Stop and Search: improvement progress report for the Cabinet Secretary for Justice

Introduction

The Police Scotland March 2015 report – Stop and Search Update Report to the Cabinet Secretary - set out 18 recommendations to help progress improvements in stop and search across the country. The Police Scotland December 2015 report - Stop and Search Improvement Progress Report - updated the Cabinet Secretary that Police Scotland had provided sufficient evidence to discharge 16 of the recommendations and that 2 recommendations remained in progress. This report updates the Cabinet Secretary on the progress Police Scotland has made implementing and discharging the 2 outstanding recommendations and after consideration of the evidence by the Police Scotland Stop and Search Strategic Group.