Status of all recommendations

Police Scotland should consider good practice elsewhere to improve its response to hate crime. The Scottish Police Authority should use information about good practice elsewhere to ask more effective questions of Police Scotland about its response to hate crime.

Police Scotland should review and revise hate crime training at all levels as a matter of urgency.

Police Scotland should review its approach to dealing with hate crime experienced by police officers and staff on duty and providing effective support. Data should be collected to identify the volume, nature and extent of hate crime perpetrated against police officers and staff.

Police Scotland should review the role, remit, training and deployment of Hate Crime Champions and Hate Crime Advisors.

Police Scotland should ensure that knowledge of hate crime and diversity is included in its consideration of the necessary skillset for planned cybercrime investigators.

Police Scotland should improve the means by which recorded data can accurately inform assessment of the scale and nature of online child sexual abuse.

Police Scotland should review the level of analytical support provided to the Public Protection business area and consider the appointment of a dedicated analytical resource.

Police Scotland should ensure a strategic governance framework is in place, which provides support, direction, scrutiny and quality assurance to the force’s response to online child sexual abuse.