Agenda Document Pack - Police and Fire and Rescue Board - 21/08/2023
Midlothian Council · 21 August 2023
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Notice of Meeting and Agenda Police and Fire and Rescue Board Venue: Council Chambers/Hybrid, Midlothian House, Dalkeith, EH22 1DN Date: Monday, 21 August 2023 Time: 11:00 Executive Director : Place Contact: Clerk Name: Democratic Services Clerk Telephone: Clerk Email: democratic.services@midlothian.gov.uk Further Information: This is a meeting which is open to members of the public. Privacy notice: Please note that this meeting may be recorded. The recording may be publicly available following the meeting. If you would like to know how Midlothian Council collects, uses and shares your personal information, please visit our website: www.midlothian.gov.uk Page 1 of 80
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1 Welcome, Introductions and Apologies 2 Order of Business Including notice of new business submitted as urgent for consideration at the end of the meeting. 3 Declaration of Interest Members should declare any financial and non-financial interests they have in the items of business for consideration, identifying the relevant agenda item and the nature of their interest. 4 Minute of Previous Meeting 4.1 Minute of meeting of 15 June 2023 submitted for approval 3 - 8 5 Public Reports 5.1 Police Scotland Midlothian Q1 Scrutiny Report 2023-24 9 - 44 5.2 Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Midlothian Q1 Report 2023-24 45 - 72 5.3 Protective Services Q1 20 23-24 73 - 80 6 Private Reports No items for discussion 7 Date of Next Meeting The next meeting will be held on Monday 6th of November 2023. Page 2 of 80
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Minute of Meeting Police and Fire and Rescue Board Date Time Venue Thursday 15 June 2023 13.00 pm Virtual Meeting by MS Teams Present: Councillor McKenzie (Chair) Councillor Alexander Councillor Curran Councillor McEwan In Attendance: Midlothian Council Derek Oliver, Chief Officer Place Saty Kaur, Chief Officer Corporate Solutions (Acting) Police Scotland Chief Inspector James Robertson Community Inspector David Reilly Superintendent Andy Hall Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Hilary Sangster, Area Commander David Morrison, Prevention, Enforcement and Community Engagement Lead Mark Landels, Group Commander Others Present: Marie Sharp, Local Democracy Reporter Police, Fire and Rescue Board Monday 21 August 2023 Item No: 4.1 Page 3 of 80
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1. Welcome, Introductions and Apologies The Chair, Councillor McKenzie welcomed everyone to this virtual meeting of the Police and Fire and Rescue Board. Apologies for absence were received on behalf of Councillor Smaill. 2. Order of Business The order of business was as set out in the Agenda Pack previously circulated. 3. Declarations of interest No declarations of interest were intimated at this stage of the proceedings. 4. Minute of Previous Meeting The Minutes of Meeting held on 6 February 2022 were submitted and approved as a correct record. 5. Public Reports Agenda No. Report Title Presented by: 5.1 SFRS Midlothian Scrutiny Performance Report Quarter 4 2022-23 Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) Outline of report and summary of discussion The Chair welcomed David Morrison as the new Prevention, Enforcement and Community Engagement Lead. SFRS updated that there was a positive progress on recruitment within the service, and recognition to Davy Gibson on long service and the development of partnerships and initiatives. SFRS went on to explain that there has been the deployment of bank hours which has enabled capacity to carry out more partnership working and intelligence gathering which is critical to operational delivery. Midlothian and East Lothian now have a wildfire tactical advisor. The Board were updated that from 1July the law will change on unwanted fire alarm signal response which is a significant change for partners and duty holders. The Board were asked to remind staff and an offer of support was given. Mark Landels presented the Q4 performance report and provided information on the prevention, protection, and operational response activities within Midlothian for Quarter 4 of 2022-23 (1st January – 31st March 2023) including Page 4 of 80
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information on the year-to-date figures. Mr Landel took the Board through the performance information presented in the report referring to the performance summary and how the priorities using the 6 key indicators were being met. He thereafter responded along with colleagues to questions from Board Members. These included a discussion on how SFRS are managing the unintended consequences of non-attendance of alarms. SRS advised that this will be kept under observation and discussed at area and national level if there are concerns and is subject to regular review. SFRS have observed that engagement has shown that responsible persons not aware of their responsibilities. It was confirmed that if SFRS receive a call they will attend. The service continues to work under its Code of Practice and undertake fire safety audits. Mr Oliver confirmed to the Board that the Council’s Health & Safety Team and Fire Safety Officer have engaged with relevant affected Council services, and have developed a suite of supporting documentation, process flows etc for Midlothian Council as an employer and are ready for 1 July change. A request for an update on the success of the Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) sharing crewed and uncrewed stations was made. It was