annualreport2010-2011

ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT

Making a Difference

2010/2011

CHIEF CONSTABLE’S

Vision & Values

By: -

Putting communities at the heartof everything we do

Fighting crime, bringing criminals tojustice and protecting the vulnerable

Showing that we care and deliveringa good quality service

Working together, respecting eachother and doing our best

Making a Difference

words of appreciationI recently attended a Bike Safeevening at Tayside Police. Thepassion and dedication shown bythe officers in their contributedefforts to reducing road accidents,not only those involving motorbikes,and enhancing communityinteraction is commendable and canonly reflect favourably on the Force.

AH, Dundee.

contentschief constable’sannual performancereport

2010/11

04 STANDARDS OF SERVICE

05 CONVENER’S MESSAGE

06 THE FORCE EXECUTIVE

07 TAYSIDE JOINT

POLICE BOARD

08 CHIEF CONSTABLE’S

FOREWORD

09 TABLE OF STATUTORY

PERFORMANCE

INDICATORS

10 POLICING DUNDEE

13 POLICING ANGUS

18 POLICING PERTH &KINROSS

22 PROVIDING SPECIALISTSUPPORT

26 STATISTICS

33 COMMUNITY PRIORITIES2011-2014

34 STATEMENT OFCORPORATEGOVERNANCE

36 USEFUL CONTACTNUMBERS

13

GENERAL STANDARDSWE AIM TO EXCEED PUBLICEXPECTATIONS WITH THE LEVEL OFSERVICE WE DELIVER

• We will be active, visible andapproachable in our communities

• We will present a smart and professionalimage

• We will share information with otheragencies to improve public safety andminimise risk

• We will treat everyone according to theirneeds, maintaining confidentiality whereappropriate

FIRST CONTACTWE WILL AIM TO GET IT RIGHT FIRSTTIME, EVERY TIME

• We will answer 999 emergency telephonecalls within 10 seconds and all othertelephone calls within 40 seconds

• You will always be dealt with by a namedindividual who will be courteous andattentive, seek to fully understand yourenquiry and explain our response

• If you need an officer to call on you, wewill inform you what the response will be,indicate when they will be attending andkeep you updated of any changes

• If your enquiry requires a specialistresponse, we will arrange for that to occurand inform you what will happen

• If applicable, we will provide you with areference number which you may use ifyou need to contact us again about yourenquiry

• We will acknowledge all correspondencewithin 2 working days of receipt and atthat time will advise you of our proposedactions and when we will write back witha more detailed response

• If we are unable to provide a full responsewithin the timescale given, we will updateyou on what action we have taken, thereason for the delay and provide a revisedtimescale for completion

OUR RESPONSE & ENQUIRYWE WILL PROVIDE A PROFESSIONALRESPONSE AND KEEP YOUINFORMED

• We will investigate all crimes and offencesin accordance with our InvestigativeStandards

• We will provide an update on progress tothose reporting crimes or incidents assoon as possible, and in any case, within28 days of initial contact, advising of thefinal outcome of an enquiry when it iscomplete

• When an offender has been detected,the investigating officer will decide onthe appropriate action proportionate tothe circumstances. This may include theprovision of advice or warnings, theissuing of fixed penalty notices or thesubmission of reports to the ProcuratorFiscal or to the Reporter to theChildren’s Panel

COMPLETIONWE WILL FULLY COMPLETEENQUIRIES, SUBMIT QUALITYREPORTS TIMEOUSLY AND PRESENTEVIDENCE COMPETENTLY

• The officer reporting will be responsible forpreparing and submitting quality reports

• We will submit all prosecution reports tothe Procurator Fiscal within 28 days ofcharge

• We will work with other criminal justicepartners to support vulnerable victims andwitnesses through the legal process

COMPLAINTSWE WILL DEAL OBJECTIVELY ANDSENSITIVELY WITH ANY COMPLAINTSYOU HAVE ABOUT US AND ACTIVELYSEEK A POSITIVE RESOLUTION

Standards o

f Service

We will be active, visible and approachable in our communities

4

THE CONVENER’S

MESSAGE

5

I write this year’s message at a time of greatuncertainty as to the future direction ofpolicing in Scotland. Each one of us is wellaware of the difficult financial climate inwhich we live, and the imperative need tocurb the ever escalating costs of publicservices, and, without being too pessimistic,it is unlikely to improve in the immediateshort term.

Politicians of most parties were, in the runup to the recent Scottish elections, of thebelief that potential savings could bedelivered with restructuring of forces inScotland, while still maintaining currentstandards. Whether they are correct intheir beliefs, whether potential savingscan be sustained long term, whilemaintaining standards, or whether thePolice Forces were seen to be an “easyhit” is debateable and only time will tell.What does concern me is that mergingforces could lead to more control byremote government officials rather than atlocal elected level as at present.

However, what is not debateable, is therequirement that a body such as TaysidePolice must continue to deliver the qualityservice, the citizens of this area have cometo expect over the years. Now that the dusthas settled on the Scottish elections, and anew government is in place, we await adecision from the minister. Whatever theoutcome, it will be up to the present jointboard to work with the Chief Constable andthe force to deliver on any possibletransition while still maintaining day to daybusiness as normal. What cannot betolerated is any deterioration in service tothe people of Tayside.

Fortunately, there is a very strong andexperienced Executive to lead us throughthe times ahead, although there havebeen changes this past year with GordonScobbie being appointed as Deputy ChiefConstable, following the retiral of BillHarkins after a lifetime of loyal service tothe force. Gordon brings a wealth ofexperience and new ideas to the force.

The most pleasing aspect of the last yearis the reduction in reported violent crime

across the force area, with an impressive85.5% of all reported cases beingdetected. This can only enhance Tayside'sreputation as a safe place to work, liveand visit.

I have once again been extremelyimpressed by the dedication andprofessionalism shown by police officersand police staff, and I believe we, thepublic, have entrusted our security andprotection to a very impressive team herein Tayside.

To achieve this Tayside Police have beenworking closely with local councils andother agencies. Innovative schemes suchas the introduction of the CommunityEngagement Team in Dundee, the HedzupRacing Project in Angus, and the FridayNight Project in Perthshire have yieldedreal results in these communities.

Of course, we must make sure that thissuccess is built upon and as Convenermy aim is to continue to support the forceby working closely with the ScottishGovernment and Council colleagues toprovide the Chief Constable with theresources she requires to delivercontinuing success.

I firmly believe the foundations of goodpolicing are at a local level. A visiblepolice presence at a local level providesreal reassurance to residents and aneffective deterrent to criminals operatingin our communities. By targeting anyadditional resources where they are mostneeded we can achieve real and lastingbenefits of safer communities foreveryone.

Finally can I express my appreciation tomy fellow board members for theircontinued support. It is a pleasure toconvene a body where all members areof one aim—the continuous improvementof the policing service in Tayside to thesatisfaction to the people of the area.

ConvenerCouncillor Ian MackintoshAngus Council

What is notdebateable,is therequirementthat a bodysuch asTayside Policemust continueto deliver thequality servicethe citizens ofthis area havecome to expectover the years.

Tayside Police is managed by anExecutive.

In charge of the Force Executive isChief Constable Justine Curran.

The Deputy Chief ConstableGordon Scobbie, has responsibilityfor the following business areas• Professional Standards • Headquarters Division

The temporary Assistant ChiefConstable, Angela Wilson, hasresponsibility for operational issues • Central Division • Eastern Division • Western Division • Crime Intelligence Division

Doug Cross OBE is the Director ofCorporate Services and isresponsible for • Finance• Personnel and Development • Contracts/Procurement • Legal Services • Estate • Fleet • Executive Support • Safety

6

THE FORCE

EXECUTIVE

Tayside Joint Police Board comprises of 18councillors appointed from membership of thethree local authorities in Tayside, namelyAngus Council, Dundee City Council andPerth and Kinross Council.

The Board shares responsibility for TaysidePolice with Scottish Ministers and the ChiefConstable, who is responsible for operationalmatters.

The Board has a number of statutory dutiesand responsibilities including -

• Setting the budget for Tayside Police andproviding the Chief Constable with theresources necessary to police Taysideefficiently and effectively

• Making arrangements to secure best valueand participate in community planning

• Examining the manner in which complaintsagainst the police by members of thepublic are dealt with by the ChiefConstable

• Appointing the Chief Constable, DeputyChief Constable and Assistant ChiefConstable

Convener

Councillor Ian Mackintosh

Angus Council

Vice-Convener

Bailie George Regan

Dundee City Council

Vice Convener

Councillor Archibald MacLellan

Perth and Kinross Council

MEMBERS

Angus Council Members

Councillor Robert G Myles

Councillor Mark Salmond

Councillor Paul Valentine

Councillor Sandy West

Dundee City Council Members

Councillor David Bowes

Councillor Andrew Dawson

Councillor Elizabeth Fordyce

Councillor Christina Roberts

Councillor Mohammed Asif

Bailie Helen W Wright

Perth and Kinross Council Members

Councillor Kenneth Lyall

Councillor Peter Mulheron

Councillor David M Scott

Councillor Lewis D D Simpson

Councillor Alexander J Stewart

Tayside Joint P

olice B

oard

The Board shares responsibility for Tayside Police

7

currently crime in Tayside is at aten year low. Housebreaking andvehicle crime have fallen by over60%, vandalism by over 20%, andwe are well ahead of the Scottishaverage. Achieving these performancefigures shows that we areperforming well. However, wealso wanted to gauge publicperception on crime and policingin the area. We surveyed 3600people throughout Tayside andasked their views on crime andlocal policing. Encouragingly,90% agreed that theirneighbourhood was a safe placeto live. The main issues of concernto residents in theirneighbourhoods were dangerousand reckless driving, closelyfollowed by antisocial behaviour.Overall, 91% of respondentsbelieved that Tayside Police wasdoing a ‘good’ or ‘very good’ job.A great deal of what we do isdelivered through partnershipworking. Partnerships throughoutthe force are evolving anddeveloping. Some are structuredthrough organisations, includingschools and young people’sorganisations. Others are more

formal with councils, healthboards, agencies in the justicesystem, politicians and interestgroups such as the Chamber ofCommerce, banks and industry.These partnerships are thrivingand expanding, are deliveringmeasurable improvements in thequality of life in our communitiesand are becoming firmlyembedded in the fabric of oursociety. All of this has been achievedagainst a backdrop of economichardship with significantuncertainty about the future andfunding cuts. I am immenselyproud of all that we have done.However, I am also committed tomaking the force better andstriving to do more. This will haveits challenges with less moneyavailable and a policing landscapethat looks set to change but,whatever the context, we willcontinue to be part of communitieshelping you, protecting you andmaking a difference. Justine CurranChief Constable

To the First Minister for Scotland,Tayside Joint Police Board, SheriffPrincipal for Tayside, Fife andCentral, and the Taysidecommunity we serve, I amdelighted to present mysecond annual performancereport as Chief Constable ofTayside Police.In this fast changing world it isnever a good idea to spendtoo much time looking back.However sometimes we needto reflect for a while on whatwe have done and what wehave learned, so that we canfurther improve out strategies,policies, operational activityand ultimately the quality ofservice that we provide to you.This report highlights theexcellent work that has beendone throughout the last year,work that spans a large anddiverse spectrum from localantisocial issues to seriousand organised crime. I very much hope that thepeople of Tayside reading thisreport feel positive about thelevel of commitment and thequality of policing services that arebeing delivered by Tayside Police.Not only does the report providekey performance information tohelp you assess how well we haveserved you and the community inwhich you live over the last year, italso sets out to highlight some ofthe important and innovative workofficers are doing throughout theForce area.We promised you thatcommunities would be at the heartof everything we do. To make surethis happens we have invested in astronger community policingmodel with locally based officersworking with local communities forpositive outcomes. Our results speak for themselves.We’ve already been extremelysuccessful in reducing crime and

This reporthighlights theexcellentwork that hasbeen donethroughoutthe last year,work thatspans a largeand diversespectrumfrom local antisocial issuesto serious andorganisedcrime.

