Report Summary
This report summarises the work of the SPA and Police Scotland's Community Confidence Action Research Project in Letham.
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Community Conversations
On February 3rd 2023, the SPA and Police Scotland held an engagement session with representatives from the community of Letham.
The day focused on the findings of the Community Confidence Survey and sought to gain insights on how people felt policing in Letham could be enhanced via table and room discussions of the following questions:
Do you recognise Letham in these findings and in what ways?
Is there anything you feel is missing or would want to add?
What do you think could enhance confidence in policing in Letham?
There were approximately 30 attendees over the day including council officers, locally elected members, community group leaders and members of the public.
This was followed up with direct engagement with community groups in the area and their members asking what they felt impacted confidence in policing and how they felt it could be enhanced.
The key themes for policing that emerged from these conversations were:
Communication and Engagement
Education
Partnerships
Training
Uniform
Those who provided feedback generally found the event useful and it was noted that it was useful to hear from Police Scotland (e.g. more information on day-to-day duties, workloads etc.). Further detail is available here.
On 24th March 2023 the SPA and Police Scotland held two one-hour sessions to feedback on the initiatives developed in response to the engagement with the community. In total there were approximately 19 attendees and those who attended were enthusiastic about the initiatives that had been proposed.
