Issue - meetings

The Committee resolved:-

(i)            to request that a report be brought back to this Committee in regard to Cuckooing;

(ii)          to convey thanks to all staff throughout Police Scotland for their continued efforts and hard work; and

(iii)         to endorse the content of the report. 

The Committee had before it a report by the Local Commander, Police Scotland.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee discuss, comment on and endorse the report.

The Committee heard that the ‘ask Angela’ campaign was operating well and was being adopted throughout Europe where evidence of its use had been seen recently in Spain.

The Committee were provided with a summary of the report which resulted from the second year of the Local Police Plan. Tribute was given to police officers and staff but also acknowledged positive partnership working. The report outlined a percentage of the work carried out during a busy summer where many events had passed safely, thus enhancing the city as a place of safety.

Information on ‘cuckooing’, a national issue whereby drug and crime groups coerce vulnerable people to carry out their business, was presented to the Committee.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)            to request that a report be brought back to this Committee in regard to Cuckooing;

(ii)          to convey thanks to all staff throughout Police Scotland for their continued efforts and hard work; and

(iii)         to endorse the content of the report.