assignment

Question 1

findings internet research for public opinion

Answer 1

• The average public confidence level for the period April 2022 - march 2023 was 38%. This includes people who either agree or strongly agree that they have confidence in local police
• 30% of people said that police listen to concerns of local people
• 22% said that police deal with local issues.

compared to 58% of people thought police were doing a good job in 2014/15

Question 2

findings internet research - positive effects of the change

Answer 2

• police Scotland is on track to make cumulative savings of nearly £2 billion over the next decade, well ahead of its original target.
• Over the last ten years, total recorded crime in Scotland has decreased by 13%

Question 3

findings internet research & negative effects of the change

Answer 3

In 2023 Scotland had 16,600 police officers, the lowest number since 2008 and roughly 900 fewer than when the force came into being.

Question 4

findings negative effects of the change - interview

Answer 4

• ’ there were lots of issues that prevented people from doing their jobs efficiently and these stemmed from poor management of the change ‘
  *’ as time went on the changes that should have been implemented before the merger gradually got done and things did begin to improve, however it took years and in those years many experienced police officers left the police service disillusioned and unhappy. ‘
• Policies and procedures that had worked perfectly well for many years were changed to reflect what was being done down in the central belt of Scotland. It appeared that it was the Strathclyde way or the highway and sadly this was one of the predictions that the old Grampian chief constable Colin McKerracer had identified and this had a negative inlact on morale.

Question 5

findings public opinion on the police since the change - interview

Answer 5

’ I believe the public received a better quality of service from Grampian police than they now receive from police Scotland. ‘