8

THE CHIEF CONSTABLE’S

FOREWORD

Table O

f Statuto

ry Perfo

rmance Indicato

rs

9

MARCH 2011 2009/10 2010/11 2010/11 Target

Customer Satisfaction: RESULT Target RESULT Achieved

Response Rate—1330/3600 (37%)

First Contact: Overall satisfaction rating for 91.4% 91.5% 90.7% NOservice provided at first contact

First Contact:% of respondents who stated 77.0% 78.0% 80.8% YESthey were provided with the name of theperson dealing with their enquiry

Updating the Public:% of Service Users 54.8% 60.0% 61.2% YESwho received an update on the progressof their enquiry

*Visibility: % of respondents who had seen a 74.7% 75.0% 54.4% NOpolice officer patrolling in the past month

Customer experience: Overall satisfaction 84.8% 85.0% 82.3% NOrating for the customers experience of theservice provided by Tayside Police

Crime:

Groups 1-4 recorded 17997 18700 18095 YES

Groups 1-4 detected 47.0% 46.5% 46.0% NO

Violent crime recorded 578 610 568 YES

Violent crime detected 85.5% 83.0% 85.5% YES

Robbery recorded 135 160 158 YES

Robbery detected 69.0% 63.0% 70.5% YES

Vandalism recorded 5264 5750 5442 YES

Vandalism detected 31.5% 31.0% 32.0% YES

Domestic Housebreaking recorded 752 775 874 NO

Domestic Housebreaking detected 28.5% 30.0% 29.5% NO

Resources:

Sickness Absence: police officers 4.2% 4.5% 4.2% YES

Sickness Absence: police staff 4.6% 5.0% 4.6% YES

* The difference between the target and the result is due to a change in the questions asked in the customer satisfaction survey.

Key Performance Indicators

10

Chief Superintendent GavinRobertson is in charge of policing inDundee, an area of 24 square miles,

but home to a population of 144,000. Heand his command team are based atHeadquarters in Dundee’s West Bell Street.Superintendent Athol Aitken is DeputyDivisional Commander, Chief InspectorSuzie Mertes is in charge of the south of thecity and Chief Inspector Dave Barclay is incharge of the north.

Detective Chief Inspector Shaun McKillop isin charge of the Criminal InvestigationDepartment, while the division’s Road PolicingUnit is led by Inspector Gordon Taylor.

Dundee is divided into four separate sectionsfor policing purposes, each in the overallcharge of an Inspector.

They are – Maryfield /East End covering the City Centre,Maryfield and StobswellInspector Stuart Holmes

Lochee / West End covering Lochee,Charleston, Menzieshill, and Perth Road area.Inspector David Scott

Strathmartine / Coldside, covering Downfield,Ardler, Hilltown, St Mary’s, Kirktonand Fairmuir.Inspector Alan Szwec

North East / Broughty Ferry covering Fintry,Whitfield, West Ferry, Broughty Ferry,Barnhill, Mid Craigie and Douglas.Inspector Catriona Chisholm

Gavin RobertsonChief Superintendent

words of appreciationI was the misfortunate victim of asneak thief who stole my handbag.The attending officers were with mein next to no time. They wereabsolutely wonderful and could notdo enough to help me. I have nofamily in the country to help withthese matters so without yourofficers I don’t know what I wouldhave done. They are a credit to yourpolice force.

KS, Dundee.

PolicingDundee

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTTEAM – TAKING THETROUBLEMAKERS TO TASK

In March 2010, the Community EngagementTeam (CET) was deployed to the Linlathenand Mid Craigie areas primarily to address aproblem with antisocial behaviour involvingyouths. Prior to the team’s arrival, a survey ofresidents was carried out by the DundeeCity Council Anti Social Behaviour Team andTayside Police to seek their views on themain issues of concern. We listened tothese views. As a result, the LinlathenSteering Group, a multi-agency groupcomprising members of all the key partneragencies including the Dundee City CouncilAnti-social Behaviour Team, CommunityWardens, Education Department, SocialWork Department, Housing Department, theChoice Project, youth workers, the East EndCommunities Officer and Tayside Police,was formed to work together to tackle theissues raised by the community and tocoordinate activity.

The CET, in addition to the local communityand beat officers, carried out high profilemobile, cycle and foot patrols engaging withyouths, residents and businesses in the areain an effort to identify the small number ofyouths responsible for behaving in anantisocial manner and generally causingannoyance in the locality. This resulted in anumber of youths being issued with policewarnings, youth notices, acceptablebehaviour contracts or being the subject ofreports to the Children’s Reporter andProcurator Fiscal Service.

Follow-up visits were also made by TaysidePolice, the Dundee City Council antisocialBehaviour Team and housing officers tospeak with the parents of the youths to makethem aware of their child’s actions, and towarn of the consequences on tenancy

agreements should antisocial behaviourcontinue. The local youth worker and stafffrom the Choice Project also carried outfocused work with the problematic youths totry and address their behaviour and also toencourage them into diversionary activities.

As a result of consulting residents it was alsoidentified that there was an interest amongstresidents in setting up a local residentsgroup and this was subsequently arrangedby the local housing officer.

The local youth worker prepared anddistributed leaflets containing details ofactivities available for youths in the area, andthrough consultation with the EducationDepartment, term-time evening football wasintroduced within the grounds of RowantreePrimary School which proved a greatsuccess. The group also secured funding forother activities during the school summerholiday period.

The CET was then deployed to the Locheearea of Dundee. During the first two weeks,patrols were carried out in this area with acombination of foot patrols, cycle patrols andmobile patrols increasing the policepresence in this area.

After consultation with the local community itwas agreed that the team would giveattention to the Lochee High Street area andthrough Operation Highrise, to Ancrum,Burnside, Adamson and Elders Courts inrelation to acquisitive crime and drug relatedcrime. Unwanted visitors and associated antisocial behaviour was greatly curtailed andthere has been increased confidence fromresidents in reporting illegal activity and antisocial behaviour.

The deployment in Lochee resulted in 43people being arrested with six of thesepeople being charged with being concernedin the supply of controlled drugs. The amount

of drugs recovered was £12,250 of heroin,£380 of Diazepam, £200 of cannabis resinand approx £800 of amphetamine. Otherapprehensions were for possession ofoffensive weapons, disqualified driving,driving without insurance and the theft ofmotor cars.

MAKING A DIFFERENCE INMARYFIELD

In December 2010, the Community TaskForce was deployed to the Maryfield andStobswell areas. As a result of thisdeployment drug enforcement activity wascarried out resulting in 37 separaterecoveries with a street value of £3,788.70.Of the notable recoveries 201 Mephedronetablets, 1117 valium tablets and 568 tabletswere recovered. A total of 10 cash seizureswere made totalling £28,765, 14 drugswarrants were executed and 33 drug casesreported. Warrant activity was also carriedout and a total of 28 apprehensions made.

Here’s how we have beenMaking a Difference in Dundee;

11

▼

An increase in general policeactivity resulted in a further 18 non drugrelated cases being submitted, some ofwhich included offensive weapons androbbery. Road policing activity was alsocarried out resulting in 59 drivers beingwarned, 18 conditional offers being issuedand five vehicles seized.

DENYING CRIMINALS THEUSE OF THE ROADS

The Road Policing Unit has a specific aim todeny criminals the use of the roads, reduceroad casualties and thereby increase safetyon the roads and streets within Dundee. Toassist in this aim the Unit work very closelywith Dundee City Council, road safetypractitioners and other enforcementagencies such as the DVLA, VOSA (Vehicleand Operator Services Agency) and HMCustoms and Excise.

Public consultation tells us that you want usto be visible and to provide reassurance.Patrol officers conduct high profile activity onthe road network to reassure the public andto deny criminals the use of the roads inDundee. This is backed by seasonalcampaign activity promoting safer driving andcracking down on those who break the law.

The roads passing through Dundee are oftenused by serious and organised crime groupsand the trafficking of drugs. We endeavourto stop these individuals at every opportunity.

As well as the routine activity in relation tocomplaints of speeding, drink driving,motoring offences and disqualified anduninsured drivers, further high profileenforcement activities have been conductedover 2010 in support of both local andnational policing initiatives under the bannerof `Operation Bandit’ at various sitesthroughout Dundee. Bandit has beensupported by other enforcement agenciesand ANPR (Automatic NumberplateRecognition) technology has been used. Thiscontinues to be very successful in detectingvehicles that are being used illegally, that areunlicensed or uninsured and for the

detection of travelling criminals.

In 2010 within Dundee 237 vehicles wereseized by the police in relation to uninsureddrivers. Vehicles being driven in an antisocialmanner have also continued to receiveattention over the year with 15 vehicles beingseized during 2010.

The Anti Parking at Schools initiative wasrolled out in 2010 to all primary schools inthe city. This followed a successful pilot ofthe scheme at two schools in 2009. Thisinitiative, promoted and co-ordinated byDundee City Council, is specificallydesigned to tackle the issue of driversparking on the yellow zigzag lines outsideprimary schools with the aim of reducingthe associated risks to the young vulnerableroad users in these areas.

