Status of all recommendations

Police Scotland should ensure that wellbeing training is provided to all line managers to ensure a supportive, proactive and preventative approach. Existing training should be reviewed and amended to reflect the new People Strategy.

Police Scotland should promote a culture and embed a process of carrying out and evidencing frequent conversations with line managers, which includes a discussion on wellbeing.

Police Scotland should create a secure holding area for detainees at the custody centres.

Police Scotland should examine options to create a more effective charge bar at Dunfermline custody centre to improve booking-in processes, engagement with detainees and mitigate risks.

Police Scotland should make improvements to the location of the CCTV viewing facilities at the centres to reduce the likelihood of distraction.

Police Scotland should take steps to either remove or make safe floor level air vents in cells at the Dunfermline custody centre, which in their current state present a ligature risk.

Police Scotland should ensure that risk is correctly evaluated, addressed and recorded to ensure a clear correlation between risk assessment and care plans.

Police Scotland should ensure that improvements are made to the quality and consistency of record keeping at the centres.