Status of all recommendations

Police Scotland should provide clear guidance to police officers about the importance of submitting intelligence logs relating to hate crime and hate incidents.

Police Scotland should review its use of the data held on IT systems to build knowledge and understanding of trends in hate crime and the impact on affected communities.

Police Scotland should consider good practice elsewhere to improve its response to hate crime. The Scottish Police Authority should use information about good practice elsewhere to ask more effective questions of Police Scotland about its response to hate crime.

Police Scotland should review and revise hate crime training at all levels as a matter of urgency.

Police Scotland should review its approach to dealing with hate crime experienced by police officers and staff on duty and providing effective support. Data should be collected to identify the volume, nature and extent of hate crime perpetrated against police officers and staff.

Police Scotland should review the role, remit, training and deployment of Hate Crime Champions and Hate Crime Advisors.

Police Scotland should ensure that knowledge of hate crime and diversity is included in its consideration of the necessary skillset for planned cybercrime investigators.

The Scottish Police Authority and Police Scotland should ensure that the results of internal and external crime recording audits are publicly reported, including a statement of compliance in their joint Annual Report and Accounts from 2020/21 onwards.