Policing Together Governance Structures

Strategic oversight of Police Scotland’s EDI activity continues to be driven by Deputy Chief Constable (DCC) Fiona Taylor QPM, who remains as chair of the Policing Together Strategic Oversight Board (PT SOB).

Following the launch of the Policing Together Strategy, there was a refresh of existing structures to provide a consistent naming convention across the EDI landscape. The creation of a Policing Together Tactical Group (PTTG) was agreed to help streamline the business flowing through to the PT SOB from the four main sub-groups:

• Policing Together Community Group
• Policing Together Colleague Group
• Policing Together Implementation Group
• Policing Together Performance and Impact Group

The PT SOB now sits 6 monthly with the PTTG and its four sub-groups sitting quarterly.

Police Scotland’s work on Sex Equality and Tackling Misogyny (SE&TM) is also being delivered under the Policing Together Programme. The SE&TM Oversight Board is chaired by DCC
Malcolm Graham and meets three times per year to agree plans and oversee progress. A delivery group is chaired by ACC Emma Bond and meets every 2 months. The delivery group supports, enables and drives forward a range of key change activities that responds to the insights gathered via the SE&TM research and engagement phase.

Police Scotland’s strategy to tackle Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) was approved by the SPA Board in March 2023. Based on wide-ranging and unprecedented engagement with the general public, women and girls, survivors of violence, key partners, academics and experts, the strategy builds on the service's commitment to improve and future-proof its response. The delivery of the strategy is supported by a Strategic Oversight Board chaired by ACC Bex Smith. A Tactical Delivery Board is led by DCS Martin MacLean. Both groups meet every 6 weeks.