Posts Tagged ‘Prevention’
Can I help you? Prevention, prolific offenders and the future of retail crime in Scotland | Guest Blog (Part 2 of 2)
We’re delighted to share part two of our guest blog series from Kevin Chase, who works with the Retail Crime Task Force at Police Scotland. In part one, Kevin explored the scale and human cost of retail crime in Scotland — from rising violence against retail workers to the exploitation of young people. In this…
Read MoreCriminal proceeds fund safety wristbands for women runners in North Devon
A community-led initiative in North Devon has put 1,050 personal safety wristbands into the hands of women runners — funded entirely through money seized from criminals under the Proceeds of Crime Act. The lightweight wristbands feature a built-in alarm designed to attract attention in an emergency. Funding was secured through Devon & Cornwall Police’s POCA…
Read MoreOperation ATLANTIS: how one coastal partnership cut missing-child incidents by 96%
A tragic incident on the Lincolnshire coast in August 2022 — when a missing child was later found dead — became the catalyst for one of the more compelling partnership case studies in recent community safety practice. In the aftermath, neighbourhood policing teams reviewed the true scale of the problem and found a troubling gap…
Read MoreWorkplace Safety
HSE — Health and Safety Basics for Your Business https://www.hse.gov.uk/simple-health-safety/ The Health and Safety Executive’s plain-language guide for employers, covering everything from risk assessments and writing a health and safety policy to managing contractors and reporting incidents. Designed specifically for smaller organisations with no dedicated health and safety function. Free to use and the authoritative…
Read MoreWater Safety
Drowning & Incident Review Water Safety Scotland (WSS) via RoSPA and the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) developed the Drowning and Incident Review (DIR) process for accidental water-related fatalities in Scotland. DIR aims to gather data and understand the contributory factors of a water-related incident to help gain a better understanding of how to…
Read MoreHotspot policing programme delivers sustained reductions in serious violence
Results from a two-year hotspot policing programme in Leicestershire offer a detailed picture of what targeted, data-led prevention can achieve — and what it costs to get there. The programme, funded through the national Hotspot Action Fund, focused dedicated patrols on areas identified through crime data and intelligence as being at higher risk of serious…
Read MoreBriefing Paper: Hate Crime Strategy for Scotland
This Briefing provides overview of the recently published Hate Crime Strategy for Scotland 2023 bythe Scottish Government with a foreword by Police Scotland. The main focus for the strategy isprevention and partnership working. There is a clear push from the Scottish Government to ensurethat the Strategy makes a real impact on people’s lives. To…
Read MoreBriefing Paper | What Works to Prevent Youth Violence
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Read MoreExperiences & Perceptions of Community Safety (2020)
The Scottish Community Safety Network have published a significant piece of research. ‘Experiences and Perceptions of Community Safety in Scotland’, produced by Robyn Bailey, Social Researcher for the Scottish Government, was commissioned by SCSN as part of the Scottish Government’s analytical exchange programme. The research was launched at a webinar on 1st December with practitioners from…
Read MoreUsing Intelligence Data: A guide for partnerships
Information sharing is key to the delivery of better, more efficient public services that are coordinated around the needs of communities and individuals. It is essential to direct early intervention and preventative work, and to effectively tackle local community safety issues and safeguard individuals. The sharing of data and intelligence is key to Community Safety…
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