confirmed that this was working well, and feedback showed a positive response on sharing resources, facilities and buildings and closer working. This model also provides welfare for other blue lights services especially in rural areas when they are on the beat. Other benefits include being able to work out of key strategic stations to meet CAT 1 requests and reduce costs. Cross sharing skills and ideas and have seen positive outcomes. It’s an ongoing priority of the service to co-locate for environmental and financial efficiencies, and there is a tri-service working group that continually looks at this. Councillor McEwan asked if Penicuik would continue and passed on that this is seen as a fruitful development and the community are appreciative of it. Decision The Board noted the content of the report Agenda No. Report Title Presented by: 5.2 Police Scotland Midlothian Quarter 4 Scrutiny Report 2022/23 Police Scotland (PS) Outline of report and summary of discussion Chief Inspector James Robertson, introduced the report and went on to provide an update on each separate category as detailed within the report, giving examples of the position in Midlothian - • Missing Persons. • Domestic Abuse. • Hate Crime. Page 5 of 80
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• Sexual Crimes. • Drugs Supply, Production and Cultivation. • Crimes of Violence. • Reducing Anti-Social Behaviour. • Dishonesty. • Housebreaking. • Road Safety. • Tackling Serious Organised Crime. • Midlothian Community Action Team (MCAT). He also highlighted that the end of the report is a duplication and apologised for the confusion. Councillor Curran expressed his thanks to Arron Clinkscales who recently retired from Police Scotland. He acknowledge his service to the community and the positive difference that he made to policing in Midlothian. The Board proceeded to discuss points from the report, including the number of domestic abuse crimes reported (635) and the creation of the domestic PAC team to enable Police Officers to focus on top end level. PS stated that convictions are not often realised in domestic violence crimes. The Board asked about the anti-social behaviour at Tesco Hardengreen and whether the Young Scot free bus travel is contributing to this. PS responded that this is difficult to answer. PS advised that there has been really good support/engagement from the business and staff around the Hardengreen area and Lothian Buses and over the last few weekends they have seen a vast improvement, and there are advance plans in place for the summer holidays. There was a discussion on speeding. It was raised that there is public anxiety regarding the reduction on speed limits through signage but lack of enforcement, and it was asked whether more cameras were being erected installed. PS explained the current protocol for speeding include enforcement and the criteria that is required to be met, specifically where there is greatest risk and action would result in casualty reduction. There is limited resource to deploy and is allocated through this criterion and using data on RTCs. Mr Oliver talked about the behavioural change that is required from drivers and feedback from the Council’s speed policy consultation. He stated that Road Safety and speeding are interlined but different. The MCAT SLA includes this area of concern, and he reiterated that this is not only a police matter, and there are there engineering solutions to be considered, and the Council works in partnership with PS. Where there are areas of concern then this would be discussed and proposed actions reviewed in line with a safety audit. Past concerns have been responded to by doing spot checks and if that requires Page 6 of 80
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further intervention then discuss with PS to escalate if required. Evidence base and intelligence informed. The Board was advised that Amanda Johnston has replaced Michelle Lindsay. The Board thanked Michelle Lindsay for her successful engagement with partners and the community and her long service of 11 years. PS provided information on Operation Jewel which is ongoing during the summer months balanced against PS presence at local community events. There was also a discussion on the reports of knives recovered with PS confirming that there is no significant increase across Midlothian in the carrying of weapons. The Board queried the reported epidemic of fentanyl use and whether PS can proactively manage illegal drugs such as this. PS advised that they work with MELDAP and there are no recent fentanyl related incidents, and they will continue to monitor. They also advised that SFRS class fentanyl as a HAZMAT issue due to the significance of it. Decision The Board noted the contents of the Report. Agenda No. Report Title Presented by: 5.3 Protective Services Chief Officer Place Outline of report and summary of discussion Chief Officer Place, Derek Oliver addressed the Board on those Protective Services functions Environmental Health and Trading Standards, Licensing and Emergency Planning, which overlapped activities carried out by the Police, and Fire and Rescue Services, highlighting the work which had been undertaken during the course of Quarter 4. The Board asked if there is any public promotion regarding actions against vape selling. Mr Oliver confirmed that a press release was issued and surveillance locations are communicated. The Board asked how often food and license premises are inspected and who monitors them. Mr Oliver advised that this varies under the licensing policy and food safety policy. Trading Standards and Food Health and Safety monitor, assess and enforce on a risk-based approach and work with PS for licensing to meet ensure licence holders meet licensing objects. The Board discussed the increase of Public Entertainment Licences and whether the engagement with the Safety Advisory Group has increased. Mr Oliver confirmed it had and was positive and reiterated the SAG was there to facilitate and support events to be delivered successfully. There was a discussion on the use of the mobile CCTV and the Board queried whether these were fully utilised by the Council as well as the police. Mr Oliver Page 7 of 80
