Status of all recommendations

Police Scotland should examine the staffing levels at the custody centres in Glasgow and make arrangements to ensure that appropriate staff resource is in place to maintain safe and effective custody centre operations.

Police Scotland should ensure that an appropriate level of management presence is maintained at custody centres in order to improve the quality and consistency of operational practice and to ensure compliance with approved protocols and standards.

Police Scotland should ensure that custody decisions regarding children detained in custody are subject to robust management oversight and are recorded appropriately.

Police Scotland should ensure that ligature cutters are stored in a prominent place that is known to all custody staff and that can be accessed swiftly.

Police Scotland should review its commitment to and investment in its road policing function, to ensure it is effectively supporting Scotland’s Road Safety Framework and that road crime is being actively addressed.

Police Scotland should take urgent steps to address the backlog in specialist driver training.

Police Scotland should review its policy position, and the training and equipment provided, for local policing officers responding to incidents on the fast road networks.

Police Scotland should engage with its criminal justice partners to explore options (including virtual appearances) to reduce the time requirement for officers attending court.