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Police performance indicators show unprecedented crime reduction: except for violence

Friday, December 19, 2003

Media

“Police struggle over crime target: Police are struggling to meet a target to cut violent crime in Scotland, latest figures have suggested. The country’s police forces have been set the task of reducing serious and violent crime by 5% by next April. . .” BBC

“Time to tackle violent crime head-on: Violent crime in Scotland is on the rise, and is proving more intractable than Scottish Executive taskforces and initiatives would dare suggest. Now it has no excuse for not appreciating the scale of the problem and the size of the effort required to tackle it head-on. . .” Scotsman

“Violent crime bucks trend and rises 8%: Violent crime in Scotland has increased by 8% in the last year, despite unprecedented results for police clearing up other offences [. . .] The report was published as an executive-funded restorative justice pilot in Glasgow announced its first results. . .” Herald

“Cops fail to hit targets on violence” Evening Times

“Watchdog praises Scotland’s police” Grampian TV

“Police struggling to meet serious crime targets” Scottish TV

“Seizures of drugs double in five years: Drug seizures in Lothian and Borders have nearly doubled in five years, a report today revealed. . .” Evening News

Press Release

“Accounts Commission report” Scot. Exec.

Report

Police and Fire Performance Indicators 2002-3

Posted by MM on Fri 19th Dec 2003 at 2:35 pm
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