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confirmed the process for deployment and examples of use include ASB and environmental crime, responding to public safety concerns e.g. large scale event and that there is also a power tower available that is more remote. 99% are used overtly and covert is subject to RIPSA. PS agreed this is invaluable and gave a recent example of use to disprove an allegation which was key in this circumstance. Councillor Smaill submitted a question to be discussed in his absence regarding a serious accident that took place on the A68 and whether there is to be any signage realignment/road safety works? The Board queried the location of the incident. The Board were advised of Midlothian road safety governance and that this would be taken through the divisional group attended by partners (highways agencies) who discuss immediate issues, trends and agreed course of action. Decision The Board noted the Report. 6. Private Reports No private items for discussion 7. Date of Next Meeting The next meeting would be held on Monday 21 August 2023 at 13.00pm The meeting terminated at 14.37 pm. Page 8 of 80
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OFFICIAL 1 | P a g e OFFICIAL Midlothian Area Command The Lothians and Scottish Borders Policy Development and Scrutiny Panel Quarter 1 – 2023/2024 The data provided in this report is for information purposes only and is not official crime statistics. This report has been generated to allow Partnership Members to conduct their scrutiny responsibilities. Due to delayed reporting or recording of crimes, incidents or road accidents and the management of crime enquiries, there is likely to be differences between the information in this report and the final Police Scotland statistics. It would not be appropriate to refer to, quote or use any data in this report as official statistics. Page 9 of 80
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OFFICIAL 2 | P a g e OFFICIAL Our Vision Sustained excellence in service and protection. Our Purpose To improve the safety and wellbeing of people, places and communities in Scotland. Our Values Integrity, Fairness and Respect. Page 10 of 80
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OFFICIAL 3 | P a g e OFFICIAL Contents of Report Lothian and Scottish Borders Division Policing Priorities 4 Introduction 5 Performance Summary Report 6 Executive Summary 7-8 Protecting the most vulnerable people Missing Persons 9 Domestic Abuse Incidents 10 Racially Aggravated Conduct 11 Crime (Group 2) 12-13 Drugs supply, Production & Cultivation 14 Reducing Violence and Antisocial Behaviour Crimes of Violence (Group 1) 15 Reducing Anti-Social Behaviour 16-17 Reducing Acquisitive Crime Dishonesty (Group 3) 18 Housebreaking 19 Improving Road Safety Road Safety 20-21 Tackling Serious & Organised Crime Tackling Serious & Organised Crime 22 Complaints About the Police 23-24 Midlothian CAT team – Q1 Update 25-30 Appendix Lothian and Scottish Borders Divisional Crime Overview 31-33 Midlothian Crime Overview 34-36 Page 11 of 80
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OFFICIAL 4 | P a g e OFFICIAL Lothian and Scottish Borders Division Policing Priorities Page 12 of 80
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OFFICIAL 5 | P a g e OFFICIAL Introduction Crimes and offences are grouped under recognised categories for statistical purposes. The Scottish Government defines these categories, as follows; Group 1 – Non Sexual Crimes of Violence Group 2 – Sexual Crimes Group 3 – Crimes of Dishonesty Group 4 – Fire-raising, Malicious Mischief etc. Group 5 – Other (Pro-activity) Crimes Group 6 – Miscellaneous Offences Group 7 - Offences Relating to Motor Vehicles Police Scotland publishes management information on an annual and quarterly basis by local authority and police division, as well as at a national level. These reports are produced to demonstrate Police Scotland’s commitment to transparency. Police Scotland publishes all of these reports on the ‘Our Performance’ section of the Police Scotland website. The reports can be accessed here: http://www.scotland.police.uk/about-us/our-performance/ The Midlothian Policing Plan uses the following Police performance indicators, and these have been mirrored in the Scrutiny Report to maintain parity of understanding: 1. Protecting the most vulnerable people; 2. Reducing Violence and Antisocial Behaviour; 3. Reducing acquisitive Crime; 4. Improving road safety; 5. Tackling Serious and Organised Crime. All figures quoted in this report are for the period April 2023 to June 2023 and are compared against the same reporting period from the previous year. Where figures are quoted on rate per 10,000 population, these are based on Midlothian’s population of 92,460 in 2019 (Scottish Government figures, published April 2020). Page 13 of 80
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OFFICIAL 6 | P a g e OFFICIAL Midlothian Performance Summary Page 14 of 80
