Report Summary
This report provides members of the Scottish Police Authority Policing Performance Committee with an overview of the Police Scotland planned improvement activity in response to the findings of the recent His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland (HMICS) inspection on Policing Mental Health in Scotland.
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Meeting
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Policing Performance Committee - 12 March 2024
Date : 12 March 2024
Location : online
Key Considerations
This report provides Police Scotland’s approach to developing responses to the recommendations and Areas for Development identified within the HMICS review.
The Improvement Plan has been developed by an internal Police Scotland working group comprised of officers and staff from Policing Together and Risk, Assurance and Inspection, including staff in senior leadership roles.
The key considerations that have been taken into account when developing improvement actions are outlined below:-
• Alignment with organisational strategy.
• Desired outcomes.
• Milestones to measure performance.
• Strategic/operational/divisional risks.
• Responsibilities-Strategic/action owners.
Section 2.2 of this report provides more details on the alignment with our Organisational Strategies.
The Improvement Plan (APPENDIX A) presents our management response, intended actions, milestones and key deliverables along with target dates.
The plan also identifies action owners and strategic owners, at ACC level, relevant Police Scotland Internal Governance Board.
An internal working group has been created and will be liaising with all key internal stakeholders such as policy support, training, legal, financial and key external stakeholders SPA and HMICS.
