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Published: 29 June 2026

Annual Assurance - Prevent - 10 June 2026

Report Summary

This report provides members of the Scottish Police Authority Policing Performance Committee with assurances on the use of Prevent within Police Scotland and the way in which Prevent fits into the wider Contest framework and evidence the positive impact it has on reducing threat risk and harm from potential terrorism.

This report will explain how Prevent works in partnership and uses an early
intervention approach to protect vulnerable individuals and ensure our
communities are safer.

This report will provide assurance that Police Scotland is working upstream
with partners to ensure early intervention and support and prevention
strategies are being applied to safeguard and protect vulnerable people and
communities and ensuring this is an ongoing priority and focus for Police
Scotland.

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Meeting

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Policing Performance Committee - 10 June 2026

Date : 10 June 2026

Location : online


Strategic alignment detail

Strategic alignment to strategic police plan and other key enabling strategies

Strategic outcome(s) - Strategic Police Plan 2026-29 & 2030 vision

This assurance aligns with the Strategic Police plan and the 2030 vision by ensuring that early intervention and support is provided to vulnerable and susceptible people who maybe at risk of being drawn towards terrorism or becoming terrorists and diverting them away from this path. This ensures that our communities are safer and there is less crime linked to terrorism within Scotland.

The early identification and support provided ensures that those victims who are at risk of being influenced by terrorism are supported and safeguarded from being involved in terrorist activity.


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