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OFFICIAL 7 | P a g e OFFICIAL Executive Summary This Quarter 1 2023/24 Policy Development and Scrutiny Panel Report, demonstrates the ongoing commitment that Midlothian Police has to keeping Midlothian communities safe. During Q1 2023/24, working in partnership with Midlothian Council and other partners we have safely policed various successful community events such as ‘Lets Rock’ within Dalkeith Country Park and numerous other Local Community Gala Days. Following increased reports of speeding within the Eskbank Road, Bonnyrigg Road, Cockpen Road, Stobhill Road, Powdermill Brae and Dalhousie Road areas, additional Roads Policing and Speed Camera Van patrols were completed to mitigate this problem and reassure local residents. Local Community Officers together with MCAT have undertaken hand held radar checks at these and other areas identified as problematic. This has led to good results and positive feedback from our local communities. Importantly, this action has also resulted in a 31.03% reduction in the total number of casualties on Midlothian roads, compared to the same period last year. Midlothian Community Action Team and the Community Policing Teams continue to deal effectively with Anti- Social Behaviour through focused patrols within hotspot areas and effective community engagement diverting young people towards alternative activities and community groups. As Midlothian Local Area Commander I will continue to focus on the current Policing priorities, and I can confirm that all Local Policing Plans 2023-26, have now been uploaded to the “Your Community” section of the Police Scotland Website. They should also have an easy read version alongside the accessible version. The Midlothian Local Policing Plan 2023-26 can be accessed via the following hyperlink :Your Community - Police Scotland Missing Person During Q1 2023/24 23 Adults, 6 Cared for Adults, 39 Children and 5 Looked After Children were reported as missing, however all were traced safe and well by Midlothian Officers Domestic Abuse By the end of Q1 2023/24 there were 298 incidents reported, an increase of 0.95% on the 5 year average. The number of reported Domestic Abuse crimes reported (147 reports) is 3.92% lower than the 5 year average. From these reports the percentage of domestic incidents that resulted in a crime report being submitted was 5.96% more compared to the five year average Hate Crime There has been an increase of 1.8 Hate Incidents reported in Q1 2023/24 compared to the 5 year average. Whilst there has been a reduction of 3.2 Hate Crimes reported in Q1 2023/24 compared to the 5 year average. The detection rate for Hate Crimes at the end of Q1 2023/24 is 31.25%. Sexual Crimes By the end of Q4 2022/23 reports of all Group 2 Sexual Crime within Midlothian had increased by 5.68% to 212. By the end of Q1 2023/2023 reports of all Group 2 Sexual Crime within Midlothian had increased by 35.66% to 70 reports against a 5 year average of 51.6 reports. By the end of Q1 2023/2024 there had been 3 reports of Rape, this is down 70% on the 5 year average of 10 reports. The detection rate for Rape and Attempt Rape during Q1 was 100 %. By end of Q1 2023/2024 there had been 20 reports of Indecent/Sexual Assault which is a 6.38% increase on the 5 year average of 18.8 reports. The detection rate for Indecent/Sexual Assault during Q4 was 55%. Page 15 of 80
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OFFICIAL 8 | P a g e OFFICIAL Drugs Supply, Production and Cultivation The detection rate relating to the ‘Production, Manufacture or Cultivation of Drugs’ during Q1 2023/24 is 100% During Q1 2023/24 there were 45 Possession of Drugs crimes recorded, with a detection rate of 100%. During Q1 2023/24 there were 6 Supply of Drugs crimes recorded, with a detection rate of 133%, which statistic includes Supply of Drugs enquiries from previously reported quarters that were awaiting forensic analysis that has now been undertaken and completed. Crimes Of Violence During Q1 2023/2024 there were 13 serious assaults within Midlothian this represents a 12.07% increase against the 5 year average. The detection rate is 100%. During Q1 2023/2024 there were 262% reported Robberies in Midlothian, this is a 114.29% increase on the 5 year average. The detection rate is 100%. During Q1 2023/2024 there were 262 recorded Common Assaults in Midlothian presenting a 21.41 % increase on the 5 year average. The detection rate is 67.94%. There were 14 assaults on Emergency Workers during Q1 2023/24 reflecting a positive 33.33% reduction on the 5 year average. Reducing Anti-Social Behaviour There were 1207 incidents reported to Police during Q1 2023/24, ASB continues to record levels below the five year average, with a 23.53% reduction on the 5 year average. During Q1 2023/24 a total of 172 Vandalism type offences were recorded, mirroring the 5 year average. Midlothian also recorded further decreases in the number of Threatening & Abusive Behaviour (10.90% reduction), and Stalking (37.5% reduction) type incidents during Q1 2023/24. Dishonesty During Q1 2023/24, a total of 435 overall Group 3 crimes (including housebreaking crimes) have been recorded within Midlothian. This figure represents 27.6 fewer crimes or a 5.972% reduction compared to the 5 year average. The detection rate of 29.89% still remains above the wider Lothian and Scottish Borders Division detection rate of 23.14%. Reported Theft Housebreaking (including attempts) similarly remains below the 5 average with 59 incidents reported during Q1 2023/24, representing a 3.28% reduction. During Q1 2023/24 there were reductions in reported Opening Lockfast Places – Motor Vehicle (41% reduction), and Theft from an insecure Motor vehicle (65.51% reduction). During Q1 2023/24 we have also recorded a 215 increase in Theft of Motor Vehicles. Housebreaking