PROTECTING VULNERABLEPEOPLE – IMPROVINGPUBLIC SAFETY ANDMINIMISING RISK

In order to better protect children withinDundee, Tayside Police has beeninstrumental in establishing a Multi AgencyAssessment Team which involves ourpartners in social work, health and education.The team works together to ensure that allinformation relevant to the welfare and careof the child is shared and appropriatesupport is provided.

In 2010 Tayside Police in Dundee introduceda risk assessment process to better identifypeople at significant risk from domesticabuse. This process has allowed foreffective sharing of information with otherservice providers, which assists in identifyingbetter outcomes for victims and families. Inaddition, officers in Dundee have introduceda risk assessment tool in relation to missingperson enquiries, which allows us to morequickly identify those individuals who are athigh risk when missing.

Tayside Police have worked closely withpartners to ensure that information gatheredin relation to vulnerable adults is discussed

and shared with the appropriate careproviders. We continue to review the scopeof this work and in 2010 have expanded thescheme to ensure that more vulnerableadults receive the help they require.

Analysts employed by Tayside Police provideclear, structured reports to Local CommunityPlanning Partnerships, Community SafetyPartnerships and various statutorycommittees to ensure that all partners worktogether to identify and deal with communityissues. The reports also assist in determiningthe appropriate resources to deal with acommunity problem.

INNOVATING IN YOUTHJUSTICE PROCESSES

An innovative Restorative Justice EarlyIntervention Process, which was initiated inDundee, has now become mainstreamacross the City and has attracted interestnationally where it has been seen as anexample of best practice.

The process allows for all crime reports forjuveniles to be assessed so as the disposalis proportionate to the offence committedand the children’s history of offending andcare issues. This complies with ourcommitment to Getting It Right For EveryChild principles for early intervention.

12

words of appreciationA brilliant Community policeman –He has always visited regularly andknew many of the tenants on a firstname basis. He always made timefor the tenants, many of whom areelderly and also supported variousfunctions that were held within thecomplex. His concern and care forthe whole community in which heworked was obvious in his mannerand working practices. He is a creditto Tayside Police.

Servite Housing Association, Dundee.

•

words of appreciationI am taking the opportunity to thankall those who made an importantcontribution in organising ArmedForces Day. The combination ofyoung people and those mature inpartnership with serving soldiers,cadets and volunteers was anextraordinary and moving experienceand I thank you most sincerely forthe part you played in making itmemorable – John Letford, LordProvost of Dundee.

John Letford, Lord Provost of Dundee.

Policing Dundee

Chief Superintendent Colin MacKay isin charge of policing in Angus, anarea of about 850 square miles

covering the towns of Arbroath, Brechin,Montrose, Forfar, Kirriemuir, Monifieth andCarnoustie and a population of approximately105,000.

Superintendent Ewen West has day to dayresponsibility for all operational policingmatters, with Chief Inspector Sandra Richardin charge of all support functions.

Detective Chief Inspector Ally Reid is incharge of the Criminal InvestigationDepartment, while the division’s RoadPolicing Unit is led by InspectorGrant Edward.

Angus is divided into four separate sectionsfor policing purposes, each in the overallcharge of an Inspector.

They are – Section 1 – Forfar, Kirriemuir, Muirhead,Letham and surrounding areas.Inspector Peter McLennan

Section 2 – Montrose and Brechin andsurrounding area.Inspector Gordon Cryle

Section 3 – Arbroath and surrounding area.Inspector Adrian Robertson

Section 4 – Carnoustie and Monifieth area.Inspector Fiona Jarrett

Colin MacKayChief Superintendent

PolicingAngus

13

words of appreciationThe officer who dealt with me wassuperb. He listened effectively, heshowed an appropriate degree ofempathy and understanding, heprovided clear, concise and timelyinformation about what he would doand when he would do it, alwayscommunicating with me with anynew and relevant information.What’s more, he had a keenawareness of the impact of thiscrime on both us and the personresponsible. The values and integrityhe has demonstrated do great creditto Tayside Police.

MR, Newtyle, Angus.

Policing Angus

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR –PARTNERSHIP IN ACTION

A significant antisocial behaviour problemwas identified in Hillview housing estate inBrechin, where a group of individuals had,over a period of months subjected thecommunity to intimidation, harassment andthreats, racist abuse, housebreaking, thetheft and vandalism of property and frequentexcessively noisy parties where alcohol andillegal drugs were being abused.

Staff from the Joint Services Team, AngusCouncil Housing Division and Tayside Policeformed a local partnership to tackle thecomplaints of serious and persistentantisocial behaviour in the area and to helpimprove integration between the migrantpopulation and the authorities to allow themto better communicate their concerns.

The project team carried out extensive workin the area in order to gain the confidence ofthe community and the victims of theongoing behaviour. This included positiveaction by police where evidence wasavailable, dedicated foot patrols bycommunity wardens, investigative work bythe Community Safety Team and housingofficers, and deployment of an overt publicspace CCTV camera.

In what was considered to be a first forScottish antisocial behaviour investigations,specific support was given to non-Britishresidents in allowing them to record detailsof incidents in their own native language andproviding a member of staff who could speaktheir language. Work undertaken by thispositive action group and the communityencouraged victims to come forward andreport incidences of antisocial and criminalbehaviour.

The team also used covert surveillanceequipment which captured criminalbehaviour. All relevant evidence of criminal

acts was handed over to Tayside Police forconsideration of proceedings. This resultedin four individuals being arrested. One wassentenced to one year for fire-raising withpotential endangerment to life, the second toten month’s imprisonment for fire-raising withpotential endangerment to life and a furtherforty days for housebreaking. The thirdindividual, who was also subject to an anti-social behaviour order on criminal conviction,was arrested for disorder committed againstanother household within Hillview and otheroffences. He was sentenced to five monthsin prison. Antisocial Behaviour Orders(ASBO) were also granted against two ofthese individuals for a period of three years,banning one from a certain area withinHillview and the other from entering Hillviewaltogether.

All this work helped to gain the confidence ofthe local community who had previouslygiven up hope of finding a solution. There isnow good interaction between residents ofHillview and council staff which has beenconsolidated by the creation of a communityflat. Outcomes of the project include amarked reduction in vacant properties and areduction in vandalism and antisocialbehaviour complaints which combined havemade Hillview a more safe, secure andsustainable community. Tayside Police havealso noted a marked reduction in police callsto the area and a general reduction incriminal behaviour.

Talking about the project, ASBCo-ordinator, Ken Johnston said,

The project has also garnered awardssuccess in 2010, winning an Angus CouncilExcellence Award for Customer Service anda Scottish Government National CommunitySafety Award for Equalities and Diversity.

RACING PROJECT STEERSYOUTHS AWAY FROM CRIME

The Hedzup racing project was establishedin 2009 by Ian Pert, an ex-professionalmotorcycle racer who lives in Angus.Throughout 2010 Hedzup Racing hasworked with a group of approximately 20

young people from the Forfar and Arbroathareas, who were seen as problematic withintheir school and the wider community, toinstil within them a sense of responsibility,commitment and respect.

The group worked in Forfar and Arbroathover a ten week period to build and refurbishtwo 600cc motorcycles which were thenraced at East Fortune Race Track nearEdinburgh by Ian, with the young peopleacting as pit crew for the weekend. Themajority of the young people were drawnfrom those currently perceived at risk ofexclusion from school or offenders andencouraged them to develop positiveoutcomes at the end of the course includingbetter school attendance, reduced or acessation in offending and a reduction inother risk taking behaviour such as underage drinking.

The experience for the young people washugely positive and many have gone on tolead more positive lifestyles. The group havedeveloped a real interest within the projectand have asked to develop a new initiative

Here’s how we have beenMaking a Difference in Angus;

14

“I am extremely proud of the workundertaken by operational staff andresidents in Hillview. This project is anexample of how partners working togethercan achieve real results for a community.”

▼

which would allow them to return as peermentors as well as develop a potential newproject in the Forfar area. The young peopleare actively involved in producingmerchandise to support the project and havelearnt to canvas local support groups andprovide inputs to groups such as RoundTable and Rotary to promote the activity ofthe group.

The project was supported by TaysidePolice’s Community Safety Unit in Angusand local community liaison officers whoattended the project sessions and the finalraces with a view to breaking down barrierswith the young people attending. In additionto this work, the group in Forfar havecontinued to develop the project with a viewto obtaining premises locally which will allowthe project to continue as a stand alone andregular resource which can be used by allyoung people.

All of the young people attending the projectworked towards achieving bronze or silverYouth Achievement Awards which has

provided them with a basis for ongoingdevelopment and potential employment inthe future.

The Hedzup Project has received a greatdeal of positive feedback in the past year,and in 2011 the project intends to expand tocover Carnoustie and Brechin High Schools,extending the benefits of the projectthroughout Angus.

TARGETING DRUG DEALINGIN ARBROATH

Operation Sermon was launched in January2010 with the aim of using local officers toobtain a better picture in relation to themisuse and dealing of Class A drugs,particularly heroin within Arbroath and toprovide public reassurance by carrying outhigh visibility patrols.

In addition to the local uniform officers,support was provided by the Road PolicingUnit, Community Support Team, CrimeManagement and CID, and from specialistunits within Force Headquarters.

The operation continues to target thoseinvolved in drugs misuse. It also provides anexcellent opportunity for officers to engagewith those involved in drugs misuse and toactively encourage them to take theopportunities provided by way of local harmreduction programmes.

Officers have seen an improved intelligencepicture which has allowed for more informeddeployment and caused significant disruptionto those involved in the misuse and dealingof heroin.

Enforcement work included stop searches ofthose suspected of carrying drugs andsearching their houses and vehicles whichsaw the recovery of both personal and dealeramounts of heroin, plus smaller quantities ofother drugs, and arrests made.

Feedback from the community has beenpositive with local drug abusers openlyadmitting that they are aware of thisconcentrated police effort and have seen areduction in the availability of heroin withinthe town.

words of appreciationJust a note to say many thanks forall the help your officers gave infinding my missing 6-year-oldgrandson and for the little talk youhad with him afterwards. He sayshe is very sorry for causing all theworry for everyone and will not goanywhere now without his mumknowing where he is.

SM (a very gratefulgrandma), Carnoustie.

words of appreciationThe Community Liaison Officer’sability to present lessons to classesand school assemblies was a realstrength. I would like to commendhis efforts and highlight his aptitudein the role. I cannot stress enoughhow invaluable a positive andprofessional Community LiaisonOfficer has been to our school.

DM, Arbroath.

▼

15

CRACKING DOWN ONANTISOCIAL DRIVING INMONTROSE

Vehicles being driven in an antisocial mannerwere a common problem in the Montrosearea and generated a significant number ofcomplaints from local residents.

