Status of all recommendations

Police Scotland should review event classifications to ensure there is national consistency.

Police Scotland should consider a central point for the notification and classification of events so that a national overview may be applied.

Police Scotland should progress demand analysis products to ensure that there is a consistent understanding of demand to inform the resourcing of events.

Police Scotland should review the criteria and guidance as to which events are classified as national or divisional.

Police Scotland should devise an approach to identify resources from divisions based on a holistic assessment of risk and demand on divisions at the material time.

Police Scotland should review the regional resourcing model to find a more effective way to identify resource and rationalise the varying processes to ensure the most appropriate resource is allocated to the event.

Police Scotland should work with the Scottish Police Federation to agree national guidelines relating to officer deployment at events.

Police Scotland should carry out a comprehensive examination of all additional officers and staff who should be added into the deployment pool for events to reduce the impact on officers within local policing divisions.