During Q1 2023/24, there were 3.2% fewer reports of all Housebreaking (including Dwelling House, Non- Dwelling House or Other Premises) in Midlothian compared to the 5 year average. The detection rate for Midlothian during Q1 2023/24 is 16.95%. A total of 22 Housebreaking (Dwelling House) were recorded, this figure is 19.57% or 3.6 more incidents than the 5 year average. The detection rate is 13.64%. A total of 18 Housebreaking (Non-dwelling House) were recorded, this figure is 28.57% below the 5 year average or 7.2 fewer incidents. Road Safety During Q1 2023/24 there have been 9 fewer casualties (Fatal, Serious, and Minor) recorded within Midlothian than the previous Q1 2022/ 23 return. This represents a 31.03% reduction in the total number of casualties on Midlothian roads. Tackling Serious Organised Crime Continued efforts to disrupt organised crime groups by targeting drugs supply offences, gathering intelligence and generating enforcement opportunities Page 16 of 80
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OFFICIAL 9 | P a g e OFFICIAL Protecting the most vulnerable people. Missing Persons The Lothians & Scottish Borders (J) Division and the communities of Midlothian recognise that protecting people, particularly those considered vulnerable, is a policing priority. Within the remit of protecting people is the work and investigations carried out to trace people who are reported missing. Recognising the vulnerability associated with missing people, particularly those that are young or suffering from mental health challenges, Police Scotland has adopted a rigorous investigation structure and management approach to incidents involving missing people. Missing Person Type – APRIL 2023 Adult 5 31.25% Cared for Adults 2 12.50% Child 7 43.75% Looked After Children 2 12.50% Missing Person Type - MAY 2023 Adult 11 30.55% Cared for Adults 3 8.33% Child 19 52.77% Looked After Child 3 8.33% Missing Person Type – JUNE 2023 Adult 7 33.33% Cared for Adults 1 4.76% Child 13 61.90% Looked After Child 0 0 During Q1 2023/24 23 Adults, 6 Cared for Adults, 39 Children and 5 Looked After Children were reported as missing, but I am pleased to confirm all were traced safe and well by Midlothian Officers. We continue to work with partners to support individuals where a risk is identified. Some of the 73 incidents reported during Q1 2023/24 included 13 Missing Person Reports involved Neurodiversity concerns, 49 reports involved the subject being reported missing from their home address, 1 involved the subject reported missing from a Young Persons Unit, a further 2 involved the subject reported missing from School. Page 17 of 80
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OFFICIAL 10 | P a g e OFFICIAL Protecting the most vulnerable people. Domestic Abuse Incidents 5yr Average Q1 2023/24 % Change Number of Domestic Abuse Incidents 295.2 298 0.95 Total Crimes and offences in domestic abuse incidents 153 147 -3.92 Percentage of Domestic Incidents that result in a crime 37.33 43.29 5.96 Total crimes and offences detection rate 66.15 61.90 -6.42 Total Detections for Domestic Bail Offences 14.6 14 -0.11 Domestic Abuse is a priority for Police Scotland and for all Midlothian Officers. By the end of Q1 2023/24 there were 298 incidents reported, an increase of 0.95% on the 5 year average. The number of reported Domestic Abuse crimes reported (147 reports) is 3.92% lower than the 5 year average. From these reports the percentage of domestic incidents that resulted in a crime report being submitted was 5.96% more compared to the five year average. The percentage of domestic incidents that resulted in a crime report being submitted was 5.96% more than the five year average. This reflects the continued confidence of the public to report incidents or contact the Police at an early stage in disagreements. Refresher training has been fully rolled out to partner and third sector agencies by our Domestic Abuse Investigation Unit highlighting the DSDAS scheme and reiterating how partners and professionals can refer any concerns they have about clients or service users. Training is devised by our DARA and Safeguarding Team covering signs of domestic abuse and potentially abusive relationships to be alive to when attending meetings and carrying out home visits. The training has led to an increase in referrals over last two months across Division which has allowed Police to disclose the risks perpetrators pose should individuals remain in a relationship with them. The training packages have been identified as best practice and being rolled out in other council areas. The team are linking in with National Unit to support a forthcoming CPD event which has been approved to take place, the aim of which is to enhance the knowledge and skills of the current cadre of Domestic Abuse Champions across Police Scotland. The intention is that officers attending the event will be recognised with a DA specialism on their training record. In addition, 6 CPD modules have been devised with Safe Lives as a general refresh. Launch date is pending but demonstrates our continued commitment to VAWG and Safe Lives Priorities. Page 18 of 80
