Report Summary
This report provides members of the Policing Performance Committee with highlights and insights arising from routine public polling conducted in August 2025.
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Meeting
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Policing Performance Committee - 16 September 2025
Date : 16 September 2025
Location : online
Related Research Activity and Future Plans
Plans are in place to build on previous research on the theme of antisocial behaviour by examining the related theme of community cohesion in more depth. The Diffley Partnership is running a series of focus group sessions in September 2025 on the theme of community cohesion and its relationship with community safety and the role played by external agencies. The Authority also intends to ask thematic questions in next quarterly wave of polling (November 2025) polling on community cohesion and will work with Police Scotland and others to formulate an appropriate question
Looking further ahead, the Authority will look to use February 2026’s polling to explore the theme of biometrics in policing, building on polling carried out earlier in 2025 on the same theme. This will allow trends in public support for biometrics and other emerging technologies in policing to be tracked with greater confidence.
Finally, staff at the Authority are developing a mechanism for capturing stakeholder and public suggestions on question topics and questions and intend to launch an online hub early in 2026.
