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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Performance
Regarding the performance of police in their local area, the highest proportion of respondents selected ‘somewhat poor/very poor job’ across all scenarios – see Figure 8. In comparison, in Sept-Nov 2022, a higher proportion of respondents selected ‘neither a good nor poor job’.
However, as with the confidence and trust questions, respondents who were aware of initiatives were more likely to view policing performance more positively than those who were unaware. Figure 9 shows that a higher proportion of respondents who were aware of one or more initiatives felt police in their local area were doing a ‘very good/somewhat good job’ across all indicators. Comparatively, Figure 10 shows that the majority of those who were unaware of initiatives felt that police were doing a ‘somewhat poor/very poor job’ across all indicators.
Again, while it is not possible to tell if these factors are linked due to small sample sizes, it does suggest that awareness of initiatives could be linked to increased positivity in the performance of local policing.