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OFFICIAL 11 | P a g e OFFICIAL Protecting the most vulnerable people. Hate Crime Midlothian 5 year average Q1 2023/24 Q1 Per 10,000 Hate Incidents 21.2 23 2.49 Hate Crimes 20.8 16 1.73 Hate Crime Detection Rate 71.15 31.25 This section refers to Hate Crime and Hate Incidents. Hate Crimes are offences under: -Section 50a (1) (A) and (B) and (5) Criminal law consolidation Act 1995 (racial harassment and abuse ) And any other crimes which include a Hate Crime aggravator- i.e where a crime has been committed and is aggravated by hate. These aggravators are disability, race, religion, sexual orientation and transgender identity. Hate incidents are incidents where the facts do not identify as a recordable crime but the victim, or any other person, perceives the incident to be hate related. • There has been an increase of 1.8 Hate Incidents reported in Q1 2023/24 compared to the 5 year average • There has been a reduction of 3.2 Hate Crimes reported in Q1 2023/24 compared to the 5 year average. • The detection rate for Hate Crimes at the end of Q1 2023/24 is 31.25%. Midlothian Police continue to work with partners to encourage the reporting of Hate Crimes. All crimes are reviewed by the Community Policing Inspector to ensure all investigative opportunities are identified and progressed. The vast majority of victims of Hate Crime continue to be shop workers, Police officers and other emergency workers who are most often abused in the course of their daily duties. Page 19 of 80
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OFFICIAL 12 | P a g e OFFICIAL Protecting the most vulnerable people. Sexual Crimes (Group 2) Crime Type 5 Year average Q1 2023/24 Change YTD Per 10,000 population Q1 2023/24 Detection Rate Group 2 51.6 70 35.66% 7.57 42.86% Rape & Attempt Rape 10.2 3 -70.59% 0.32 100.00% Indecent/Sexual Assault 18.8 20 6.38% 2.16 55.00% Other Group 2 22.4 47 109.82% 5.08 34.04% Reducing Rape and Sexual Crime remains an area of focus for officers in Midlothian. This focus includes working with partner agencies to provide confidence to report offences, undertaking professional investigations, providing victim support, pursuing perpetrators and managing offenders. The investigation of sexual crimes and the management of offenders, in particular, is achieved through close collaborative working with partner agencies and local communities. By the end of Q1 2023/2023 reports of all Group 2 Sexual Crime within Midlothian had increased by 35.66% to 70 reports against a 5 year average of 51.6 reports. By the end of Q1 2023/2024 there had been 3 reports of Rape, this is down 70% on the 5 year average of 10 reports. The detection rate for Rape and Attempt Rape during Q1 was 100 %. By end of Q1 2023/2024 there had been 20 reports of Indecent/Sexual Assault which is a 6.38% increase on the 5 year average of 18.8 reports. The detection rate for Indecent/Sexual Assault during Q1 was 55%. As per previous quarters, we continued to utilise social media to elevate awareness of “sextortion” scams where fraudsters befriend individuals online, entice them into performing sexual acts/send explicit photographs and thereafter blackmail them into sending money. Despite raising awareness, more and more social media users are falling for this type of scam. We continue to support victims and direct them to appropriate third party agencies. In addition to reviewing vulnerabilities and supporting victims, we continue to support national work, including, national “Online safety - sexual abuse of children online” and “Domestic Abuse” campaigns. We continue to look at Bystander training when possible. During Q1, increases have been observed against the 5 year average in further GROUP 2 offences namely Communicating Indecently (95.65% increase) and Taking, distribution, possession of indecent photos of children (76.47% increase). These increases are driven by online offending where we continue to see patterns impacting on all age groups and that highlight a continued increase in favour of offending online. Seeking to raise awareness of how to remain safe within the cyber arena, Midlothian Community officers delivered internet safety and cyber bullying inputs to raise awareness of how to remain safe within the cyber arena and will continue to deliver these inputs to all Midlothian school age young persons throughout to upcoming School year. Page 20 of 80
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OFFICIAL 13 | P a g e OFFICIAL The detection rate for Communicating Indecently during Q1 2023/24 was 66.67%, a 20% improvement on the Q4 2023/24 rate of 46.67%. Similarly the detection rate for taking, distribution, possession of indecent photos of children during Q1 2023/24 was 83.33% reflecting a further 3% improvement on the Q4 2022/23 rate of 80%. Both these increases in detection rates demonstrates our commitment to protecting vulnerable people in a physical and digital world. Page 21 of 80
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OFFICIAL 14 | P a g e OFFICIAL Protecting the most vulnerable people. Drug Supply, Production & Cultivation Drugs Supply 5 year average Q1 2023/24 Change YTD Per 10,000 population Q1 2023/24 Detection Rate Drugs Supply, Production and Cultivation 14.2 6 -57.75% 0.65 133.33% Drugs supply has a close link to Organised Crime Groups (OCG), and is a blight on any community. We focus on those who bring harm to our communities, and particularly those who are involved in drugs supply, cultivation/production and the sale of Class A (such Heroin or Cocaine) and Class C (such Valium or Xanax) drugs, as it has been identified that these have led to an increase in drug related deaths. We recognise the national Drugs Deaths statistics in Scotland and are committed to targeting drug dealers, whilst working in partnership along with the Midlothian and East Lothian Drugs Partnership (MELDAP). Our divisional approach is now well established which introduces multi-agency engagement and recording of all Non-Fatal Overdoses. We send notification of any NFO to the local addiction services who ensure the individual is offered support. This programme is seeing an increased engagement with local