In order to tackle the issue local officersvisited the problem areas at peak times anddistributed leaflets advising drivers of thelegislation and their responsibilities. Thiswas followed up with an enforcement phasewhich resulted in 45 warnings being given todrivers and 16 vehicles being seized.

ALCOHOL AND DRUGPREVENTION OFFICER HELPSREACH OUT TO DIVERSECOMMUNITIES

Thanks to Angus Alcohol and DrugPartnership and Angus Youth Justice, thecounty now has a fully funded police officerdedicated to promoting drug and alcoholawareness and education.

To date, the main focus has been onproviding support and guidance to primaryand secondary school children throughoutAngus, dealing primarily with the threat ofalcohol and drug misuse to young people.

The new drugs and alcohol officer hasworked closely with the educationdepartment to become integrated into thecurriculum for excellence and now has astrong representation across everysecondary school in Angus.

They have also nurtured partnership workingwith the Trading Standards Department ofAngus Council to target the sale of alcohol toyoung people and provide guidance to offsales premises.

BREAKING DOWN BARRIERSIN KIRRIEMUIR

In 2009 and again in 2010, Constable PamColvin has been instrumental in organisingand running a Youth Volunteering Initiativewithin Kirriemuir, including a number ofyoungsters with challenging backgrounds.

Pam identified that within her communitythere was a lack of engagement betweenthe elderly and the local youths which couldoften lead to expressions of fear andmistrust. There were a number of olderpeople who were unable to take care oftheir own gardens and Pam arranged forher ‘volunteers’ to tidy up the gardens oflocal elderly residents. This led to a muchimproved level of cross generation respectand culminated in the young people being

invited to participate in indoor bowlingsessions at a local home for the elderly. Inaddition she has instilled a sense of pride,respect for others and communityawareness amongst the local youngpeople, and with her help they have goneon to organise a fundraising event forGuide Dogs for the Blind.

Gary Malone, Manager ofVolunteeringCentre Angus, added,

“Much of Pam’swork goes wellbeyond her remitand she is indeedvolunteering in herown time, butconsistently itpursues respectand togethernessbetween TaysidePolice and Anguscommunities.”

SHARING INFORMATIONAND USING INTELLIGENCEIN ANGUS

The Angus Community Safety Partnershipand Angus Council recently launched theArc GIS Project scheme, promoting thesharing of information between key partnersin Angus. The project uses the most currentmapping technology available to assist theidentification of hotspot areas and allow theappropriate targeting of resources to dealwith issues of antisocial behaviour.

Information held by Tayside Police, AngusCouncil and Tayside Fire and Rescue isnow accessible to the CommunityAnalyst, who is able to use the Arc GIStechnology to accurately show whereinstances of antisocial behaviour areoccurring in communities, and helppredict where they may occur in thefuture. This in turn assists the CommunitySafety Partnership in deploying resourcesto respond to these problems andattempts to resolve them for thoseaffected by antisocial behaviour in Angus.

In 2010, the levels of antisocial behaviour,persons causing annoyance to others andreports of vandalism in Angus fell by 10 %compared to 2009-10. This is in addition to a32% reduction in youths causing annoyancecalls and a 21% reduction in vandalism seenthe previous year and signifies a further stepforward in our commitment to improving thequality of life for people living in, working in orvisiting Angus. In 2010 youth related crimealso fell by 37% in Angus, demonstrating thatour commitment to tackling this issue ispaying significant dividend.

16

▼

Policing Angus

TOTAL DRY UP - VANDALISM,ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR ANDYOUTH CALLS DROP INANGUS

Like many other areas, Angus has issuesregarding young people abusing alcohol andbecoming involved in low level crime andantisocial behaviour. In 2007 Tayside Policeinstigated Operation Dry Up, which involveduniformed police officers undertakingdedicated patrols aimed at seizing alcoholfrom young people. Thereafter, letters weresent to parents or guardians signpostingthem in the direction of appropriate supportservices offering advice and counsellingregarding alcohol misuse.

Questionnaire and exit surveys were carriedout during the Total Dry Up events whichindicated that the vast majority of youngpeople who were involved in the initiativewere more aware of the harmful anddangerous consequences of their drinking asa result of the intervention.

In addition, a number of young people whohad previously been involved with supportservices, but had disengaged wereencouraged to re-engage after meeting withsupport workers.

Many parents were grateful for theopportunity to discuss concerns they hadregarding their children’s behaviour with oneor more of the agencies represented. Theystated that had they only received a lettersignposting them towards these servicesthey would have been unlikely to take up theoffer of help available.

In the past year, the dedication to Total DryUp has certainly contributed to thereduction in young people abusing alcoholin Angus, and reduced the number ofvandalism and youth causing nuisance callsreceived by the Force.

CHILD PROTECTION PROCESSPRAISED

Eastern Division Public Protection Unit is atthe forefront of using police intelligence toensure the ongoing protection of youngpeople in Angus. Various systems have beenput in place to ensure that all intelligence thatis gathered in respect of a person who mayfeature in a young person's life is properlyassessed and shared with partner agencies.In practical terms this means that if officersare in possession of intelligence regarding anadult, and that adult has a child, then weensure that partner agencies are aware ofsuch intelligence.

In January 2011 HMIE visited Angus andcarried out an inspection of child protection.Although their formal report has not yet beenreceived initial feedback from the Inspectorshas been very positive. They have

highlighted a number of areas of goodpractice and the Inspectors were particularlyimpressed with how Tayside Police reportedchild concerns, the early screeningprocesses we have in place and the fact thatwe now identify children in need of help at anearlier stage via processes such as EarlyScreening Group, Joint Assessment Group,Pre-Birth Resource Allocation Meeting andlocal multi agency resource teams.

COMMUNITY TASK FORCE

From September until the end ofNovember 2010 the Community TaskForce were deployed in the Angus townsof Forfar and Kirriemuir.

The overall aim of the deployment was bymeans of partnership working, to targetunderlying problems of criminality andpersistent offenders, in order to reducecrime, the fear of crime and antisocialbehaviour.

The streets surrounding Viewmount, Forfarhad deteriorated over a period of time due todrug use and drug related crime. In theprocess of tackling this, the Community TaskForce carried out an environmental survey,the results of which were passed on toAngus Council. Together with AngusCouncil, steps were taken to rectify some ofthe contributing factors such as poor lighting,security and overgrown shrubbery. Thepolice attention and improvements to livingconditions drew a resident to state that theattention had "re-awakened a sense ofcommunity spirit".

While in Angus, the team also returned toareas of previous deployments in Arbroathand Montrose. The successful tacticsemployed have been continued in all areasby beat officers, as part of a post deploymentstrategy, to ensure that Angus is a safe andpleasurable place to live and work.

17

words of appreciationAfter seven years of anti-socialbehaviour, thanks to the work ofyour community liaison officer theproblem has gone. She is fair butfirm, not taking any sides, andwhen she says she is going to dosomething, she keeps her promise.The anti-social behaviour had ahuge impact on both my life andhealth. It’s a wonderful feeling toknow that local liaison officers withthose qualities are available to us.Thanks again, you have our totalrespect and trust.

LL, Kirriemuir.

•

words of appreciationI am writing to express ouradmiration for the work of yourcommunity officer. The catalyst forthis letter is the amazing work shehas undertaken at Webster’s HighSchool through her communityvolunteering scheme. Under yourofficer’s direction, they haveachieved not only real improvementsbut more importantly have donemuch to restore the faith of manyresidents, particularly older ones, inyoung people. She is to be greatlycommended for all her efforts and isa credit to Tayside Police.

JS, Kirriemuir.

18

Chief Superintendent Roddy Ross is incharge of policing in Perth andKinross, an area of almost 2,200

square miles and a population of 135,000.He is assisted by Superintendent TonyBeveridge, who is responsible for operationalpolicing in the area, and Chief Inspector AndyMcCann, who is responsible for all supportfunctions.

Detective Chief Inspector Colin Gall is incharge of the Criminal InvestigationDepartment, while Inspector Emma Bowmanleads the division’s Road Policing Unit.

Perth & Kinross is divided into four separatesections for policing purposes, each in theoverall charge of an Inspector.

They are –

Perth Section – Perth City. Inspector Ian Martin

East Section – covers Longforgan,Blairgowrie and Rattray and the villages ofAlyth, Ardler, Balbeggie, Ballintuim, Bridge ofCallay, Burrelton, Caputh, Collace, CouparAngus, Guildtown, Kettins, Kinrossie,Kirkmichael, Meigle, Spittalfield and Wolfhill.Inspector Ged Fitzpatrick

North Section – covers Stanley, Methven,Pitlochry, Aberfeldy, Dunkeld and Birnam. Italso includes the smaller villages ofAlmondbank, Luncarty, Murthly, Ballinluig,Blair Atholl, Kinloch Rannoch and Kenmore.Inspector Stewart Patience

South Section – covers Bridge of Earn andAbernethy on the outskirts of Perth and thelarger communities of Crieff, Kinross andAuchterarder. Inspector Iain Ward

Roddy Ross Chief Superintendent

PolicingPerth & Kinross

words of appreciationWith officers of their temperamentand interest in the safety of thearea’s citizens we in Tayside are veryprivileged indeed to have such aPolice Force looking after us.

CW, Perth.

19

LISTENING TO COMMUNITYCONCERNS -COMMUNITYENGAGEMENT STRATEGY

In our strategic priorities we said that wewould increase trust and confidence, byexceeding public expectations, reach out tocommunities, listen to and act on their needs.

A community engagement strategy wasdeveloped which strives to improvecommunity engagement by developingsystematic approaches, appointing identifiedcommunity police officers for eachgeographic community throughout Perth andKinross and the creation of communitysergeant posts.

Community officers have introduced policesurgeries for members of communities.These forums provide the valuableopportunities to hear, first hand, about localconcerns and provide advice on personalsafety, home security and crime preventionissues. They have also developed a networkof key community contacts so that the policeare effectively engaged in community life.

Community sergeants have beeninstrumental in managing and focusing thework of community officers in providingeffective engagement with their communities.

A part of this has been the innovative use ofnew technology. Officers in the south sectionhave been using social media to enhancelocal policing and public re-assurance.

Officers used Twitter and MyPolice toprovide community updates and online

feedback. This has allowed the officers toengage with sections of the community thatare traditionally harder to reach and toprovide real-time information and advice tothe public.

ALCOHOL DIVERSION PILOT –THE FRIDAY NIGHT PROJECT

We said we would work with partnerstowards safer communities reducing crimeand the fear of crime, with an emphasis onalcohol related crime and disorder.

