Report Summary
This report provides members of the Scottish Police Authority's Audit, Risk & Assurance Committee with an overview of Police Scotland’s Whistleblowing data for Financial Year 2024/25 and planned next steps for Year 2025/26.
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Meeting
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Audit, Risk and Assurance Committee - 14 August 2025
Date : 14 August 2025
Location : online
Next steps
In order to develop and strengthen current process and practice, Police Scotland’s next steps for Year 2025/26 will be as follows:-
The Police Scotland ‘Reporting Wrongdoing (Whistleblowing)’ Guidance and associated Policy will be published and supported by a robust internal Communications Strategy;
The existing moodle training package on Reporting Wrongdoing (Whistleblowing) will be re-launched and supported by internal comms to encourage completion. This will include reference to the updated guidance on the relevant edition of ‘The Standard’ newsletter.
The Head of PSD / broader PSD SMT will continue to engage with Staff Associations and key stakeholders to enable early identification of any issues and promote training and awareness;
Internal PSD workshops to raise awareness and understanding, with involvement of other key internal departments, such as HR.
Introduction of enhanced ways of reporting concerns and wrongdoing (externally managed reporting line is likely to be introduced in July 2025), which is aimed to increase confidence in reporting and as such may result in more protected disclosure matters being raised.
