Forth Valley Public Protection Issue 3 - Summer 2017 Newsletter Welcome to the third edition of the Forth Valley Public Protection Newsletter. Inside this Issue Public Protection ___________ 2 This newsletter has Tyndrum Child Protection ____________ 4 been produced by the Crianlarich Adult Support & Protection ___ 7 Public Protection Lochearnhead Gender Based Violence ______ 9 lead officers across Balquhidder Clackmannanshire, Forth Valley Alcohol and Strathyre Falkirk and Stirling council Drugs Partnership _________ 11 areas and includes national and MAPPA Matters ____________ 13 local information about child protection, adult protection, Callander substance misuse, gender based violence and the Multi-agency Aberfoyle Thornhill Dunblane Public Protection Arrangements. Bridge of Allan Menstrie Alva Dollar Tillicoultry Kippen Gargunnock Tullibody Details of all the multi-agency Clackmannan STIRLING ALLOA Clackmannan partnerships and the lead officers Fallin Bannockburn can be found below. Please do Drymen Balfron Cowie Airth Kincardine contact us if you want further Croftamie Killearn Fintry information or to discuss any of the Stenhousemuir Carronshore Denny Larbert Grangemouth Bonnybridge Bo’ness content of the newsletter further. Strathblane Banknock FALKIRK Laurieston Kilsyth Polmont Shieldhill Brightons Linlithgow California Maddiston Cumbernauld Slamannan Avonbridge Clackmannanshire And Stirling Clackmannanshire and Stirling Falkirk Gender Based Violence Adult Support & Protection Child Protection Committee Partnership Committee Anne Salter Linda Gilliland Graeme Hendry [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 01786 233851 01324 506028 01259 452519 Falkirk Child Protection Stirling Gender Based Violence Falkirk Adult Support & Committee Partnership Protection Committee Evelyn Kennedy Ann Marie Sinclair Ian Kinsley [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 01324 590544 01786 233519 01324 506555 Clackmannanshire Violence Forth Valley Mappa Forth Valley Alcohol And Drugs Against Women Partnership Lee Tait Partnership Gail Cook [email protected] Elaine Brown [email protected] 01324 574933 [email protected] 07746 317640 01786 233542 1 Public Protection Scottish Government Trafficking National Framework and Exploitation Strategy for Missing Persons in Scotland The Scottish Government Trafficking Better awareness among the general The National Framework for Missing and Exploitation Strategy was public and training for professionals is Persons in Scotland was formally published on 30th May. key to this work, which will be taken launched at an event in Glasgow on forward with a range of partners, 10th May. The Strategy addresses the need for including the Police, Crown and third both the support of victims and tough Over 30,000 episodes of people sector. The trafficking and exploitation action against traffickers, helping going missing are reported to Police of adults and children is happening to alert professionals to the signs of Scotland every year. In 2015/16, that in Scotland today and we all have a human trafficking and providing new figure was 40,070. Going missing role in bringing it to an end. Today’s powers to disrupt trafficking activity. exposes people to unnecessary risks; it strategy is the blueprint towards The Strategy also highlights the need impacts negatively on their health and realising that aim and eliminating to better publicise support for victims wellbeing; and, in a small number of such appalling activity in Scotland.” and there will be public awareness cases, it can lead to death. activity nationally later this year. The Work is now being undertaken by the The Framework acknowledges that strategy aims to identify victims and Public Protection Lead Officers across anyone can be affected by someone support them to safety and recovery; Forth Valley to ensure local guidance going missing and that is why to identify perpetrators and disrupt reflects the national strategy. agencies need to continue to work their activity; and to address the together to prevent people from conditions that foster trafficking and TRAFFICKING AND EXPLOITATION STRATEGY going missing in the first place and exploitation. to do their best to keep them safe Cabinet Secretary for Justice Michael from the potential risks they could Matheson said: “Developing the be exposed to. However, it is also When this happened I didn’t feel like a human being. You important that those who do go Trafficking and Exploitation Strategy are less than a human being has included listening to victims and you close up” missing are located quickly and are themselves, who have provided given the support they need to allow It is embarrassing that in the 21st century, this still goes