memberships
  • Feedback from audit
  • Update from Police and Crime Commissioner and Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner visit
  • Training updates
  • Hate crime updates, including anti-racism
  • Chief Inspector updates including update on recruitment to permanent Chief Inspector role and police officer conduct, a perspective and update
  • Local policing priorities including a snapshot of crime figures over last month
Agenda items (2023 Q1)
  • Community issues, forward plan and memberships
  • Hate crime awareness and racism
  • Feedback from audit
  • Training updates
  • Fraud protection update – community initiatives
  • SIAG updates including traffic offence report, confidentiality agreement, handbook, OPCC visit and input in scrutiny groups
  • Local policing priorities, including snapshot of crime figures over last month
Agenda items (2022 Q4)
  • Training update
  • Strategic IAG feedback
  • Hate crime in North Somerset’s communities
  • Local policing priorities scorecard
Agenda items (2022 Q3)
  • Use of force and stop and search data
  • Hate crime in central Weston
  • Local policing priorities scorecard
  • LGBT+ awareness raising
Agenda items (2022 Q2)
  • Hate crime, use of force, stop and search
  • Strategic IAG feedback
  • Local policing priorities scorecard
  • LGBTQ+ awareness raising
Agenda items (2022 Q1)
  • Rural update
  • Use of force, stop and search, RENS update
  • Local policing priorities scorecard
  • County Lines

Somerset East IAG

Covering the local authority areas of South Somerset and Mendip.

Meeting records

Agenda items (2023 Q2)
  • IAG chair process
  • Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) input
  • Young people and vapes
  • Member updates
  • Updates: summer demand, local policing plan, priorities
Agenda items (2023 Q1)
  • New membership
  • Policing update
  • Proportional representational workforce
Agenda items (2022 Q4)

Meeting cancelled

Agenda items (2022 Q3)
  • Future of IAG
  • Engagement opportunities
Agenda items (2022 Q2)
  • Hate crime input

Somerset West IAG

Covering the local authority areas of Sedgemoor, Taunton Deane and Somerset West.

Meeting records

Agenda items (2023 Q3)
  • Action log & matters arising
  • Election for a Vice Chair
  • Somerset Youth IAG
  • Updates from IAG members
  • Community safety priorities
  • Update on report for equality and diversity inspection
Agenda items (2023 Q2)
  • IAG chair report for 2022-23
  • AGM election of chair and vice-chair
  • Deputy police and crime commissioner update (guest speaker)
  • Update: peel assessment results
  • Member updates
Agenda items (2023 Q1)
  • Ascend overview and update (guest speaker)
  • Young Persons IAG update
  • Police update
  • Member updates
Agenda items (2022 Q4)
  • Review of members documentation and ID
  • Presentation from guest
  • Review of Independent Advisory Group leaflet and terms of reference
  • Themes moving forward
  • Domestic abuse
  • Giving ethnic minorities a voice
  • Police and members’ updates
Agenda items (2022 Q3)
  • Report from Strategic IAG
  • Youth IAG update
  • Future strategy planning
Agenda items (2022 Q2)
  • Youth IAG update
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