The Scottish Government

ACTION

TARGET

MEASUREMENT

PROGRESS

HMIC COMMENT

1. Target officers to work with and patrol our communities.

Police officers to spend 66% of duty time visible within the community.

Proportion of duty time spent in communities/on patrol.

66.72%.

Currently on target.

2. Conduct high-profile initiatives to secure safer travel, safer streets and a safer environment.

Conduct Safeguard initiatives to tackle the fear of crime, disorder and other anti-social behaviour.

Number, type and impact of Safeguards.

16 initiatives in total:
6 = drink-drug related (three aimed specifically at school-aged)
2 = other youth disorder/crime
2 = retail crime
2 = cycle safety
4 = other.
Outcomes include increased intelligence, executions of warrants, raising awareness/ knowledge, reduction in localised crime, crime detections, warnings, PF reports, etc.

Target achieved in that initiatives have been conducted.

3. Promote positive working relationships with community representatives.

Attend all area committee meetings.
Attend all Community Council Meetings.
Receive, record and action concerns raised by other means.
Maintain contact with each community organisation or representative.

% meetings attended.
Number of concerns raised, recorded and actioned.
Examples of positive working relationships.

Data relating to % meetings attended are not yet available.
56 concerns were raised and all were actioned.
Eight examples of positive working relationships were given, six of which were aimed at youths, one at drivers and one of substance abuse.

Quantitative data on meetings not yet available so unable to comment on progress.
100% concerns were actioned _ target achieved.
Examples given.
No evidence provided on contact maintained with community organisation/ representatives.

4. Identify public safety concerns which the police can address.

Record 100% of concerns brought to police attention.

Number and type of issues which are brought to police attention.

56 _ inc. driver behaviour, public disorder, underage drinking, drugs, vandalism, litter, dog fouling, staffing levels and neighbour problems.

Performance on target _ however, shift from proactive Action to reactive Target.

5. Conduct Safeguard initiatives where appropriate, to address local concerns.

Evaluate concerns and address all priority issues.

Number, type and outcomes of Safeguards conducted.

As above at 2.

As above 2. Repetition of action at 2.

6 .Develop joint approaches to issues of community concern with other agencies or groups.

Engage in joint working and problem solving to address issues of community concern.

Number and nature of community safety initiatives undertaken with other agencies.

Eight such initiatives. As described above at 3.

Target achieved.

7. Support a process whereby racist and other hate incidents may be easily reported, accurately recorded and thoroughly investigated.

All racial and other hate incidents reported to be accurately recorded and thoroughly investigated.

Number of racial and other hate incidents reported.
% of reported incidents reviewed by supervisory officers.
Number of complaints made against the police in relation to their action or inaction.
Number and details of learning points.

Number of incidents = 27. 100% incidents were reviewed by supervisors.
No complaints made in this respect.
One example of a learning point given.

Target achieved.

8. Work with minority groups to minimise the opportunity for, and the impact of, racial incidents.

Sustain further positive working relationships with all minority groups identified in our area.
Maintain contact with each minority group.
Hold consultative meetings with representatives of minority groups.

Examples of positive working relationships.
Number of identified liaison officers appointed compared with number of minority groups.
Number of meetings held.

Two examples of positive working relationships given.
No identified liaison officers (although there is a community safety sergeant).
The Race Relations consultative groups meet four times per year.

Targets partially met currently.
No progress has been made so far, in identifying liaison officers relative to the number of minority groups in D&G

ACTION

TARGET

MEASUREMENT

ACHIEVED/PROGRESS

HMIC COMMENT

1. Ensure that our approach to all three aspects of our goal (see above) is effectively co-ordinated.

Maintain links between staff involved in crime prevention, reduction and detection.
Conduct regular meetings of Crime Co-ordinating Groups.

Number and result of joint initiatives/operations involving all three aspects.
Number of meetings held.

Three initiatives/operations listed, outcomes include suspects reported and arrested /convicted.
Meetings held by Divisions on a weekly basis, without fail.

Unclear whether 3 operations = 'links maintained' (no. operations to be viewed in context of a series of serious crimes in D&G during year).
Meetings conducted regularly -on target

2. Identify emerging crime patterns in local areas and direct resources to address them.

100% of emerging crime patterns to be identified.
All identified trends to be met by positive action.

Number of emerging crime patterns identified.
Prevention and/or detection measures taken to respond to identified trends with outcomes shown.

12 crime patterns listed: 5 in Dumfries and 7 in Galloway.
6 Operations undertaken in response.
No data provided on outcomes.

Unclear whether 100% emerging patterns have been identified.
Unclear whether Ops conducted cover all 12 crime patterns.
No data on outcomes.

3. Target staff to investigate serious crimes.

Achieve an overall detection rate in excess of 90% in respect of Group 1 crimes of violence, which include murder, attempted murder and robbery.

Crime figures in respect of Group 1 crimes.

At end of December detection rate stood at 92.4%. A total of 198 such crimes are recorded for first 9 months of the year with a target to maintain this below 225.

Currently on target.

4. Use intelligence to target resources to deal with the investigation of serious crime.

In respect of appropriate crimes, create intelligence packages for consideration of use.

Number of packages prepared and outcomes.

A total of 306 intelligence packages have been prepared this year so far. The analysis of outcomes will be performed only at the year-end.

Unclear whether all 'appropriate crimes' had intelligence packages
Question as to appropriateness of indicator that cannot be monitored during the year.

5. Identify crimes that are of greatest concern to our communities.

All crimes which are of greatest concern to our community to be identified.

Number and type of crimes which are identified.

10 localised crimes identified incl. diesel, plants, power tools, farm equipment, housebreaking, drugs gang feuds and drug abuse.

Ambiguous _ unclear how to assess whether this covers all crimes of greatest concern to the communities.

6. Target resources to prevent and detect crime and in particular those which have been identified as being of greatest concern to our communities.

Safeguard/local initiatives to be tailored to meet community concerns.
Secure a detection rate which is an increase on the average rate recorded over the past 3 years.

Number of initiatives undertaken and outcomes.
Detection rate in Groups 1-5 crimes.

See 1 and 2 above.
Current detection rate stands at 51.9%, against the average of the previous three years of 55%.

See 1 and 2 above.
It is likely that this target will not be achieved.

7. Maintain a reduction in reported crime.

Reduce the incidence of reported crime compared with the average crime level recorded over the past three years.

Incidence rate in Groups 1-5 crimes.

Currently incidence stands at 5,760-242 crimes less than the average of the equivalent time period of the previous three years of 6,002.

Currently on target.