The Friday Night Project ran from July toDecember 2010 and operated one Fridayper month in both Highland Perthshire andNorth Muirton.

The project was established afterrecommendations for the Community SafetyPartnership’s ‘Real Unit Cost’ conference in2009 that priority be given to supportcoordination of youth provision that isdirected towards the prevention ofcommunity safety problems in local areas.Local agencies had expressed concernabout young people becoming involved inantisocial or risk taking behaviour, much ofwhich was alcohol related, and it wasdecided to launch this pilot to play a role indiverting youths from alcohol.

The monthly events consisted of a mixtureof music, dance, sports, arts and drama aswell as discussion through group work, andthe target group was young peoplebetween 14 and 18 years old.

The pilot was well supported by youngpeople in each area with healthy attendancesat each event.

The pilot was seen by local agencies ashaving had a beneficial impact in terms ofharm reduction and effective in promoting awider debate about alcohol misuseamongst young people.

OPERATION FESTIVEHOMESAFE

We are dedicated to building safercommunities, reducing crime and the fear ofcrime, in particular violent crime and alcoholrelated crimes and disorder.

The annual Festive Homesafe operation wascarried out throughout December 2010 intown centres across all four sections of Perthand Kinross. The objective was to reduceviolent crime, disorder and antisocialbehaviour while raising the public awarenessof knife crime. Community confidence wasincreased by providing a reassuringly highvisibility police presence. The idea wassupported and encouraged by the PerthSafer City Centre Forum and Perth andKinross Community Safety Partnership.

Police officers liaised with various partners,including Pubwatch, taxi forums and streetpastors to coordinate activity. Taxi marshallswere deployed in Perth city centre at relevanttimes during key dates over the festiveperiod. Officers carried out high profile footpatrols in the shopping areas including ▼

Here’s how we have beenMaking a Difference in Perth and Kinross;

20

supermarket car parks to provide areassuring presence and maximise theopportunities for public engagement and theCommunity Impact Team was also taskedwith using the Ferroguard metal detector inpartnership with local night clubs andretailers within the St. John’s ShoppingCentre to increase the number of searchesfor knives and other offensive weapons. Thefeedback from local licensees wasparticularly encouraging and they werepleased to support the initiative with policeofficers interacting with their customers in apositive way.

OPERATION TREACLE –PARTNERSHIP WORKING INPERTH AND KINROSS

Officers in Perth teamed up with localpartners to take part in Operation Treacle,an initiative aimed at ensuring that theschool holiday period through toHalloween and Bonfire Night were enjoyedsafely by everyone.

Historically, this period has been associatedwith an increase in certain types of antisocialbehaviour, but over the last couple of yearsspecific efforts to address this behaviourhave been very successful and in some areasreduced incidents to zero.

The partners supporting Operation Treaclewanted to continue this positive trend andworked together to promote safe activities toreduce injuries caused by illegal fires andfireworks, offer advice and reassurance toresidents on activities in their locality but alsoto tackle antisocial behaviour, criminaldamage, fly-tipping, illegal bonfires andattacks on fire crews.

A range of activities designed to keep youngpeople active and safe were laid on acrossthe area. These include Street Sports for allin Perth, Thrillseekers in Blairgowrie and anumber of Halloween parties in youth clubsacross the area. During the build up toHalloween and Bonfire Night, police officers

visited local retailers regarding the sale offlour and eggs in order to encourageresponsible retailing, and retailers thought tosell fireworks to under-18s or to stock unsafeand illegal fireworks were routinely visited bypolice officers and community wardens alike.

In addition, school liaison officers visitedschools in targeted areas to inform pupilsabout the dangers of misusing fireworks orbuilding dangerous bonfires and thepenalties that could result.

PROMOTING ROAD SAFETY INPERTH AND KINROSS

During 2010 the road safety officer hasdelivered 121 road safety presentations at79 different schools and nurseries,encompassing 8987 children.

This year, Driving Ambition, the young caruser information fair again toured eight Perthand Kinross secondary schools. Led byTayside Police road safety, local businessesand driving agencies again provided staffingand resources for the event.

The road safety officer continues to supportthe four transition days held in Bells SportsCentre for the Perth secondary schools.These days are organised by the TransitionPartnership, which comprises CommunityLearning, Education and Children’s Services,School Nurses and Youth Services. At thestart of each day, a short road safetypresentation and demonstration of stoppingdistance is provided for all pupils and staff.The pupils are then invited to test thisinformation when they have the opportunityto use the brake reaction tester.

Legislation on vehicle seizure allows us topromote road safety by reducing the numberof vehicles being driven without appropriatedocumentation or insurance, and offers thepolice additional, effective means of dealingwith low-level, anti-social and nuisanceoffending involving the use of vehicles. InPerthshire and Kinross, in the last year, therehave been 190 vehicle seizures, 11 of whichwere seized due to anti-social behaviour. ▼

words of appreciationThe officers involved in searching formy missing husband were wonderfuland I couldn’t have received bettercare and support at what was anincredibly stressful time. Myhusband was found and receivedtreatment which saved his life.Without the help of the officers whofound him I know that he would notbe here with me today.

HC, Blairgowire.

Policing Perth & Kinross

REDUCING THE HARMCAUSED BY DRUGS

Our drugs intelligence gets better all the timeand here in Perthshire and Kinross we targetpeople who continue to supply illegal drugsin our communities and those who sell it onthe streets.

More drugs are being intercepted closer totheir source prior to them being cut intonumerous street deals – this also decreasesthe threat of unknown cutting agents beingconsumed by drug users which maycontribute to serious health issues.

We understand that drugs and drug dealersaffect the quality of life of people living in ourcommunities and concerted efforts by thepolice reap positive results in drug seizuresand arrests.

Whilst enforcement plays a very importantpart in the fight against drugs, it cannotsucceed as a stand alone activity and nonenforcement activities work in tandem. Toachieve this, we work with partneragencies and communities to reduce harmand demand and help drug abusersaccess effective treatment. In turn, thishelps communities to feel safer andstronger and potentially results in lesscrime being committed and police officersbeing able to concentrate on otherimportant community issues.

An example of our harm reduction activitiesis to take the mobile police office to the citycentre of Perth during the night time leisurehours, where officers are then able toengage with clientele enjoying the nightlife

of Perth and to offer advice to anyoneconcerned about drugs, including theoption of referring them to one of ourpartner agencies for support.

WILDLIFE CRIME

Perthshire and Kinross covers a vast ruralarea and with this comes a wealth of valuablebut vulnerable wildlife. Our wildlife musttherefore be protected as it is often targetedby criminals who seize opportunities to carryout criminal acts to the detriment of ourwildlife and which sometimes impinge on thepopulation of species of conservationconcern, for example the freshwater pearlmussel or the white-tailed eagle.

Wildlife crimes include activities such as thepersecution of rare birds of prey, deerpoaching, hare coursing, wild bird egg theft,releasing of non-native species into the wild,taking freshwater pearl mussels, or damagingprotected habitats to name but a few.

Wildlife crime officers of Tayside Police workin partnership with many agencies such asthe Scottish Government, Scottish NaturalHeritage and RSPB to combat this type of

criminal activity. Annually various operationsare run, for example Operation Lepus whichnot only targets illegal hare coursing but aimsto prevent it occurring, Operation Eagle, aseasonal operation to deter egg thieves fromraiding golden eagle nests in northPerthshire, and Operation Easter, a nationaloperation to detect egg thieves and co-ordinated by Tayside Police.

The protection of wildlife is the responsibilityof all and policing operations have asignificant impact in preventing and detectingsuch criminal activity as well as bringingoffenders to justice.

21

Education plays an enormous part inprotecting our wildlife and Tayside Policewildlife crime officers have run a wildlifecrime project with Tayside primaryschools since 1997 that has up to nowinvolved nearly 12,000 pupils.

•words of appreciationI will never forget how good TaysidePolice were to me and my family onwhat was the worst day of my life.Thanks to the officers for all theirhelp and support. It is great comfortto me to know that we have greatpolice officers like them in Perth.

AT, Perth.

ProvidingSpecialist Support

22

Craig Suttie Detective Chief Superintendent

Hamish Macpherson Chief Superintendent

words of appreciationTo the two officers who helped mewhen my car ran out of fuel. It’sangels like you that make Perth abetter place. MS, Perth.

MS, Perth.

Specialist teams based in Crime IntelligenceDivision and Headquarters Division providevaluable support and guidance to front line

officers across the force area.

Detective Chief Superintendent Craig Suttie hasresponsibility for Crime Intelligence Division.

Chief Superintendent Hamish Macpherson hasresponsibility for Headquarters Division.

Serious and organised crime causesdevastating harm to our communities.Members of organised crime groups areruthless and selfish. They do not care aboutthe misery they bring to people’s livesthrough violence, crime and addiction – oftento those who live in our hardest hitcommunities.

In 2010 Tayside Police has seized in excessof £210,000 cash and taken assets of over£100,000 from criminals.

In July 2010, an asset confiscation ordertotalling £106,000 was granted at ForfarSheriff Court against a 47 year old manfrom Perth.

In January 2009 he was convicted ofproducing cannabis with a value in excessof £106,000 in a former church which heowned in Forfar. Following this conviction,Tayside Police Financial Intelligence Unitcarried out an investigation into assetswhich he had accumulated as a result of hisillegal drug dealing activities whichultimately resulted in the confiscation orderbeing granted.

In three separate cases in November 2010Tayside Police have seized over £90,000pounds of cash from persons suspected tobe involved in serious and organised crime.

Detective Superintendent Willie Semple saidbuilding up effective intelligence in Taysidewas enabling officers to know where, whenand how to strike serious and organisedcriminals to best effect.

‘‘We investigate wherever we can, usingtraditional law enforcement methods –investigating and arresting criminals andworking with prosecutors to put them behindbars. We also use other new and innovativetools and powers to make crime harder tocommit. Serious organised criminals arecommitted to making money from their illicitactivities and so recovering criminal assets isa priority for Tayside Police. We achieveresults by collaborating closely with theScottish Crime and Drug EnforcementAgency and other agencies.’’

Thousands of pounds worth of contractshave been taken away or not awarded tocompanies believed to be acting as fronts fororganised crime gangs.

Tayside Police has information sharingprotocols in place with the three respectivelocal authorities meaning that information thatwas previously deemed confidential can nowbe shared. This is resulting in criminals nowhaving to find less traditional methods tolaunder their cash.

Detective Superintendent Semple added,

“Funds recovered from criminals will continueto be confiscated under the Proceeds ofCrime legislation and that money will then beput to good use through the ScottishGovernment’s Cash Back for Communitiesprogramme, with a number of Tayside groupsalready having benefited from the scheme.”

