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Chief Inspecto/ of Constabulary for 'Scotland Report for the Year Ended 31St December '1978 If you have issues viewing or accessing this file contact us at NCJRS.gov. ----- - - ---- ... -', - ~ .. ~---.--~ -,~,~-- ---- "-.--.~-~--,~~ .y " SCOTTISH HOME AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT Her Majesty's Chief Inspecto/ of Constabulary for 'Scotland Report for the Year ended 31st December '1978 " " o Parliament by the Secretary of State for Scotland, \ by Command ofHer Majesty October, 1979 Q EDINBURGH .R MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE £2.50 net . 't "( " J ,i o ,( - - ---------.------- '\ • • " CONTENTS Page CHAPTER I AWARDS For Gallantry 8 77172 Other Awards 8 U.S. Department of Justice National Institute of Justice CHAPTER II ADMINISTRATION This document has been reproduced exactly as received from the person or organization origin'lting it. Points of view or opinions stated Finance 9 in this document are those of the authors and do not necessarily Organisation 9 represent the official position or policies of the National Institute of Establishment 9 Justice. Policewomen 10 . Permission to reproduce this copyrighted material has been Cadets 10 " Reproducedgranted by with the permission of the Civilians 10 controller of Her Britannic Maj est-y....' s Use of Resources 11 Recruiting '" 11 S t a tiq6\~¥j¥tionQ ~~g§t~tice Reference Service (NCJRS). Qualification of Recruits 12 Wastage 13 Further reproduction outside of the NCJRS system requires permis­ Appointments and Substantive P;~moti~~s 13 sion of the copyright owner. Personnel Management 15 Complaints ... 15 Discipline 15 Special Constables .. 15 Mountain Rescue .. 17 Off-Shore Developments 18 Police Research 19 Police Dogs ... 19 Police Buildings 19 Police Housing .,. .. 19 Relations Between Police and News Media 20 CHAPTER III UNIFORM POLICING Introduction 21 Beat manning and duties ... 22 \ Value of Preventive Patrols ... 22 Community Involvement Branches 23 Schools Liaison 24 " Crime Prevention Panels 25 [ 0 Police Warning and ) Juvenii~ Liai~~n Sch~~es 26 ."~'. Social Role of the Police 26 l ~ .. ' Problems of Police: :.\. ,. Pay .... 27 'y", /, 27 Consultation '~' ,; Housing ... 28 'j;. .' ~ . '. Police time lost at courts, etc. ~.;.,:.. 28 Increased paper work 28 3 ISBN 0 10 176860 5 ------~~-- (- I r I Page Remote Area Allowance 29 Support for the Police 29 29 Conclusion ... ANNUAL REPORT CHAPTER IV CRIME Crime Trends 30 of Detection Rates 31 32 DAVID GRAY, Esq., C.B.E., Q.P.M. Children and Crime =32 Offences Her Alajesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland Crimes involving firearms ... 32 Alcohol and Crimes and Offences 33 for the Year ended 31st December, 1978 Scottish Criminal Record Office .. , 33 35 Special Branch To: The Right Honourable GEORGE YOUNGER, T.D., D.L., M.P., 35 Scottish Crime Squad Her Majesty's Secretary of State for Scotland. Technical Support Unit 36 National Forensic Science Laboratory 36 37 Drugs SIR, Solvent Inhalation ... 38 39 1. This report is the tenth which I have had the honour to submit. It will The Private Security Industry also be the last as I retire shortly. Production of the report was greatly delayed as a result of strike action on the part of staff in the Scottish Office Computer CHAPTER V ROAD TRAFFIC AND COMMUNICATIONS Service which produces the detailed analyses of the various categories of crime, Accidents .. , 39 offences and road accidents on which much of the report is based. The delay Road Safety 41 is regretted. Drinking and Driving 42 Traffic Wardens 43 2. 1978 was undoubtedly a good year for the police service in Scotland. It ..... 44 Communications .. , ",began well because the police were greatly heartened by the decision to set up ~ ( the Lord Edmund-Davies Committee of Inquiry into police paD The great ..... CHAPTER VI TRAINING 'Iaith which the police had in the Edmund-Davies Committee IS worthy of..; Scottish Police College: mention-faith which was not misplaced as was shown by the results of the-­ Accommodation 44 Committee's findings. Higher Training ... 45 Courses .. , 46 3. T6troduction of the new pay scales brought an immediate increase - f) In-Force Training .. 46 in the number of recruits entering the service and greatly reduced the flow-IJ Detective Training .. 46 of resignations of experienced men which in the previous year had reached a r­ Cadet Training 46 dangerously high level) By the end of 1978 the strength of the police in Home Defence Training .... 47 Scotland reached a figure higher than ever before. In addition to the many Higher National Certificate in Police Studies 47 new recruits entering the service some experienced officers who had resigned­ Graduate Entry 48 because of poor pay returned. Cf.he intake of recruits is continuing and it is­ \ Publications 48 probable that within ~ew months all Scottish forces will reach their (L Conclusion ... 