The Scottish Police Authority, Police Scotland and the Scottish Institute for Policing Research hosted a virtual roundtable event on Wednesday 18 August 2021. The theme was: ‘Policing and the Pandemic – the Scottish Experience’. You can watch a recording on this page.
You can also find details on the speakers, their biographies, and a post-event summary newsletter, in ‘Related Content’ below.
Meeting Live Stream
Live stream viewable here once meeting started
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Welcome and Introduction
Martyn Evans, Chair of the Scottish Police Authority
Operation TALLA – Strategic implications and Police Scotland response/organisational impacts
Deputy Chief Constable Malcolm Graham, Police Scotland
Establishing OpTICAL – A Real-Time Data Analytics and Intelligence Capability
Assistant Chief Constable Gary Ritchie, Police Scotland
Independent Advisory Group and COVID Interventions Data Insights
Professor Susan McVie, University of Edinburgh
Public Confidence and User Satisfaction Insights; Compliance with Lockdown Measures
Davina Fereday, Research and Insight Manager, Police Scotland and Martin Smith, Strategy and Research Lead, Scottish Police Authority
Scottish Victimisation Telephone Survey findings
Amy Wilson, Head of Justice Analytical Services, Scottish Government and Katrina Caldwell, Senior Assistant Statistician, Scottish Government
Rural communities and the pandemic
Dr Andrew Wooff, Edinburgh Napier University
Questions and Panel Discussion 1 - Strategy and Insights from Scotland
Chaired by Dr Liz Aston (Scottish Institute for Policing Research / Edinburgh Napier University) and featuring Kirsty-Louise Campbell (Head of Strategy and Insight, Police Scotland), Amanda Coulthard (Head of Strategy and Performance, Scottish Police Authority) and Professor Susan McVie (University of Edinburgh)
International Perspectives on Policing during the Pandemic
Peter Neyroud QPM, Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge
Questions and Panel Discussion 2 - Scotland in Context
Chaired by Derek Penman QPM (Chair of the International Advisory Committee, Scottish Institute for Policing Research) and featuring Dr Megan O’Neill (University of Dundee), Peter Neyroud QPM (University of Cambridge), Deputy Chief Constable Malcolm Graham (Police Scotland) and Barry Sillers (Deputy Chief Executive, Scottish Police Authority)
Closing Remarks
Deputy Chief Constable Fiona Taylor QPM, Police Scotland