Strategic review – an independent assessment of Police Scotland’s response to a breach of Home Detention Curfew (HDC)

Following the sentencing of James Wright (hereinafter referred to as offender ‘A’) for the murder of Craig McClelland, a crime committed while offender ‘A’ was ‘unlawfully at large’ having breached his home detention curfew, the Cabinet Secretary for Justice wrote to HMICS on 7 June 2018 and set out the following expectations of the strategic review: ■ to provide an independent assessment of the operation, procedures and safeguards in place by Police Scotland in relation to apprehending individuals who have breached their home detention curfew terms with the objective of providing assurance to Scottish Ministers, the Scottish Parliament and the public and ■ where appropriate, this should include recommendations to address any gaps in the current operation, processes, safeguards and available police powers3 or where opportunities to drive improvement are identified.