Report Summary
This report provides members of the Scottish Police Authority Policing Performance Committee with the final update of the Benchmarking Short Life Working Group, detailing the key achievements of the group and outlining how benchmarking and comparative analysis is now embedded in the Police Scotland performance, underpinning ongoing continuous improvement activity.
To access the full document please open the PDF document above.
To view as accessible content please use the sections below. (Note that tables and some appendixes are not available as accessible content).
Guiding Principles of the Benchmarking Framework
The following six guiding principles of the benchmarking framework have been developed and agreed by the SLWG:
1) The framework is a tool to identify best practice and improvement activity in policing.
2) The selection of metrics to be benchmarked should be evidence based and robust.
3) Context must be applied to inform meaningful analysis and insight.
4) The benchmarking framework will evolve over time (refreshed annually) as new areas of interest are identified.
5) Use of data for benchmarking purposes must not knowingly create perverse incentives or lead to negative behaviours.
6) No assumptions will be made on other forces’ performance.
