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Renfrewshire Council · 16 January 2024
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Minute of Meeting
Police and Fire & Rescue Scrutiny Sub-Committee 
Date Time Venue
Tuesday, 31 October 2023 15:00 Council Chambers (Renfrewshire), Council
Headquarters, Renfrewshire House, Cotton
Street, Paisley, PA1 1AN 
Present: Councillor Lisa-Marie Hughes, Councillor Robert Innes, Councillor Janis McDonald,
Councillor Marie McGurk, Councillor Iain McMillan 
Chair
Councillor McGurk, Convener, presided. 
In Attendance
G Hannah, Head of Climate, Public Protection and Roads; G Heaney, Climate and Public
Protection Manager; M Hendry, Resilience and Deployment Manager (all Environment,
Housing and Infrastructure); and E Gray, Senior Committee Services Officer and K O’Neill,
Democratic Services Officer (both Finance & Resources). 
Also In Attendance
G McCreadie, Chief Superintendent and W Graham, Area Commander 
(both Police Scotland); and D McCarrey, Area Commander and P Storrie, Group Manager
(both Scottish Fire & Rescue Service). 
Webcasting of Meeting
Prior to the commencement of the meeting the Convener intimated that this meeting of the
Sub-committee would be filmed for live or subsequent broadcast on the Council’s internet
site. 
Declarations of Interest and Transparency Statements
There were no declarations of interest or transparency statements intimated prior to the
commencement of the meeting.

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1  Police Scotland Performance Report
There was submitted a report by the Area Commander, Police Scotland, relative to
service performance and activities in the Renfrewshire area during the period 1 April
to 31 August 2023. The report summarised the key performance indicators and
provided statistics relating to the specific key objectives detailed in Renfrewshire
Policing Priorities 2023/26 and Police Scotland’s Policing Priorities 2022/23.   
The report provided updates in relation to Renfrewshire Policing Priorities 2023/26 of
violence, disorder and anti-social behaviour; protecting vulnerable people; acquisitive
and cyber/digital crime; serious and organised crime; road safety and road crime. 
DECIDED: That the contents of report be noted. 
2 Scottish Fire and Rescue Service - Quarterly Performance Report -
Qtr 2
There was submitted a report by the Group Manager, Scottish Fire and Rescue
Service (SFRS) relative to SFRS performance and local fire and rescue service plan
priorities in the Renfrewshire area during period 1 July to 30 September 2023. 
The report provided updates in relation to Renfrewshire activity, accidental dwelling
fires and casualties, unintentional injury and harm, deliberate fire setting, non-
domestic fire safety and unwanted fire alarm signals. 
DECIDED:  That the contents of the report be noted. 
3 Local Issues
In response to a request made by a member of Johnstone South and Elderslie Ward
in relation to deliberate fire raising in that ward area, Scottish Fire & Rescue Service
(SFRS) agreed to provide more details on this.  SFRS reassured members that
comprehensive plans were in place to mitigate and deal with potential increased
activity due to bonfire night activity. 
DECIDED: That the information provided be noted.