Report Summary
This report provides members of the Policing Performance Committee with an overview of Mental Health, Vulnerability & Policing – Progress Update.
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Meeting
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Policing Performance Committee - 12 September 2023
Date : 12 September 2023
Location : online
Background
Following discussions at the Criminal Justice Committee in May 2022, and presentations to the Authority by Police Scotland in the issue of mental health demand, the Authority made a commitment to convene a discussion on the societal-wide impact of poor mental health in the community, with a focus on vulnerability and distress.
This vulnerability focused event, chaired by Fiona McQueen on behalf of the Authority on 9 December 2022, aimed to:
• Bring together partner agencies and other key stakeholders to establish a common understanding of the challenge and current approaches to address it;
• Set the wicked issue in the context of a growing challenge not only to policing nut also to the public and third sector and communities across Scotland, the UK and wider;
• Describe the work being taken forward by Police Scotland both proactively and in response to displacement from under pressure partner agencies; and
• Recognise the interdependencies, partnership interfaces and opportunities in the system, identifying current best practice that could be adopted as common practice and then nationally consistent approaches.
