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Published: 08 April 2025

HMICS Improvement Plans – Progress Summary - 19 March 2025

Report Summary

This report provides members of the Policing Performance Committee with an overview of progress against selected improvement plans developed to address HMICS recommendations.

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Meeting

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Policing Performance Committee - 19 March 2025

Date : 19 March 2025

Location : online


Background

There are currently 22 active improvement plans comprising a total of 129 open recommendations. 14 recommendations have been closed and 2 new improvement plans (Missing Persons and Argyll and West Dunbartonshire Custody - together comprising 15 recommendations) have been added since the last progress report to this Committee. See Appendices: -

Argyll and West Dunbartonshire Imp Plan
Missing Person Final Improvement Plan
Briefing Paper Missing Persons March 2025

Operational Support Division are in the process of standing-up a project to address the 11 recommendations which were made in relation to Roads Policing in November 2024. The PPA has been shared with HMICS.

There are 5 inspections ongoing at various stages:
Tools of the Trade (Frontline Focus Review)
Drug Harm Reduction (Thematic Inspection)
Citations (HMICS/IPS joint inspection)
Conduct (Assurance Review)
Best Value (HMICS/Audit Scotland joint Inspection)


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