Issue - meetings

Update by Police Scotland

The Group considered a written update from Police Scotland, providing information around the impact of Covid-19; future planning for the COP26 Climate Change Conference being held in Glasgow in November 2021; work around increased visitor numbers to the area; fraud prevention; online child exploitation; local crime figures; a national metal theft campaign; and the Keep Safe initiative providing safe places for vulnerable people to seek support.

PC Laura Evans provided the Group with information around the Herbert Protocol and the new Suicide Bereavement Support Service, encouraging partners to highlight and engage with these initiatives. It was agreed that PC Evans would provide information in relation to these initiatives to be shared with the Group.

Discussion took place around the best way to share information around fraud prevention with the community and steps which should be taken when someone was thought to have been the victim of fraud. PC Evans noted that Sergeant Littlejohn had provided face-to-face support to the Garelochhead Station Trust around this following the last meeting of the Group, and agreed to arrange similar support for Grey Matters Active Ageing as requested.

Decision

The Helensburgh and Lomond Area Community Planning Group considered and noted the information provided.

(Reference: Report by Inspector Roderick MacNeill, Police Scotland, submitted)