Summary/Findings - Three Year Delivery Plan

• Three Transformational Change Programmes were highlighted as key to achieve the aims of the Vision for Justice. These TCPs reflect the priorities of Ministers and the wider sector as a subset of work which aims to deliver some of the outcomes set out in the Vision for Justice:
  • Person-Centred Trauma-Informed – desired outcomes include:
    • Victims feel like they have been treated with compassion.
    • Victims’ voices are heard.
    • Victims feel informed about their case and know what their rights are.
    • Victims feel safe.
    • Victims are given choices.
  • Shifting the Balance Between Custody & Community – desired outcomes include:
    • Shift the balance between custody and community.
    • Reduce reoffending.
  • Criminal Justice System Efficiency – desired outcomes include:
    • Reduce delays: cases progress through the system to appropriate conclusion as quickly as possible.
    • Increased effectiveness: everyone involved in the justice sector has an improved experience and staff time is used on value added tasks.
    • Increased availability of data and information: data and information is easily accessible when needed.
    • Increased use of digital: more justice services and processes are delivered digitally.
  • Five aims for the plan have been outlined. Police Scotland/The Authority have the greatest level of responsibility on the following:
    • Person-Centred and Trauma-Informed – 30 actions have been published. 9 of these are the direct responsibility of Police Scotland.
      • Introducing the Scottish Child Interview Model via the national delivery of the Scottish Child Interview Model in all partnerships in Scotland (Q4 23-24), the National Joint Investigative Interviewing (JII) Team building capacity within training cohorts (Q4 23-24), work with key stakeholders to embed a learning culture and continuous improvement through a commitment to multi-agency evaluation of JII (Q4 23-24), commencing the review to update the existing National JII Guidance to complement the Scottish Child Interview Model (Q4 23-24).
      • Monitoring and evaluating the use of police powers under the Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Act (ACRA) via commencement of remedial work following Year 1 learning review, a full report on the review of cases relating to increasing the ACR to be submitted to Scottish Government, a Year 2 data report compilation and submission to Scottish Government (all Q4 23-24) and a data report in Year 3 (Q4 24-25).
      • Reviewing the standard prosecution report (Q3 23-24)
    • Safe – 16 actions have been published. 6 of these are the direct responsibility of Police Scotland/the Authority:
      • Communicating and coordinating work through the Serious Organised Crime Strategy via the publication of public-facing Scottish Multi Agency Strategic Threat Assessment (SMASTA) (Q3 24-25).
      • Supporting Policing Together via the publication of the Joint Mainstreaming and Equality Outcomes Progress Report which sets out how Police Scotland and the Scottish Police Authority (SPA) is making progress with its Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (Q1 23-24) and the publication of the first (Q1 23-24) and second (Q4 23-24) reports from the Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Human Rights Independent Review Group (IRG).
      • Acting on findings of the HMICS Thematic Review of the servicing of mental health demand on policing via the Police Scotland Mental Wellbeing Strategy (Q4 23-24) and increasing the number of referrals to Enhanced Mental Health Pathway to best support those in mental health distress (Q4 23-24).
    • COVID-19 Recovery – 14 actions have been published. 6 of these are the direct responsibility of Police Scotland/the Authority:
      • Delivering a digital pathway from crime scene to courtroom for Digital Evidence Sharing Capability (DESC) via evaluation of the Dundee pilot (Q3 23-24) and rolling out DESC platform across Scotland (Q4 24-25).
      • Rolling out body worn cameras to front line Police Scotland officers and staff from contract award (Q2 23-24) to Phase 1 rollout to front line officers and staff (Q2 24-25 to Q2 25-26) and Phase 2 rollout to remaining staff and officers (Q2 25/26 to Q1 26-27).
      • Supporting Blue Light Collaboration as a way in which emergency services can realise further efficiencies while also enhancing community safety, via delivery of an outline business case that will identify any potential areas for shared services between Police Scotland and the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (Q1 24-25).
    • Police Scotland/the Authority have lesser responsibilities in Prevention and Early Intervention (1 responsibility), and Rehabilitation (1 responsibility).