Report Summary
This report provides members of the Policing Performance Committee with an overview of Independent Custody Visiting Scotland Quarter 2 2022-23 Report.
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Meeting
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Policing Performance Committee - 7 December 2022
Date : 07 December 2022
Location : online
Summary Findings
During the reporting period the majority (92%) of the visits conducted were physical face to face visits to Police Scotland Custody centres. Throughput during July – September 2022 was 25,198 detainees.
A total of 253 visits were attempted, with 1141 detainees in custody at the time of the visit.
18 of these visits were carried out via telephone monitoring.
552 (48%) of detainees in custody at the time were offered a visit
147 detainees were not available (13%)
127 detainees declined the offer of a visit (11%)
14 visits had to be abandoned (2 telephone and 12 face to face)
Overall 239 visits were reported by ICVs as being successful visits.
4 Legalised Police Cell (LPC) activations took place during this quarter and were subject to a ICVS visit. One of these visits took place face to face at Falkirk with the others carried out via telephone monitoring.
