Issue - meetings

(i)           to note its opposition to the formation of a single police division for Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Moray;

(ii)          to note and welcome the Chief Constable’s nomination of Chief Superintendent Campbell Thomson as the Local Police Commander for Aberdeen City and to confirm its support for the appointment;

(iii)         to note nevertheless that the current arrangements for the appointment of Local Police Commanders include no meaningful role for local authorities and local communities; and

(iv)         to invite Chief Superintendent Thomson to attend an early meeting of the Communities, Housing and Infrastructure Committee to discuss his plans for police services in Aberdeen.

The Council had before it a report by the Chief Executive which advised of the Chief Constable of Police Scotland’s nomination for the role of Local Police Commander for Aberdeen City.

The report recommended:-

that the Council -

(a)          note the Chief Constable of Police Scotland’s nomination of Chief Superintendent  Campbell Thomson as the Local Police Commander for Aberdeen City and to confirm its support for the appointment; and

(b)          invite Chief Superintendent Thomson to attend an early meeting of the Communities, Housing and Infrastructure Committee to discuss his plans for police services in Aberdeen.

The Council resolved:-

(i)           to note its opposition to the formation of a single police division for Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Moray;

(ii)          to note and welcome the Chief Constable’s nomination of Chief Superintendent Campbell Thomson as the Local Police Commander for Aberdeen City and to confirm its support for the appointment;

(iii)         to note nevertheless that the current arrangements for the appointment of Local Police Commanders include no meaningful role for local authorities and local communities; and

(iv)         to invite Chief Superintendent Thomson to attend an early meeting of the Communities, Housing and Infrastructure Committee to discuss his plans for police services in Aberdeen.