More than £71,000 of Cashback forCommunities money has been invested inYouthLink activities in Dundee in a bid to getyoung people off the streets and contributingpositively to their local community. Theinvestment has formed part of the latestallocation of funds as part of phase one ofround four of the CashBack for CommunitiesYouthlink Fund, set up to help support bothexisting and new diversionary events andactivities for young people aged between10 and 19 years.

Other projects that received a share of thefunding include the Hot Chocolate Trust, TheShore, The Factory Skatepark, BIKE-IT,Tayside Council on Alcohol, Pure Media UKand Fairbridge in Dundee.

Projects in the Perth and Kinross areareceived a share of over £15,000 ofYouthlink funding. The Breathe Project andthe Strathmore Centre of Youth Development(SCYD) were the two groups in the area tobe allocated funds.

Two projects in Angus, the Brechin YouthProject and the Tayside Police HedzupRacing Project received more than £8,700 ofYouthlink funding.

words of appreciationWriting to say thanks for your helpwhen I broke down on the A912. Thepoliceman who attended was themost helpful, caring, considerateperson. He was extremely respectfulto a much older person! A really greatpoliceman and a credit to his job. Ijust had to put pen to paper in myappreciation.

JS, Dunkeld.

23

Spotlight on Serious and Organised Crime

▼

WORKING TOGETHER TOPREVENT DOMESTICVIOLENCE

Domestic Abuse is arguably at thecore of a national culture within whichviolence is often, unfortunately, seen bymany as a behavioural norm. Theimpact of domestic abuse onindividuals victimised either physicallyor emotionally, often has irreparableconsequences. The need to dominateor control a partner is rarely a one-offevent, with reporting indicating thatindividuals are frequently subjected tonumerous incidents before seekinghelp and support from the police orother support networks.

Tayside Police has once again fullysupported the national White Ribboncampaign, with white ribbons beingdistributed to every police office in theforce area. Twenty lead constablesfrom across the force attended trainingdays to raise awareness of domesticviolence and fed back to theirprobationers and others in their homesections.

PROVIDING MAJOR CRIMESUPPORT

The Force’s Computer Examination andTechnical Support Unit has now moved tonew fit for purpose accommodation atForce Headquarters in Dundee. The unitprovides Tayside Police with the ability toforensically recover evidence fromcomputer equipment seized during a widerange of police investigations includingchild abuse, drug dealing, fraud, terrorismand missing people cases.

At the start of the year the unit adopted newworking practices recommended by ACPOS(Association of Chief Police Officers inScotland). Working with partner agencies,the Crown Office and Procurator FiscalService and Scottish Police ServicesAuthority the creation of a new gateway hasensured best use of forensic services todetect and reduce crime, including drugcrime.

This innovative approach has meant areduction in the backlog of work that has hada twofold effect on the services afforded.Examinations are now being carried outquicker; reducing the risk to potential victimsand ensuring those guilty are brought tocourt sooner, thereby reducing their potentialthreat to the public. Members of the unit arealso able to be more proactive in theirsupport of their operational colleagues indealing with all aspects of modern policing,from missing people to murders.

HELPING VICTIMS OF CRIME

For many years the police service and VictimSupport Scotland (VSS) have been workingtogether to ensure, as far as possible, thatvictims of crime are referred to a servicewhere their needs as a victim can be met.

Constant liaison between Tayside Police andVictim Support Scotland led to thedevelopment and implementation of anautomated transfer of victim related data fromthe Tayside Police crime recording databaseto the VSS case management systemwhereby the Tayside Police crime databasepulls together on a daily basis the relevantreferrals which are emailed directly through acriminal justice secured email address toVSS in Tayside. These are then processedthrough the VSS case management systemwhich has reduced the referral timescale tothree days.

The addition of information and contactnumbers for Victim Support services inTayside to the reverse side of the letter sentout by Tayside Police, enables victims tocontact the organisation directly. This hasculminated in an increase of self referrals toVictim Support as well as a quicker response

to the referrals made through thisprocess.

The joint work in this field has resultedin the strengthening of the relationshipbetween VSS and Tayside Policewhich has led to an improved servicefor individual victims.

PROTECTINGVULNERABLECOMMUNITYMEMBERS

The Adult Support and Protection(Scotland) Act 2007 came into effectduring September 2008. The Actintroduced measures to assistagencies in identifying and protectingthose members of the communitywho are at risk of harm, either fromthemselves or other people. Thesemeasures include requiring councilsto make the necessary enquiries andinvestigations to see if action isneeded to stop or prevent harmhappening, requiring specificorganisations to cooperate withcouncils and each other about adult

protection investigations, the introduction ofa range of protection orders includingassessment orders, removal orders andbanning orders; and a legislative frameworkfor the establishment of local multi-agencyAdult Protection Committees acrossScotland.

The divisional Public Protection Units andCrime Intelligence Division have beenworking in partnership with the three localauthority social work departments, NHSTayside and ACPOS to ensure that officersare aware of the specific requirementsplaced upon Tayside Police by the act andthat agencies are familiar with the role of thepolice within the meaning of the act.

There have been over 2000 referrals madeby the police to the adult protection teamswithin Social Work since the Adult Supportand Protection (Scotland) Act 2007 cameinto force, a figure that demonstrates howoften Tayside Police are called to situationsthat involve adults at risk of harm.

As with any new piece of legislation theimplementation of the Adult Support andProtection (Scotland) Act 2007 is aconstantly evolving process. Tayside Policeis dedicated to working alongside ourpartner agencies to protect the mostvulnerable people in our community and willcontinue to investigate different trainingoptions and improvements to systems toensure this can happen.

24

▼

Providing Specialist Support

PREVENTING THE THREATFROM TERRORISM

Tayside, like all other areas in the UK, faces athreat from terrorism and violent extremism. Asmall number of people seek to harminnocent people, create division, hatred andviolence and exploit the shared values ofpeople in Tayside. The risk of being a victimof these crimes is low but the impact onpeople and communities is huge. It is vitallyimportant to raise awareness so that we arebetter protected.

The national PREVENT strategy allows us tofocus on preventing terrorism and protectingvulnerable people. It is important to worktogether to challenge and undermine anyideology that encourages indiscriminateviolence or criminal activity.

EMERGENCY PLANS TESTED

Tayside Police’s involvement in the multiagency Tayside Strategic CoordinatingGroup was tested in December 2010 whenheavy snow meant many people were unableto continue ‘business as usual’. Some wereunable to get to work, some ran out ofheating fuel, schools were closed, waterpipes froze and then burst and majordisruption was experienced throughout theroads network in Tayside.

The opening of a rest centre in Perth, byPerth and Kinross Council, for over 600

people stranded on the A90 followingclosure of the trunk road networksurrounding the city, demonstrated thegroup’s ability to mobilise resources acrossthe participating agencies to support not onlythe communities of Tayside but thosetravelling through it. Tayside Policecoordinated the arrangements.

This included assistance to community mealsand alarms services, patient transfers, thetransport of a range of key personnel to theirplaces of work and humanitarian assistanceto those stuck in snow drifts.

TALKING TAYSIDE - CONTACTCENTRE AGENT OF THE YEAR

Tayside Police is immensely proud of callhandler Gill Wilson who won the 2010Talking Tayside Contact Centre Agent of theYear award.

Talking Tayside, which was initiated byDundee City Council in 2000, is a forum ofcontact centres and support agencies thatplay a key role in maintaining and developingan industry that has become a significantsource of employment in the Tayside area.

In the last year the Force CommunicationsCentre call handlers and dispatchers havehandled over 48,000 emergency 999 callsand 250,000 non emergency calls.

25

•

words of appreciationThe officers demonstrated thehighest standards of command,control and compassion in whatmust inevitably be a routineincident in their line of duty butwhich is traumatic to a member ofthe public. They found the time toprovide information andreassurance that helped us dealwith the aftermath of our roadaccident.

GM, Caithness.

words of appreciationWe would just like to express oursincere thanks for the assistancerendered to us when we wereinvolved in a road accident atInveralmond on Christmas Eve. Theofficers were kind, helpful andefficient and provided us with helpand support. They certainly helpedus enjoy what otherwise might havebeen a very traumatic Christmas.

MH, West Sussex.

Statistics

Group 1 DUNDEE ANGUS PERTH & KINROSS TAYSIDE

Classification of Crimes April 2009 to April 2010 to April 2009 to April 2010 to April 2009 to April 2010 to April 2009 to April 2010 toand Offences March 2010 March 2011 March 2010 March 2011 March 2010 March 2011 March 2010 March 2011

Group 1 – Crimes of Violence Made Cleared Made Cleared Made Cleared Made Cleared Made Cleared Made Cleared Made Cleared Made Cleared Known Up Known Up Known Up Known Up Known Up Known Up Known Up Known UpMurder 3 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 7 7 0 0Attempted Murder 22 22 25 24 15 14 8 8 13 12 23 23 50 48 56 55Culpable Homicide 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0Serious Assault 99 76 125 97 45 41 61 58 57 52 63 63 201 169 249 218Robbery (incl attempts) 93 60 104 64 6 6 10 8 36 27 44 39 135 93 158 111Child Cruelty/Neglect 47 50 23 23 57 57 19 20 28 27 16 17 132 134 58 60Poss of a Firearm w.i. to end. life 1 1 4 4 0 0 2 2 3 3 1 1 4 4 7 7Abduction 2 2 13 13 4 4 2 2 10 9 7 6 16 15 22 21Threats 7 3 6 5 4 4 2 1 17 14 7 7 28 21 15 13Others 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 1 4 3 3 1Table 1 276 218 302 230 134 129 104 99 168 148 162 157 578 495 568 486

Police Annual Statistical Tables 2010-2011



Group 2 – Crimes of Indecency Made Cleared Made Cleared Made Cleared Made Cleared Made Cleared Made Cleared Made Cleared Made Cleared Known Up Known Up Known Up Known Up Known Up Known Up Known Up Known UpRape 20 14 26 12 9 8 13 6 9 6 16 11 38 28 55 29Assault with intent to Rape 3 3 4 4 1 1 2 3 1 1 5 1 5 5 11 8Indecent Assault 52 29 58 35 32 22 54 48 55 38 42 32 139 89 154 115Lewd & Libidinous Practices 45 34 21 15 27 27 31 39 25 15 25 20 97 76 77 74Indecent Exposure 15 9 23 16 10 11 5 4 4 2 9 6 29 22 37 26Others 93 88 63 60 18 9 11 8 11 6 8 7 122 103 82 75Table 2 228 177 195 142 97 78 116 108 105 68 105 77 430 323 416 327



