Report Summary
This provides an overview of Police Scotland's contact with children and young people alongside a comparison with England and Wales
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Conclusion and Next Steps
It can be seen from this analysis that while Scotland’s figures compare well in many areas to England and Wales, there are still a range of areas where improvements could be made to prevent children and young people experiencing negative contacts with the police, and to achieve better outcomes for this age group.
A proposal for a new Youth Co-design Group is currently being developed after initial positive feedback from the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Service Delivery Group. The proposal involves the recruitment of professional youth work and youth engagement staff into the service to support the organisation to develop in this area. The proposal would bring Police Scotland in line with NHS 24 and the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service who already do similar work with children and young people.
Further work is ongoing to develop our approach to evidence-led policing, which ties local and national initiatives to strategy, and will enable effective policing which meets the needs of all children and young people growing up in Scotland.