48 authorised establishmeny Some have already done so and have waiting lists- of recruits who wish to join these particular forces. Not since 1938 has the CHAPTER VII OTHER ACTIVITIES manpower situation been so good. Retired Officers 49 Welfare 49 4. Recruits entering the service since the Edmund-Davies Committee reported Police Dependants' Trust ... 50 are of excellent quality. This is most marked in relation to male recruits and Police Mutual Assurance Society ... 50 has helped produce a better balance between the intake of men and women.~ Queen's Police Gold Medal Essay Competition ... 50 Prior to the pay award the educational attainments of women applicants were Scottish Police First Aid Competition 51 on average higher than those of men and in these circumstances the appHcatioJt­ Scottish Regional Police Dog Trials 51 of the Sex Discrimination Act meant the acceptance of a higher proportion of -­ Sport 52 women than was likely to be good for the service in the long run. 4 5 -- - - ------- ~-- ------~------------------------- " ,r of the police service and who bring to their work just as mush dedication and ;" 5. While undergoing training the newcomers to the police service, whether !oyalty ~s their pol.ice colleagues. Further civilianisation of indoor posts is, {.i\ male or female, will make little effective contribution to policing. tb.. pro­ m ~y vIew, the qUIckest way to release experienced police officers for proper'" bationer's training lasts for two ye~nd much of it must of necessity be of polIce work commensurate with their special qualifications, training and police a practical nature under the guidance of experienced officers who are far too powers. few in number. At the end of the year as many as 1,712 police officers repre­ senting almost 140/0 of the total strength had less than two years' service. In 10. Another resource available to the regular' police and insufficiently ~ paragtaph 175 of my,r~port I deal at length wjth th@fficu!ties facing)1s now develope.d and used i~ the special constabulary. Part-time specials, working ,/ : .......... thaV'so many of 0u~~olice are inexperienced{ not just in the polict service, \ / voluntanly and unpaId, shared the heavy burden of police work during the (""but in'life itself. Sound training for beginners is a main priority. war years working unselfishly in the evenings and at weekends when their War­ time jobs allowed. Policemen who served with specials at that time will ., -~' .6. Until the m",~y young entrants to the service are fully trained:C;tter rem~mber the comradeship and goodwill which existed between regulars and ~', ,us~ J;l1ust be mad(~f existing resourc~nd particularly of experienc.ed office~s specIals. These good relationships can still be found in some parts of the many of whom CQuld be more usefully employed. I draw attentIOn to thIS country and probably could be developed everywhere given the co-operation need in paragraph 16 of my report in which I mention that too many of the regulars which is more likely to be forthcoming now that the police are , experienced police officers are working indoors on tasks which do not require ~ell pai~. In Chapter III of my report _4uggest that ~?rous and more C!,-­ high physical standards or police training, powers and experience. It is ~magmatIve efforts are-needed to enlist the ai.9,.Pf public spirite men and women \, essential that as many police officers as possible are used for patrol and enquiry m the cause of law and order. Public appeals and national advertising_ work in direct contact with the public. campaigns have met with little success in the past and new thinking is needed. ~....... 7. Police workload is constantly increasing. Senior officers trying to cope 11. F<;!Xrj.,the. first tim~ since th~ necessar~ legislation was introduced I have, 11 with it keep asking for more and more staff and are backed up by the public analysed, the mformatIOn supplIed by chIef constables about breath test8:)-1.,() whose constant cry is "Get the bobby back on the beat". References are Details oNhe results are contained in tables 12(a) and 12(c). TheYJitdicare--." made to the supposedly happy situation which existed before the last War th~t i.n a very high proportion Of. cases. the driv~rs breathalys, ed have been LQi when a policeman's job was much sought after and forces had lists of suitable drmkmj) In paragraph 121 dealmg WIth drug searches the same result is '.-, men waiting to join. Records show that in 1938 there were 6,923 police and f~und-namely thatf'ahigh proportion of those searched were carrying drugs~ 88 civilians in Scottish forces. There are now nearly twice that number of DIScussions have tak~place about legislation to extend police powers of search-"' police and the civilian establishment has increased from 88 in 1938 to 4,482 for offensive weapons and objectors to the proposed legislation have claimed at the end of 1978. In effect our police force has more than doubled in the that the police might abuse these powers. These critics can, I suggest, be last 40 years.
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