Evaluation of police and fire reform year 4: international perspectives

Evaluation of police and fire reform year 4: international perspectives on police and fire reform.


Footnotes

1. Evaluation of Police and Fire Reform: Year 1 Summary Report published by Scottish Government June 2016 https://www.gov.scot/publications/evaluation-police-fire-reform-year-1-summary-report/ 

2. Evaluation of Police and Fire Reform: Year 1: Annex 1: Evidence Review published by Scottish Government June 2016 https://www.gov.scot/publications/evaluation-police-fire-reform-year-1-annex-1-evidence-review/ 

3. Evaluation of Police and Fire Reform: Year 2 Report published by Scottish Government August 2017 https://www.gov.scot/publications/evaluation-police-fire-reform-year-2-report/ 

4. Evaluation of Police and Fire Reform: Year 2 Report Annexes published by Scottish Government August 2017 https://www.gov.scot/publications/evaluation-police-fire-reform-year-2-report-annexes/ 

5. Evaluation of Police and Fire Reform: Partnership, Innovation and Prevention Three Year Case Study published by Scottish Government February 2018 https://www.gov.scot/publications/evaluation-police-fire-reform-year-3-thematic-case-study-partnership/ 

6. Evaluation of Police and Fire Reform: Year 3 Key Informants Report published by Scottish Government May 2018 https://www.gov.scot/publications/evaluation-police-fire-reform-year-3-national-key-informants-report/ 

7. Fyfe, N.R., Terpstra, J. and Tops, P. (eds.) (2013) Centralizing forces? Comparative perspectives on contemporary police reform in northern and western Europe (Eleven Publishing, The Hague)

8. Figures for police strength in Scotland are correct at 31 March 2019, and provide the number of full-time equivalent officers. Figures on police strength are published quarterly by the Scottish Government, and are available at: https://www2.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Crime-Justice/PublicationPoliceStrength. Further information on coverage of the statistics and how they are produced can be found here too. Police Scotland publish quarterly figures on the number of police staff at: https://www.scotland.police.uk/about-us/police-scotland/212598/

9. As at 31 March 2018

10. Note: This reform has stalled amongst opposition from the Fire Brigade Union about the level of remuneration offered for the expansion of firefighters’ responsibilities.

11. The third aim of reform as set out in the policy memorandum accompanying the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012.

12. Evaluation of Police and Fire Reform: Year 2 Report published by Scottish Government August 2017 https://www.gov.scot/publications/evaluation-police-fire-reform-year-2-report/ 

13. New Zealand Police, The changing face of Police, 28 June 2018 https://www.police.govt.nz/news/ten-one-magazine/changing-face-police

14. Police Scotland and Scottish Police Authority, 2026 Serving a Changing Scotland: Our Ten Year Strategy for Policing in Scotland http://www.scotland.police.uk/assets/pdf/138327/386688/policing-2026-strategy.pdf 

15. Evaluation of Police and Fire Reform: Partnership, Innovation and Prevention Year Three Case Study published by Scottish Government February 2018 https://www.gov.scot/publications/evaluation-police-fire-reform-year-3-thematic-case-study-partnership/

16. Evaluation of Police and Fire Reform: Year 2 Report published August 2017, Scottish Government https://www.gov.scot/publications/evaluation-police-fire-reform-year-2-report/ 

17. Evaluation of Police and Fire Reform: Partnership, Innovation and Prevention Year Three Case Study, February 2018, Scottish Government https://www.gov.scot/publications/evaluation-police-fire-reform-year-3-thematic-case-study-partnership/

18. Evaluation of Police and Fire Reform: Partnership, Innovation and Prevention Year Three Case Study, published February 2018, Scottish Government https://www.gov.scot/publications/evaluation-police-fire-reform-year-3-thematic-case-study-partnership/

19. Evaluation of Police and Fire Reform: Partnership, Innovation and Prevention Year Three Case Study published February 2018, Scottish Government https://www.gov.scot/publications/evaluation-police-fire-reform-year-3-thematic-case-study-partnership/ 

20. Local Approaches to Policing Research is ongoing, more information can be found here, SIPR, June 2018, http://www.sipr.ac.uk/assets/files/Information_Sheet_070618.pdf

21. M. O’Neill and D.J. McCarthy (2014) (Re)negotiating police culture through partnership working: trust, compromise and the new pragmatism, Criminology and Criminal Justice, 14(2) 143-159

22. The Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017 which established Fire and Emergency New Zealand on 1 July 2017.

23. Evaluation of Police and Fire Reform: Year 2 Report published August 2017, Scottish Government https://www.gov.scot/publications/evaluation-police-fire-reform-year-2-report/

24. Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS), Fire and Incident Statistics (Scotland) 2017-18, 31 October 2018 https://www.firescotland.gov.uk/media/1332742/incident_statistics_2017_18.pdf

25. For more information see Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017 http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2017/0017/43.0/DLM6712701.html 

26. The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/1541/contents/made 

27. Evaluation of Police and Fire Reform: Year 3 Partnership, Innovation and Prevention Year Three Case Study published February 2018, Scottish Government https://www.gov.scot/publications/evaluation-police-fire-reform-year-3-thematic-case-study-partnership/pages/3/

Key Informants Report published May 2018, Scottish Government https://www.gov.scot/publications/evaluation-police-fire-reform-year-3-national-key-informants-report/

28. Articles relating to police reform in the Netherlands can be accessed here: Terpstra, J. (2018). Local policing in a nationalized police force. A study on the local teams of the Netherlands’ National Police. Policing: A journal of policy and practice, https://doi.org/10.1093/police/pay037.

Terpstra, J., & Fyfe, N. R. (2014). Policy processes and police reform: Examining similarities and differences between Scotland and the Netherlands. International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice, 42(2), 366-383.

Terpstra, J., & Fyfe, N. R. (2015). Mind the implementation gap? Police reform and local policing in the Netherlands and Scotland. Criminology & Criminal Justice, 15(5), 1-18.

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