Evaluation of police and fire reform year 4: key findings

Footnotes

1. Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2012/8/contents/enacted

2. Fyfe, N.R., Terpstra, J., and Tops, P. (eds.) Centralizing Forces? Comparative Perspectives on Contemporary Police Reform in Northern and Western Europe (The Hague: Eleven International Publishing).

3. Evaluation of Police and Fire Reform: Year 4 – International Perspectives on Police and Fire Reform, Biggs, H., Shields, J., Reid, S., & Scholes, A. from ScotCen Social Research & Calder, A., & Fyfe, N. from the Scottish Institute for Policing Research (SIPR), published by Scottish Government on 23 May 2019

4. 2026 Serving a Changing Scotland: Our 10 Year Strategy for Policing in Scotland: Police Scotland & Scottish Police Authority https://www.scotland.police.uk/assets/pdf/138327/386688/policing-2026-strategy.pdf

5. Audit Scotland (2018), The 2017/18 Audit of the Scottish Police Authority http://www.audit-scotland.gov.uk/uploads/docs/report/2018/s22_181120_spa.pdf

6. Murray, K. (2018). Police reform and public confidence in Scottish policing: 2012 to 2015. An analysis of Scottish Social Attitudes survey data. http://sipr.ac.uk/Plugin/Publications/assets/files/SSA%20_2012_2015_Public_confidence_and%20police%20reform.pdf

7. Scottish Crime and Justice Survey 2017/18 published by Scottish Government, March 2019
https://www2.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Crime-Justice/crime-and-justice-survey

8. Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012, http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2012/8/contents/enacted
Section 32 (Chapter 4) - Policing principles - The policing principles are (a) that the main purpose of policing is to improve the safety and well-being of persons, localities and communities in Scotland, and (b) that the Police Service, working in collaboration with others where appropriate, should seek to achieve that main purpose by policing in a way which (i) is accessible to, and engaged with, local communities, and (ii) promotes measures to prevent crime, harm and disorder.

9. Fire and Rescue Framework for Scotland 2016, Scottish Government https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/strategy-plan/2016/09/fire-rescue-framework-scotland-2016/documents/00505071-pdf/00505071-pdf/govscot%3Adocument

10. Evaluation of Police and Fire Reform: Year 1: Annex 1: Evidence Review, https://www.gov.scot/publications/evaluation-police-fire-reform-year-1-annex-1-evidence-review/ For Police and Fire Reform Evidence Review: Year 2 – see Annex 1 https://www.gov.scot/publications/evaluation-police-fire-reform-year-2-report-annexes/ For Police and Fire Reform Summary of Evidence in 2017 – see Annex 2 https://www.gov.scot/publications/evaluation-police-fire-reform-year-3-national-key-informants-report/pages/11/ Evaluation of Police and Fire Reform Year 4: Summary of Evidence Published in 2018, Scottish Government May 2019

11. Scottish Police Authority (SPA) (March 2016), Review of Governance in Policing 2016 http://www.spa.police.uk/news/437866/337373/

12. Note: Latest statistics on the number of SFRS operational vehicles was published by SFRS on 31 August 2018 – Table 14.2 of Fire Safety and Organisational Statistics (Scotland) 2017-18. This showed, for example, 632 operational vehicles in 2017/18.
https://www.firescotland.gov.uk/about-us/fire-and-rescue-statistics.aspx

13. Note: More recently, recommendations in the Justice Committee's report on post legislative scrutiny of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 have highlighted the importance of the availability of, and capacity for, training. For further information, see https://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/CurrentCommittees/108179.aspx