Status of all recommendations

Police Scotland should ensure that custody decisions regarding children detained in custody are subject to robust management oversight and are recorded appropriately.

Police Scotland should ensure that ligature cutters are stored in a prominent place that is known to all custody staff and that can be accessed swiftly.

Police Scotland should review its commitment to and investment in its road policing function, to ensure it is effectively supporting Scotland’s Road Safety Framework and that road crime is being actively addressed.

Police Scotland should take urgent steps to address the backlog in specialist driver training.

Police Scotland should review its policy position, and the training and equipment provided, for local policing officers responding to incidents on the fast road networks.

Police Scotland should engage with its criminal justice partners to explore options (including virtual appearances) to reduce the time requirement for officers attending court.

Police Scotland should engage with Scottish Government to progress a legislative change that will allow the escorting of abnormal loads in Scotland to be carried out by another agency.

Police Scotland should progress the implementation of a road policing performance framework that provides an indication of progress towards achieving the targets set out in Scotland’s Road Safety Framework to 2030.