Acts and Bills

Acts and Bills  Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Act 2025 Police (Ethics, Conduct and Scrutiny) (Scotland) Act 2025 Circular Economy (Scotland) Act 2024 Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Act 2022 Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021 Redress for Survivors (Historical Child Abuse in Care) (Scotland) Act 2021 Children (Equal Protection from Assault)…

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Our Chief Officer on Private Policing | Blog

“The police are the public and the public are the police”. Policing cannot become a private industry, operating in the service of a community’s wealth, or directed by an individual’s ability to pay. But that’s what’s happening here, and if we let it continue – if this approach is normalised – it will creep and…

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Clunie Loch, Perth & Kinross

Author: Roddy Ross, Perth & Kinross Council Perth and Kinross Community Safety team have long been aware of issues around Clunie Loch, one of the five lochs that sit between Blairgowrie and Dunkeld. Clunie is the ‘jewel in the crown’ from a visitor perspective, with easy access to the water via the road adjacent to…

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Operation Moonbeam – North Ayrshire

Introduction Operation Moonbeam is a nationwide programme that is the annual response to the delivery of community safety during the month of November, especially in the lead up to the fireworks festivities.  It is the work that is done in planning prior to and after 5th November.  The first year that Operation Moonbeam was in force…

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