drug support groups and is allowing for intelligence streams around developing drug trends and potentially harmful products. This pro-active approach is reflected in the Detection rate relating to the ‘Production, Manufacture or Cultivation of Drugs’ during Q1 2023/24 is 100% During Q1 2023/24 there were 45 Possession of Drugs crimes recorded, with a detection rate of 100%. During Q1 2023/24 there were 6 Supply of Drugs crimes recorded, with a detection rate of 133% which statistic includes Supply of Drugs enquiries from previously reported quarters that were awaiting forensic analysis that has now been undertaken and completed. Examples of proactive enquiries with Midlothian include: • Interception of 3kg of Cannabis intended for delivery to an address in Danderhall. • A total of 7 Misuse of Drugs Warrants were executed by MCAT officers during Q1 2023/24, resulting in the following recoveries with the upper street value totalling: Class A: £15200 Class B: £30131 • A Misuse of Drugs warrant was executed in Gorebridge. This resulted in the recovery of 170g of Cocaine and 8 offensive weapons of varying descriptions. A male was cautioned and charged with being concerned in the supply of cocaine and possession of said weapons. We continue to developed drugs intelligence from the local community. Drugs enforcement requires information from sources to build a picture and fill in the pieces of the jigsaw. We rely upon community intelligence, and encourage reporting direct to police by phone, online, in person, via remote reporting sites and / or anonymously through Crimestoppers (0800 555111). Page 22 of 80
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OFFICIAL 15 | P a g e OFFICIAL Reducing Violence and Antisocial Behaviour Crimes of Violence (Group 1) Crime Type 5 year average Q1 2023/24 Change YTD Per 10,000 population Q1 2023/24 Detection Rate Group 1 27.8 59 112.23% 6.38 67.80% Serious Assault 11.6 13 12.07% 1.41 100.00% Robbery 4.2 9 114.29% 0.97 100.00% Common Assault * 215.8 262 21.41% 28.34 67.94% *Common assaults are not recorded as group 1 crimes. Reducing violence and the impact on our communities is a priority for The Police Service of Scotland and within Midlothian we work with partners to reduce the circumstances that can lead to violence while endeavouring to identify and arrest perpetrators as swiftly as possible. All Serious Assaults and Robberies are investigated by the Criminal Investigation Department and solvency for these offences remains high within Midlothian. During Q1 2023/2024 there were 13 serious assaults within Midlothian this represents a 12.07% increase against the 5 year average. The detection rate is 100% and compares well against the divisional solvency rate of 75.31%. During Q1 2023/2024 there were 262% reported Robberies in Midlothian, this is a 114.29% increase on the 5 year average. The detection rate is 100% and compares well against the divisional solvency rate of 64.71%. To provide wider context increases against the 5 year average have been observed in three of the four area commands within the Lothians & Scottish Borders Division during Q1 2023/24. In three of four Local Authority Areas, the number of robberies has at least doubled, however as the overall number of incidents remain small, this results in large percentage increases, as experienced in Midlothian. Despite having the largest percentage increase in crime numbers, Midlothian also has the highest detection rate at 100%, with all robberies solved. During Q1 2023/2024 there were 262 recorded Common Assaults in Midlothian presenting a 21.41 % increase on the 5 year average. The detection rate is 67.94% which compares against the divisional solvency rate of 59.72%. There were 14 assaults on Emergency Workers during Q1 2023/24 reflecting a positive 33.33% reduction on the 5 year average. However any assault on an Emergency Worker is unacceptable. This remains a Force Focus with the Chief Constable previously publishing his commitment to reduce the impact of violence and to improve the safety of officers and staff in his ‘Your Safety Matters Assault Pledge’. The Chief Constable has made it clear that aggressive or threatening behaviour or verbal abuse against Police Scotland personnel is simply not part of the job and has provided improved safety and welfare support. Page 23 of 80
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OFFICIAL 16 | P a g e OFFICIAL Reducing Violence and Antisocial Behaviour Reducing Antisocial Behaviour Indicator 5 Year Average 2023-24 Q1 Change TYTD Per 10,000 population Q1 2023/24 Detection Rate Antisocial Behaviour Incidents 1578.6 1207 -23.54 Vandalism (Including Malicious Mischief) 172.8 172 -0.46% 18.6 22.67% Fire-raising 10.4 13 25.00% 1.41 15.38% Breach of the Peace and S38 CJ&L(S) A 2010 195.8 168 -14.20% 18.17 72.02% Midlothian Police continue to tackle Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) in its various forms with our partners. At 1207 incidents reported to Police during Q1 2023/24, ASB continues to record levels below the five year average, with a 23.53% reduction on the 5 year average. During Q1 2023/24 a total of 172 Vandalism type offences were recorded, mirroring the 5 year average. Midlothian also recorded further decreases in the number of Threatening & Abusive Behaviour (10.90% reduction), and Stalking (37.5% reduction) type incidents during Q1 2023/24. MCAT attended 81 youth incidents throughout Midlothian wards, this represents an increase of 13 youth related incidents on the last quarter. This reflects the summer months and school holidays. Proactive patrols have continued at hot spot areas including Tesco/McDonalds Hardengreen, the terminus