a unique insight into the physical on and it’s getting worse. them to return to their communities The more people are poor the and psychological damage caused more they can be trafficked” or to build new lives for themselves. by trafficking. We have emphasised People need to know what The Framework sets out the roles happens to us. Poverty meant the need to let people know that I had no options” I need someone I can and shared responsibilities of totally believe in, who there is support available for victims, can lead me on the right way and make respective agencies, as well as key me feel safe” wherever they are recovered in national objectives and supporting Scotland. Exposing and eradicating commitments to focus on preventing these horrific crimes remain high on people from going missing and the agenda, and following the passing limiting the harm associated when of legislation to create an offence of they do go missing. human trafficking with a possible life Further information on the Trafficking sentence attached, I am pleased that and Exploitation Strategy can be Further information on the National Police Scotland and the Crown Office found at: Framework for Missing Persons in Scotland can be found at: will be able apply for new orders to http://www.gov.scot/ disrupt traffickers’ activity. Publications/2017/05/6059 . http://www.gov.scot/Publications/ 2017/05/1901 . 2 Public Protection The following factors have been found to contribute to vulnerable people joining certain groups that support terrorist-related activity: • Need to express or act on feelings of anger, grievance or injustice; • Desire for excitement, comradeship or adventure; • Fascination with violence, weapons and uniforms; • Them-and-us thinking; • Need for identity, meaning and belonging; and Addressing the risks that arise • Need for status. It should be noted that even if an from radicalisation individual follows a radicalisation path, it does not necessarily mean A duty placed on organisations Vulnerable individuals who may be that their engagement will result in to have ‘due regard to Prevent susceptible to radicalisation could be committing terrorist acts. Along that people being drawn into service users, patients, students, carers path there may be opportunities for terrorism’. and / or staff or volunteers. professionals and others to intervene It is generally more common for to help to protect those who are CONTEST is the UK government’s susceptible individuals to become being exploited and divert them counter-terrorism strategy. It aims to involved in terrorist-related activity towards positive activities. stop people becoming terrorists or through the influence of others. supporting terrorism. The strategy Local Prevent Implementation Plans Vulnerable individuals may be is made up of four stages: Prevent, are being developed across Forth exploited in many ways by radicalisers Pursue, Prepare and Protect. The Valley which include awareness raising who target their vulnerability. legislative basis for delivering the for the workforce. A generic Prevent CONTEST strategy is provided in Initial contact may be via: awareness training package – WRAP Section 26 of the Counter-Terrorism (Workshop for Raising Awareness of • Peers, siblings, other family Prevent) has been developed by the and Security Act 2015. members or acquaintances with Police. This workshop, briefings and the process of radicalisation often The Prevent strand is the main elearning will be made available to being a social one; focus for Local Authorities and NHS ensure the workforce have operational staff with the burden of • A range of unsupervised awareness of action in relation to the other strands environments, such as gyms or the Prevent cafes; IN THE RARE EVENT OF falling to Police Scotland with support duty and are a firearms or weapons attack expected from multi-agency partners. • In private in individuals homes; and equipped to RUN HIDE TELL respond to The best long term solution to • The internet and Social Media. situations of prevent terrorism is to stop people Contact with radicalisers is also RUN to a place of safety. This is a far better option than concern. to surrender or negotiate. If there’s nowhere to go, then… becoming terrorists in the first place. HIDE It’s better to hide than to confront. Remember to variable and may be direct, that is, turn your phone to silent and turn off vibrate. Barricade yourself in if you can. Then finally and only when it is safe To do this we need to prevent people to do so… face to face, or indirect through the TELL the police by calling 999. supporting violent extremism and the internet, social networking or other ideologies that fuel terrorism. forms of media. More commonly it will