Group 3 – Crimes of Dishonesty Made Cleared Made Cleared Made Cleared Made Cleared Made Cleared Made Cleared Made Cleared Made Cleared Known Up Known Up Known Up Known Up Known Up Known Up Known Up Known UpTheft by Housebreaking etc:-

Domestic Dwelling 500 128 613 155 109 40 97 46 143 46 164 57 752 214 874 258Domestic Non-Dwelling 178 26 202 63 94 26 70 25 82 23 64 10 354 75 336 98Commercial 142 38 171 64 75 23 100 27 121 37 213 80 338 98 484 171

Th. by O.L.P. etc. 171 125 123 39 85 45 70 20 143 93 89 33 399 263 282 92Th. by O.L.P. to a Motor Vehicle etc. 346 67 420 73 36 6 31 13 88 21 136 34 470 94 587 120Th./Att. Th. Of M.V. (inc. T.A.D.A.) 292 125 263 107 64 45 79 46 95 58 119 70 451 228 461 223Convicted thief in poss of tools w.i. 20 20 12 12 2 2 1 1 4 4 3 3 26 26 16 16In building with intent to steal 71 45 113 73 36 28 42 28 64 48 80 66 171 121 235 167Theft 3976 2410 3749 2157 1385 700 1397 813 1771 883 1697 909 7132 3993 6843 3879Theft from a Motor Vehicle 176 59 164 23 83 17 70 25 161 95 101 18 420 171 335 66Reset 33 32 34 33 21 21 6 6 18 18 7 7 72 71 47 46Embezzlement 9 8 18 11 3 3 11 8 2 3 10 10 14 14 39 29Fraud 268 157 308 191 91 53 127 92 170 88 178 104 529 298 613 387Others 70 25 88 20 25 6 13 14 50 18 26 22 145 49 127 56Table 3 6252 3265 6278 3021 2109 1015 2114 1164 2912 1435 2887 1423 11273 5715 11279 5608

26

27



Group 5 – Other Crimes Made Cleared Made Cleared Made Cleared Made Cleared Made Cleared Made Cleared Made Cleared Made Cleared Known Up Known Up Known Up Known Up Known Up Known Up Known Up Known UpPublic Mischief/Wasting Police Time 127 127 91 91 34 34 39 38 52 53 49 50 213 214 179 179Escape and Rescue 9 9 1 1 7 7 6 6 15 15 3 3 31 31 10 10Resisting Arrest & Obstruct. Constable 142 139 123 123 110 110 86 86 151 150 116 116 403 399 325 325General Attempts to Pervert 37 34 33 28 22 20 21 20 32 30 19 20 91 84 73 68Providing False Information (incl. Sex Offences) 2 2 1 4 0 0 3 3 0 0 1 1 2 2 5 8Bail ~ Fail to keep Conditions 405 387 464 446 172 173 208 205 224 211 219 219 801 771 891 870Offensive Weapons etc 155 146 240 223 79 75 69 68 65 64 87 82 299 285 396 373Drugs ~ Supply, Possession w.i. etc 251 251 170 172 135 135 98 99 173 175 122 128 559 561 390 399Drugs ~ Possession 1112 1099 991 986 435 433 372 372 655 654 616 623 2202 2186 1979 1981Drugs ~ Others 26 24 35 32 8 8 6 6 34 34 11 11 68 66 52 49Others 58 57 62 59 16 15 19 19 19 16 11 11 93 88 92 89Table 5 2324 2275 2211 2165 1018 1010 927 922 1420 1402 1254 1264 4762 4687 4392 4351

Group 1 to 5 DUNDEE ANGUS PERTH & KINROSS TAYSIDE


Group 5 – Other Crimes Made Cleared Made Cleared Made Cleared Made Cleared Made Cleared Made Cleared Made Cleared Made Cleared Known Up Known Up Known Up Known Up Known Up Known Up Known Up Known UpGroup 1 276 218 302 230 134 129 104 99 168 148 162 157 578 495 568 486Group 2 228 177 195 142 97 78 116 108 105 68 105 77 430 323 416 327Group 3 6252 3265 6278 3021 2109 1015 2114 1164 2912 1435 2887 1423 11273 5715 11279 5608Group 4 2844 831 3238 948 1514 512 1369 557 1358 549 1225 441 5716 1892 5832 1946Group 5 2324 2275 2211 2165 1018 1010 927 922 1420 1402 1254 1264 4762 4687 4392 4351TOTALS 11924 6766 12224 6506 4872 2744 4630 2850 5963 3602 5633 3362 22759 13112 22487 12718



Group 4 – Crimes of Vandalism, Made Cleared Made Cleared Made Cleared Made Cleared Made Cleared Made Cleared Made Cleared Made ClearedMalicious and Reckless Conduct Known Up Known Up Known Up Known Up Known Up Known Up Known Up Known UpFireraising 111 27 121 24 42 21 42 19 45 24 34 15 198 72 197 58Malicious Damage/Vandalism 2586 730 3010 852 1413 446 1281 500 1265 490 1151 392 5264 1666 5442 1744Others 147 74 107 72 59 45 46 38 48 35 40 34 254 154 193 144Table 4 2844 831 3238 948 1514 512 1369 557 1358 549 1225 441 5716 1892 5832 1946

Statistics

28

Complaints about the Police 2010-11

2009/10 2010/11 2009/10 2010/11 2009/10 2010/11

Complaints and Allegations by Member of Staff ON-DUTY ON-DUTY OFF-DUTY OFF-DUTY TOTAL TOTAL

1. Number of complaint CASES against a MEMBER OF THE POLICE FORCE - - - - - 446

2. Number of Quality of Service ALLEGATIONS against the Force - - - - - -

3. Number of complaint ALLEGATIONS against POLICE OFFICERS received during the year 544 473 34 21 578 494

4. Number of complaint ALLEGATIONS against POLICE STAFF received during the year 28 40 7 2 35 42

5. Number of complaint ALLEGATIONS against SPECIAL CONSTABLES received during the year 17 6 4 2 21 8

Disposal of conduct allegations 2009/10 2010/11

TOTAL TOTAL

1. Number of cases where misconduct allegations/matters were taken to a misconduct hearing 3 4

2. Number of cases disposed by warning in terms of regulation 5(2) 4 4



5. Number of cases involving resignation prior to completion of enquiry 2 2

6. Number of cases – counselled 17 7

7. Number of cases where no action taken 4 3

8. Number of unsubstantiated cases 15 6

9. Other 1 2

TOTAL 56 41

Breakdown of ON-DUTY ComplaintAllegations Disposed of

1. Withdrawn by complainer 0 2 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 26

2. Abandoned due to non co-operation of complainer 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 12

3. Unsubstantiated by available evidence 0 4 21 9 37 3 9 7 0 0 8 6 104 23

4. Resolved by explanation to complainer 2 6 49 58 87 5 17 6 1 0 5 19 255 278

5. Leading to No Proceedings by PF 40 33 1 4 10 6 2 15 6 0 17 0 134 174

6. Leading to criminal proceedings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0 10 0

7. Leading to criminal conviction 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 9 0

8. Resulting in advice 0 0 9 23 8 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 43 19

9. Resulting in misconduct procedures 1 0 0 10 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 18 9

TOTAL 44 45 82 107 150 14 31 28 9 1 50 27 588 541

Ass

ault

Exce

ssiv

e Fo

rce

Inci

vilit

y

Neg

lect

of D

uty

Irre

gula

rity

in P

roce

dure

Traf

fic Ir

regu

lari

tyor

off

ence

Opp

ress

ive

Con

duct

/Har

rasm

ent

Unl

awfu

l / U

nnec

essa

ryA

rres

t or D

eten

tion

Dis

crim

inat

ory

Beh

avio

ur

Cor

rupt

Pra

ctic

e

Oth

er -

Cri

min

al

Oth

er –

Non

Cri

min

al

TOTA

L 20

10/1

1

TOTA

L 20

09/1

0

Misconduct Cases/Disposals2009/10 2010/11 2009/10 2010/11

Cases Recorded Cases Recorded Cases Disposed Cases Disposed

Conduct Cases 34 40 37 36

29

Racist Crime Reports Crimes Reported Number of cases where persons apprehended, reported or warned

2009/2010 2010/2011 2009/2010 2009/2010

Dundee 184 171 142 125

Angus 50 57 42 46

Perth & Kinross 90 99 75 86

Total 324 327 259 257

Breakdown of Types of Crimes Crimes Reported

2009/2010 2010/2011

Abuse/Breach of the Peace 266 264

Vandalism 12 14

Assault 42 44

Others 4 5

Total 324 327

Authorisation of officers and issue of firearms

As at 31 March 2011

Number of officers authorised by Chief Constable as firearms users (excludes CS and Taser) 68

Number of operations against persons known or believed to be armed in which firearms were issued 89

Number of occasions on which firearms were issued for protection purposes 16

Number of persons who received specific armed protection during the year 18

Number of times firearms were issued to destroy crazed animals 0

Number of incidents where firearms were discharged by the police (destruction of crazed animals) 0

Table of comparison ~ Road Collisions and Casualties 2009/2010 2010/2011 Increase/Decrease % Change

Dundee

Total collisions 1369 1172 -197 -14.4%

People killed 6 5 -1 -16.7%

People seriously injured 62 42 -20 -32.3%

People slightly injured 266 198 -68 -25.6%

Overall total ~ killed and injured 334 245 -89 -26.6%

Angus


People killed 5 7 2 40.0%




Perth & Kinross






Tayside






Statistics

30

Killed Injured Totals

2009/2010 2010/2011 2009/2010 2010/2011 2009/2010 2010/2011

Dundee

Pedestrians 4 5 84 76 88 81

Pedal Cyclists 0 0 28 19 28 19

Motor Cyclists 1 0 25 13 26 13

Motor Cycle Passengers 0 0 0 0 0 0

Drivers 1 0 118 80 119 80

Passengers 0 0 72 52 72 52

Horse Riders 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pillions (Pedal Cycle) 0 0 1 0 1 0

Motobility Scooter Riders 0 0 0 0 0 0

Totals 6 5 328 240 334 245

Angus





Drivers 1 4 140 121 141 125

Passengers 2 1 67 64 69 65




Totals 5 7 281 245 286 252

Perth & Kinross





Drivers 6 11 264 210 270 221

Passengers 1 4 154 108 155 112




Totals 12 22 509 407 521 429

Tayside

Pedestrians 7 9 156 140 163 149




Drivers 8 15 522 411 530 426

Passengers 3 5 293 224 296 229

Horse Rider 0 0 1 1 1 1

Pillion (Pedal Cycle) 0 0 1 0 1 0

Motobility Scooter Rider 0 0 0 2 0 2

Totals 23 34 1118 892 1141 926

Table of road users killed and injured

31

Gender - Police Officers

EQUALITY & DIVERSITY MONITORINGWORKFORCE PROFILE AT 31 MARCH 2011

The workforce profile at 31 March 2011 for the following protected characteristics are as follows:

Ethnic OriginThe category of Minority Ethnic on the chart below, includes staff who have self-classified their ethnic origin in one of the followingcategories: Bangladeshi, Black African, Black Caribbean, Chinese, Indian, Mixed, Other Asian Background, Other Black Background,Other Ethnic Background, Pakistani. The ethnic origin categories used are taken from the 2001 Census for Scotland.

