Implications

PERSONNEL IMPLICATIONS

There are personnel implications associated with this paper. Police Scotland’s officers and staff will be directly involved in, and impacted by delivery of the plan. The priorities for policing, objectives and activity set out within the plan will guide service and individual objectives.   

LEGAL IMPLICATIONS

S35 of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 means that the Chief Constable is statutorily required to prepare an APP for each yearly period beginning on 1 April.

REPUTATIONAL IMPLICATIONS

There are reputational implications associated with this paper. Any unforeseen delay to the progress of the APP will impact on the deadline to lodge the APP with the Scottish Parliament by 31 March 2023.

COMMUNITY IMPACT

There are community implications associated with this paper. The priorities for policing, objectives and activity in the APP describe our approach to delivering improved outcomes for people and communities. The delivery of change programmes and projects are designed to benefit communities through improvements to service delivery.

EQUALITIES IMPLICATIONS

There are equalities implications associated with this paper.

An Equality and Human Rights Impact Assessment (EqHRIA) has been conducted for the APP and we will continue to monitor impact throughout the year. The plan includes specific objectives and activity relating to the Police Scotland equalities outcomes and we will report on progress to deliver against the Equality Duty through the performance framework and the quarterly performance reporting process.

An Island and Remote Area Assessment (IsRAA) has been conducted for the APP in line with and expanding upon the requirements contained in the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018.

ENVIRONMENT IMPLICATIONS

An Environmental Impact Assessment has been conducted for the APP and we will continue to monitor throughout the year.