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11 September 2024 Evidence Session Follow-up.
police scotland, mental health, body worn video cameras, under 18s, violent behaviour.
11 September 2024 Evidence Session Follow-up.
A letter from the Chief Constable, Police Scotland in follow-up to her appearance on 11 September 2024..
The review also recommended that “there should be a statutory duty, subject to a public interest test, on the Chief Constable to comply with recommendations unless there are sound overriding operational or practical reasons for not complying".iFinal Report: Independent Review of Complaints Handling, Investigations and Misconduct Issues in Relation to Polici...
However, they suggested there were gaps in some parts of the Bill where children’s voices were not sought, and some processes that did not require police constables to explain what was happening and to check a child’s understanding of this.iTogether (Scottish Alliance for Children's Rights), written submission
Police Scotland expressed concern that the powe...
This right of appeal also applies to the Chief Constable.
We note that this appeal right is on a point of law only (i.e. that it relates to whether the Independent Reviewer has followed the correct procedure, rather than the inclusion of information itself).
Question 2 – Regulation 3 covers the right to visits in general. Does this regulation adequately describe what ‘facilitation’ of visiting does or does not entail?
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
17 March 2025
This is an operational matter for Police Scotland. The Chief Constable stated to the Criminal Justice Committee that the wellbeing of police officers and staff is one of her main priorities.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
30 November 2021
The Chief Constable of Police Scotland announced, at the Scottish Police Authority Board meeting on 24 November 2021, that Police Scotland has made the decision not to undertake any further work in Sri Lanka before their current contract expires in March 2022.
S6W-14514 Craig Hoy: To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W- 13502 by Humza Yousaf on 26 January 2023, how much it has spent on those areas in each year since 2007.