Report Summary
This report provides members of the Scottish Police Authority Policing Performance Committee with an update on the Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy.
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Meeting
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Policing Performance Committee - 18 September 2024
Date : 18 September 2024
Location : online
NCAIU-Online Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation (OCSAE)
After review, we have implemented a new shift pattern to combat Online Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation, reduce impacts on local policing resources and provide a specialist response for child victims, the majority of whom are girls. We also revamped a structured investigative response to OCSAE referrals, including internal PSOS referral mechanisms providing specialist support, which has resulted in numerous successful operations targeting those perpetrating High-Harm OCSAE.
Our quarterly Multi Agency Prevent OCSAE group is focussing on new innovation, public safety awareness, and recognition of streamlining media activity and campaigns. A key aspect is ensuring VAWG and Tackling Online Child Sexual Abuse (TOCSA) strategies/outcomes are interrelated as trends around OCSAE can help make informed assessments and decisions regarding VAWG strategies. The group are currently supporting a proposed Sextortion campaign and are considering media campaigns and assessments around the Artificial Intelligence phenomenon and how this may affect OCSAE crime and victims.
