Report Summary
This report provides members of the Policing Performance Committee with an overview of HMICS Assurance Review of Hate Crime – Police Scotland Improvement Update.
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Meeting
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Policing Performance Committee - 12 September 2023
Date : 12 September 2023
Location : online
Background
As reported to the committee previously, the HMICS Thematic Inspection of Hate Crime in Police Scotland provided 15 recommendations. The delivery management of these recommendations was governed by the Police Scotland Hate Crime Improvement Tactical Group, chaired by Chief Superintendent – Partnership, Prevention and Community Wellbeing Division (PPCW) and overseen by the Strategic Board.
In September 2022, a Potential Project Assessment (PPA) incorporating the work associated with both the Hate Crime Improvement Plan (HCIP) and the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021 (HCPOA) was submitted and approved. As a result of this, an Initial Business Case (IBC), which contained the recommendation that a project team be implemented to focus on the delivery of the key objectives was approved by Police Scotland’s Project Management Board.
For a number of reasons, no dedicated project team has been allocated to progress this work and, as such, it is now being delivered as business as usual within the PPCW Equality and Diversity Department.
