Regional Engagement Meetings

Upon taking post as Chair, I committed to developing the Authority’s relationship with local government and scrutiny conveners. A dedicated local authority engagement plan sets out how we seek to achieve this. The Authority and Police Scotland have hosted the latest round of regional meetings with scrutiny conveners and officials representing the North, West and East of the country. I co-chaired each of these along with the relevant area ACC. These recent meetings provided a great introduction to policing issues for many of the newly elected councillors. They were all well received and I am pleased with how they are evolving. As expected, there is an operational focus to the discussion which is supported by the ACC and divisional presence.