Profile of South Division – Procurator Fiscal noted.

4 There was submitted a report by the Procurator Fiscal on the profile of the Glasgow South Division and advising

(1) that the South Division COPFS encompassed most of Police ‘G’ Division and one sub division of the north west area ‘Q’ division, viz ‘QD’;

(2) all cases occurring in Glasgow reported by the Roads Traffic Policing Complex in Govan are submitted to South Division COPFS;

(3) of the varied communities, including a large population of Ethnic Minorities and Asylum Seekers, within G and QD divisions and the police sub divisions of Govan (GA), Pollok (GB), Cathcart (GD), New Gorbals (GE) and and Cambuslang (QD);

(4) that the police sub-divisions all had diverse profiles which encompassed some areas of social deprivation whilst others were more affluent;

(5) the number of criminal reports submitted to the Glasgow Office in the Financial year 2009 to 2010 was 65,244, the number of criminal reports submitted to South Division was 23,072 or 35% of the criminal caseload for the Glasgow Office;

(6) the South Division had ensured, through its robust approach to summary cases, that the workload had been placed within the appropriate court in a timely and efficient manner in line with National and Area protocols and extensive use of the Stipendiary Magistrate and District Court;

(6) that three experienced teams within a specialised High Court division had been set up to take forward cases involving Homicide, Sexual Offences and Serious Crime; and

(7) a dedicated Domestic Abuse Unit covering the City had been established in March 2009 in the South Division, bringing together specially trained prosecutors and fiscal officers to provide a consistent and specialist resource for all domestic abuse cases reported by the police.

After discussion, the committee

(a) having heard that there were 74.5 staff members, divided into seven teams, namely

(A) Summary team;

(B) Initial case Processing:

(C) Solemn team;

(D) Disclosure team;

(E) Victim Information and Advice (VIA);

(F) Management team; and

(G) Domestic Abuse team;

(b) noted that

Glasgow City Council, City Chambers, Glasgow G2 1DU (i) the Procurator Fiscal’s Office liaised with criminal justice partners in various initiatives including persistent offenders, child protection, serious and racist crimes;

(ii) representatives from each of the Glasgow Divisions had a place on the Area Diversity team which

(A) promoted equality related to race, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation and religion and belief;

(B) liaised and improved contracts with local communities; and

(C) sought ways to maintain its success across all areas of diversity in Glasgow; and

(iii) G Division had within its boundaries, both the National Stadium at Hampden and Rangers Football Club Stadium at Ibrox, with the Deputy and Divisional Fiscal attending matches in order to find out how the police go about planning and executing policing of such events;

(c) thanked Ms Stewart for her informative report.

Glasgow City Council, City Chambers, Glasgow G2 1DU