Report Summary
This report provides members of the Scottish Police Authority with an overview of the draft version of the Annual Police Plan 2024/25.
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Meeting
The publication discussed was referenced in the meeting below
Meeting of the Scottish Police Authority - 21 March 2024
Date : 21 March 2024
Location : Caledonian Suite, COSLA, Verity House, 19 Haymarket Yards, Edinburgh, EH12 5BH
Areas of focus and next steps
The draft APP describes Police Scotland’s proposed arrangements for the policing of Scotland in the year ahead and outlines commitments which will be progressed and reported on throughout the coming year as we continue our journey of transformation and service improvement.
The draft APP is organised across four broad areas of focus that reflect the Chief Constable’s priorities and objectives for the year ahead. These are:
• Implement our Policing Together Strategy and drive culture improvement;
• Increase front-line strength and drive service improvement;
• Support the wellbeing of our workforce; and
• Re-design and begin to re-shape support functions.
As referenced in the draft APP, appended, a three year integrated plan will be developed and presented to the Authority in Autumn 2024 which will support the progression of priorities over the medium and longer term and enable clearer reporting of progress.
Effective performance reporting and management
The Chief Constable has made clear her intention to drive a broader culture of accountability and improvement across the service with an approach to performance management and reporting that is data driven, makes best use of benchmarking and comparative analysis and is accessible and engaging. Police Scotland are committed to the transparent presentation of data around areas of operational priority for policing and communities and to support effective scrutiny of the impact of the APP commitments from local to national level.
The development of Police Scotland’s 2024/25 Performance Framework has been progressed in partnership with Scottish Police Authority colleagues. We have benefitted from the guidance and direction of members of the SPA Performance Committee and we will be focussed on assessing the impact of the commitments within the APP across operational and organisational business.
The agreement of project milestones across our various commitments for 2024/25 is underway and there will be reports to the Authority on progress towards delivery over the coming year.
Our Performance Framework will be published on the Police Scotland website at the end of March.
NEXT STEPS
Subject to discussion at the Authority Meeting on 21 March 2024, a copy of the APP will be lodged at the Scottish Parliament by the end of March as required by the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012.
The APP will also be published online alongside an accessible version and will be made available to colleagues across the service.