Report Summary
This report provides members of the Scottish Police Authority's People Committee with an overview of HMICS Review of Strategic Workforce Planning – Improvement Plan & developing the next SWP.
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Meeting
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People Committee - 28 February 2023
Date : 28 February 2023
Location : online
Overview
Our people are our most important resource and it is recognised that the success of Scottish policing in keeping communities safe will be driven by their capabilities, capacity, commitment, engagement and energy. New threats and demands mean that we must create a sustainable, diverse, multi-skilled and experienced workforce that can be distributed and operate effectively in a public, private and virtual space. At the same time, we must change the workforce mix to better address the evolving needs and complexities of our diverse communities and make more efficient use of our resources.
The development and successful implementation of a Strategic Workforce Plan (SWP) is how this will be achieved. This plan will set out clearly our commitments to action to improve the capability and capacity of the police workforce and it will enable scrutiny and challenge around pace and delivery. The delivery of change across our workforce will be based on the commitments within this plan. Effective strategic workforce planning must enable Police Scotland to deliver a policing service within a defined budget and to prioritise resources to meet current and predicted service demand, need and expectations.
The development of our first Strategic Assessment of the Police Scotland Workforce will provide a comprehensive evidence base and observations from which we can make clear commitments to action and improvement in the next SWP in 2024.