Male 72.4%

Female 27.6%

Gender - Police Staff

Ethnic Origin - Police Officers

Ethnic Origin - Police Staff

Disability - Police Officers

Disability - Police Staff

Sexual Orientation - Police Officers

Sexual Orientation - Police Staff

Religion or Belief - Police Officers

Religion or Belief - Police Staff

Age - Police Officers

16-24 4.3%

25-34 29.6%

Age - Police Staff

Male 35%

Female 65%

White 94.1%

Minority Ethnic1.2%

Choose Not toDisclose 3.5%

Unknown 1.2%

No 84.7%


Unknown10.2%

Yes 1.2%

Heterosexual82.2%

Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual 1.7%


Unknown 10%

Heterosexual75.6%

Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual 0.5%


Unknown19.7%

No 75.9%


Unknown20.5%

Yes 1.8%

White 95.4%

Minority Ethnic1%


Unknown 2.3%

35-44 40.2%

45-54 25%

55-64 0.9%

65+ 0.0%

ChristianReligions 49.4%Other Religions1.2%Choose Not toDisclose 11.8%

No Religion orBelief 27.6%Unknown 10%

ChristianReligions 44.9%Other Religions2.3%Choose Not toDisclose 7.5%

No Religion orBelief 26%Unknown 19.3%

16-24 2.9%

25-34 15.1%

35-44 25.4%

45-54 33.8%

55-64 21.8%

65+ 1.0%

Religion or BeliefThe category of Other Religions includes staff who have classified their religion as one of the following: Buddhism, Hinduism,Islam/Muslim, Judaism/Jewish, Sikhism and any Other religion. The category of Christian Religions includes staff who have classified theirreligion as one of the following: Church of Scotland, Other Christian and Roman Catholic. All of the categories used have been takenfrom the 2001 Census for Scotland.

The unknown category includes members of the work force who have either left the section blank or who have not completed the form

Statistics

32

Rank Total % Female % MaleChief Constable 1 1 100.0 0 0.00Deputy Chief Constable 1 0 0.00 1 100.0Assistant Chief Constable 2 1 50.0 1 50.0Chief Superintendent 5 0 0.00 5 0.00Superintendent 11 0 0.00 11 100.0Chief Inspector 21 5 23.8 16 76.2Inspector 55 10 18.2 45 81.8Sergeant 166 30 18.1 136 81.9Constable 993 300 30.2 693 69.8TOTALS 1255 347 27.6 908 72.4Special Constables 172 59 34.3 113 65.7

Rank 2009/2010 2010/2011

Central 4272 453 910 85 3748 467 737 87Eastern 2128 265 515 66 3211 272 612 64Western 2740 305 965 78 2757 317 854 71Headquarters 108 10 1594 118 87 10 1348 120FIID 193 45 750 68 120 43 822 70Operational Support 529 0 1046 0 0 0 0 0HQ Division 212 81 392 169 390 76 1628 167HQ Crime 153 47 48 30 311 49 287 34Total 10335 1206 6220 614 10624 1234 6289 613Percentage 4.15% 4.60% 4.19% 4.62% Please note that on 1st December 2009, Force restructuring resulted in the formation of 2 new Divisions, i.e. HQ Division and HQ Crime Division and the disbanding of OperationalSupport Division

Number Of Working Days Lost

COMMENTS:

The above figures include officers who are on central service/secondment, whose postsare externally funded and those who are on career breaks. The above figures also includethe following temporary promotions

2 Temporary Assistant Chief Constables (1 Female, 1 Male)

1 Temporary Superintendent (Male)

1 Temporary Chief Inspector (Male)

3 Temporary Inspectors (Male)

9 Temporary Sergeants (4 Female, 5 Male)

Polic

e O

ffice

rs

Tota

l Pol

ice

Offi

cer S

treng

th

Polic

e S

taff

Tota

l Pol

ice

Sta

ff S

treng

th

Polic

e O

ffice

rs

Tota

l Pol

ice

Offi

cer S

treng

th

Polic

e S

taff

Tota

l Pol

ice

Sta

ff S

treng

th

Police Officer Rank Profile (As At 31 March 2011)

2009/2010 2010/2011 Accidents to Police Staff 25 19Violent incidents to Police Officers resulting in lost time 11 10Total number of incidents resulting in lost time 36 28Total number of days lost 1098 424Incidents reported to the Health & Safety Executive 24 21

Causation factors:

Road traffic collisions 11 9Manual handling 7 6Slips, trips, falls 32 40Training ~ in-house and at the Scottish Police College 12 9Exposure to violence 252 241Assaults 80 99Injuries caused by sharp objects 8 16Injuries during arrests 88 84Others 49 57Total 539 561Areas of Noteworthy Attention in 2010-2011:Lowest number of accidents to Police Staff in over 10 yearsLowest number of accidents resulting in lost time in over 10 yearsLowest number of days lost on recordLowest training injuries on recordLowest number of injuries during arrests on record

Health and Safety

OBJECTIVES:

1. TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC FROM HARM BY WORKING WITH PARTNERS.

A threat and risk assessment is conducted every three years, reviewed annually, to identify potentialthreats to Tayside communities. Four ‘very high’ and two ‘high’ priority areas have been assessed asthe greatest risk. These are:

• Anti-Social Behaviour

Focusing on all manner of local nuisance causing alarm and distress to the community.

• Public Protection

Protecting the most vulnerable in our society.

• Serious and Organised Crime

Targeting criminals who actively conduct their criminality in a coordinated fashion.

• Terrorism

The threat to the UK from international terrorism remains severe and intelligence will continue to bemonitored and assessed.

• Roads Policing / Road Safety

Improving road safety, addressing anti-social use of roads and disrupting criminal use of the roadnetwork.

• Firearms

Targeting the irresponsible use of firearms, particularly air weapons.

The prevalence of drugs and alcohol misuse will continue as a focus. This is a key contributortowards crime and anti-social behaviour.

2. TO REASSURE THE PUBLIC BY DELIVERING A LOCAL POLICING SERVICE THAT ISTRUE TO OUR VISION AND VALUES AND UPHOLDS OUR STANDARDS OF SERVICE.

3. TO DELIVER OUR COMMUNITY PRIORITIES WHILST PLANNING FOR, MANAGING ANDREALISING THE REQUIRED SPENDING CUTS AND RECOGNISING THE IMPACT OFAUSTERITY MEASURES ON THE PUBLIC.

Tayside Po

lice Co

mm

unity Prio

rities 2011 – 2014

Public Safety And Public Reassurance

33

Statem

ent of C

orpo

rate Go

vernance

The force has strengthened its commitment to corporate governance

34

I provide the following statement in support of the Board’sLocal Code of Corporate Governance which reflects myresponsibility for the development, implementation andmanagement of the Code. The Chief Internal Auditor isrequired independently to review our corporate governancearrangements and provide a report and opinion on theseeach year to the Board.

The force discharges the principles of the Code across itsdivisions and departments under each of the following fivedimensions:

• Community Focus

• Service Delivery Arrangements

• Structure and Process

• Risk Management and Internal Controls

• Standards of Conduct

The force has strengthened its commitment to corporategovernance this year by:

• Incorporating the views of diverse communities withinthe force’s strategic priorities

• Promoting public safety and public reassurance byengaging in a public consultation and feedback processin advance of publishing our Community Priorities 2011– 2014

• Leveraging emerging technology through onlinedistribution of information and use of social media topromote community engagement, safety and confidencein policing

• Testing our commitment to delivery of shared objectivessuch as community safety and well being andpartnership working through undertaking a survey ofthose organisations and agencies, with which the Forcecollaborates

• Reviewing high risk areas of policing to ensure that theforce is equipped to deal with the challenges theypresent

• Focussing the meeting structure and remit ofcommittees on service delivery and achieving outcomes

• Enhanced scrutiny and governance in relation toInformation Systems and Information Technology usedby the force

• Conducting a comprehensive review of organisationalefficiency and cost-effective delivery of service in light offinancial austerity measures

• Implementing recommendations from the Best ValueReview of Operational Policing.

• Developing and implementing a risk managementstrategy, policy and guidance and enhancing thegovernance arrangements around risk management

Over the coming year, the following will be progressed:

• Implementation of organisational restructuring plans topromote effective delivery of service within a reducedcost base

• Enhancing our Community Policing strategy throughintegrated resource management and redesign ofoperational beats based on analysis of crime, socio-economic deprivation and demographics within ourcommunities

• Improving quality of service and management of demandthrough the scheduling of appointments at a convenienttime and remote public assistance and guidance bytelephone from police officers where appropriate

• Extending membership of the Risk Management andInformation Assurance Management Sub Groups to theChief Internal Auditor

Giving due consideration to the work which will be carriedout in 2011/12, I am satisfied that our corporategovernance arrangements are operating effectively.

Justine CurranChief Constable

35

Making a Difference

ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT 2010/2011

CHIEF CONSTABLE’S

Tayside Police HeadquartersPO Box 59, West Bell Street, Dundee DD1 9JU

Fax: 01382 200449E-mail: [email protected]

www.tayside.police.uk0300 111 2222

To report an incident or crime in a non-emergency 0300 111 2222situation, or for any other enquiry, call

IN AN EMERGENCY CALL 999

Textphone: Helpline for users who are deaf or 01382 204500speech impaired

Firearms Administration 01382 596858At Force HQ in Dundee

Drugs Hotline 01382 201444To provide information about drugs-related incidents or activities in your area

Recruitment 01382 596212

Freedom of Information 01382 596169E-mail: [email protected]

Crimestoppers To provide anonymous information concerning any crime orincidents in your area, call the independent charityCrimestoppers on 0800 555 111

If you require a copy of this document in a community languageor large print, please telephone 01382 591735, fax 01382 596739,or e-mail [email protected]

Follow us on Twitter@TaysidePolice youtube.com/taysidepolice

facebook

Documents

annualreport2010-2011