Meeting Details

This meeting will be webcast for live or subsequent broadcast and members of the press/public may record the meeting. The whole of the meeting will be filmed except where there are confidential or exempt items.

The meeting is available at: https://civico.net/sandwell/24431-West-Midlands-Police-and-Crime-Panel

Members to elect a Chair for the period ending with the West Midlands Police and Crime Panel AGM in 2027.

Members to elect a Vice Chair for the period ending with the West Midlands Police and Crime Panel AGM in 2027.

Members are reminded they must declare all relevant  pecuniary and other registerable interests arising from any business to be discussed at this meeting.

If a disclosable pecuniary interest is declared a Member must not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must not remain in the room unless they have been granted a dispensation.

If other registerable interests are declared a Member may speak on the matter only if members of the public are allowed to speak at the meeting but otherwise must not take part in any discussion or vote on the matter and must not remain in the room unless they have been granted a dispensation.    

If it is a ‘sensitive interest’, Members do not have to disclose the nature of the interest, just that they have an interest.

Information on the Local Government Association's Model Councillor Code of Conduct is set out via http://bit.ly/3WtGQnN. This includes, at Appendix 1, an interests flowchart which provides a simple guide to declaring interests at meetings.

Panel is asked to note the membership of the Police and Crime Panel for the 2026/2027 Municipal Year.

Birmingham City Council (3)

Cllr Nagu Penakacherla (Cllr Anthony Ward as Substitute)

Cllr Hamza Sheikh (Cllr Roxanne Green as Substitute)

Cllr Izzy Knowles (Cllr Morriam Jan as Substitute)

City of Wolverhampton (1)

Cllr Zee Russell (Cllr Barbara McGarrity as Substitute)

Coventry City Council (2)

Cllr John McNicholas (Cllr Pervez Akhtar as Substitute)

Cllr Jackie Gardiner (Cllr Charles Philips as Substitute)

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council (2)

Cllr Alex Dale (Cllr Stuart Henley as Substitute)

Cllr Caley Ashman (Cllr Josh Dixon (Walsall) as Substitute)

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (2)

Cllr Bob Jones (Cllr Michael Cooper as Substitute)

Cllr Jackie Taylor (Cllr Leigh New (Wolverhampton) as Substitute)

Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council (1)

Cllr Ken Hawkins (Cllr Catherine Price as Substitute)

Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council (1)

Cllr Alan Fleming (Cllr Ian Benton as Substitute)

Independent Panel Members (3)

Ravinderjit Briah (No Substitute)

Amy Mullins-Downes (No Substitute)

Vacancy

To receive questions from members of the public notified to the Panel in advance of the meeting.

Report of the Panel Lead Officer.

Report of the Panel Lead Officer.

Report of the Police and Crime Commissioner

Report of the Police and Crime Commissioner

Report of the Police and Crime Commissioner

Report of the Panel Lead Officer.

To receive a report highlighting the process of recruiting for a new Independent Panel Member.

Meetings start at 2pm (apart from 28 September 2026, that will start at 12.30pm).

• 28 September 2026 – Birmingham City Council, Council Chamber
• 9 November 2026 – Venue TBC
• 14 December 2026 – Venue TBC
• 1 February 2027 – Birmingham City Council, Committee Rooms 3&4
• 15 February 2027 (If precept is vetoed)
• 15 March 2027 – Venue TBC