Report Summary
This report provides members of the Scottish Police Authority's Audit, Risk & Assurance Committee with an overview of Police Scotland’s Whistleblowing data for Financial Year 2023/24 and planned next steps for Year 2024/25.
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Meeting
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Audit, Risk and Assurance Committee - 15 August 2024
Date : 15 August 2024
Location : online
Next Steps
In order to develop and strengthen current process and practice, Police Scotland’s next steps for Year 2024/25 will be as follows:
The Police Scotland ‘Reporting Wrongdoing (Whistleblowing)’ Guidance and associated Policy will be published and supported by a robust internal Communications Strategy;
The Head of PSD will schedule focus groups concentrating on different topics, the first of which will concentrate on the role of PSD National Gateway Assessment Unit (NGAU) and will include reporting wrongdoing and protected disclosures;
The Head of PSD will continue to arrange awareness sessions for staff associations;
PSD Support and Service Delivery intend to schedule engagement sessions with Divisions/Departments to echo the topics and themes covered by the Head of PSD during the aforementioned focus groups;
Information relating to reporting wrongdoing, including protected disclosures will be included in the next edition of the Standard, which will be published in August 2024.
PSD will continue to engage with People and Development to explore opportunities to better understand and improve organisational workplace cultures through the implementation of a ‘Report and Support’ tool.
