Report Summary
This report summarises the key findings of the evaluation of new policing initiatives in Letham as part of the final phase of the SPA and Police Scotland's Community Confidence Action Research Project in Letham.
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Community Confidence Action Research – Letham Evaluation Survey Under 16
Introduction
Between the 30th August and 9th September 2023, the Scottish Police Authority (SPA) and Police Scotland ran a survey in a local primary school in Letham to gain views on policing from those under the age of 16 as part of the evaluation of the Community Confidence Action Research Project after receiving approval from Perth and Kinross Council.
Working with the primary school to design the approach, questions were made available via the SPA’s Citizen Space platform to those in Primary 4 to Primary 7 and in total there were 36 respondents who consented to answer the questions. These questions related to what they would do if they had a general worry/problem (Q2), who they would contact if they were in danger (Q3), if they felt the police would help them if they were in danger (Q4), why they had chosen their answers to the previous questions (Q5) and if they had noticed any of the initiatives put in place by Police Scotland and if so what they had noticed (Q6).
Teachers for Primary 2 to Primary 3 also asked questions of their pupils relating to how they feel about the police and if they had noticed any new things police had been doing in Letham – given Primary 1 would not have been involved in the original survey it was decided to only ask the questions of Primary 2 and 3.
It was up to each teacher how they introduced these questions to their classes and in total 60 Primary 2 to Primary 3 pupils were happy to take part. SPA staff received summaries of the responses for each year group.