Gorebridge terminus, and Rosewell. MCAT ensure these are monitored and patrolled daily. During these patrols a group of youths were traced and charged for using threatening, abusive and racial language towards staff at McDonalds. Different youths were identified for smashing a bus window in Gorebridge, charged and returned home. A male youth was traced after attempting to evade police following breaking into Buccleuch House in Dalkeith. The youth was also found in possession cannabis. He was charged with both offences. Operation Juke was instigated specifically to deal with Anti-Social Behaviour involving youths travelling along local bus routes. MCAT have been working closely with LRT to tackle youth offending and ASB on these buses. This has resulted in a strong partnership relationship and has resulted in numerous plain and uniform patrols, supported by LRT and the deployment of a decoy bus to identify those youths responsible. These deployments have had a positive impact reducing similar incidents. Page 24 of 80
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OFFICIAL 17 | P a g e OFFICIAL For example, on the 30th May 2023, MCAT and Community officers completing operation Juke patrols identified 4 youths who were subsequently charged with damaging the interior and exterior of an LRT bus and abusing the driver. These youths were returned home and charged in front of their parents and youth offending referrals were submitted to Youth Justice Partners to progress. Throughout Q1 2023/24 MCAT and Community Policing Officers have continued to target Anti-Social Behaviour involving off road motorcycles (Operation Jewel). This operation to date has resulted in 13 motorcycles being seized by police and 8 individuals being reported to Crown Office Procurator Fiscal Service for various different motorbike related traffic offences. Page 25 of 80
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OFFICIAL 18 | P a g e OFFICIAL Reducing Acquisitive Crime Dishonesty (group 3) 5 Year Average Q1 2023/24 Change YTD Per 10,000 population Q1 2023/24 Detection Rate 462.6 435 -5.97% 47.05 29.89% Given the wide range of ‘Acquisitive Crimes’ this priority is covered in 2 sections within this report: • Dishonesty (covered in this section) • Housebreaking (covered in next section) Dealing with Acquisitive Crime to protect people by reducing the impacts of theft on individuals and communities remains a priority During Q1 2023/24, a total of 435 overall Group 3 crimes (including housebreaking crimes) have been recorded within Midlothian. This figure represents 27.6 fewer crimes or a 5.972% reduction compared to the 5 year average. The detection rate of 29.89% still remains above the wider Lothian and Scottish Borders Division detection rate of 23.14%. Reported Theft Housebreaking (including attempts) similarly remains below the 5 average with 59 incidents reported during Q1 2023/24, representing a 3.28% reduction. During Q1 2023/24 there were reductions in reported Opening Lockfast Places – Motor Vehicle (41% reduction), and Theft from an insecure Motor vehicle (65.51% reduction). However during Q1 2023/24 we have also recorded an increase in Theft of Motor Vehicles (21% increase). This statistic includes stolen motorcycles and in response to this increase, specialist officers from our Criminal Investigation Department assisted by MCAT officers, successfully completed Operation Jetty a pro-active enquiry resulting in 3 persons being reported to the Crown Office Procurator Fiscal Service for various Group 3 offences. I am confident will be reflected in the next Q2 return. Page 26 of 80
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OFFICIAL 19 | P a g e OFFICIAL Reducing Acquisitive Crime Housebreaking Crime Type 5 Year Average Q1 2023/24 Change YTD Per 10,000 population Q1 2023/24 Detection Rate Dwelling HB 18.4 22 19.57% 2.38 13.64% Non Dwelling (Sheds, garages) HB 25.2 18 -28.57% 1.95 16.67% Other (Business) HB 17.4 19 9.20% 2.05 21.05% All HB 61 59 -3.28% 6.38 16.95% During Q1 2023/24, there were 3.2% fewer reports of all Housebreaking (including Dwelling House, Non- Dwelling House or Other Premises) in Midlothian compared to the 5 year average. The detection rate for Midlothian during Q1 2023/24 is 16.95%. This 1.15% is below the wider detection rate for The Lothians and Scottish Borders Division. During Q1 2023/24, a total of 22 Housebreaking (Dwelling House) were recorded, this figure is 19.57% or 3.6 more incidents than the 5 year average. The Q4 detection rate of 13.64%, remains 3.89% below the wider Lothian and Scottish Borders Division detection rate of 17.53%. During Q1 2023/24, a total of 18 Housebreaking (Non-dwelling House) were recorded, this figure is 28.57% below the 5 year average or 7.2 fewer incidents. Page 27 of 80
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OFFICIAL 20 | P a g e OFFICIAL Improving road safety Road Casualties Q1 2022/23 Q1 2023/24 Change Fatal 0 0 - Serious 7 10 43% Slight 22 10 -55% Total 29 20 -31.03 Children (aged<16) Killed 0 0 - Children (aged<16) Seriously Injured 1 0 -100% 5 Year Average Q1 2023/24 Change Dangerous driving 12 11 -8.33% Speeding 10.8 24 122.22% Disqualified driving 7.4 3 -59.46% Driving Licence 28.8 19 -34.03% Insurance 69.8 54 -22.64% Seat Belts 3 19 533.33% Mobile Phone 7.8 15 92.31% Drink/Drug Driving Detections 28.2 30 6.38% Page 28 of 80
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OFFICIAL 21 | P a g e OFFICIAL Throughout Q1 2023/24 there have been 9 fewer casualties (Fatal, Serious, and Minor) recorded within Midlothian than the previous Q1 2022/ 23 return. This represents a 31.03% reduction in the total number of casualties on Midlothian roads. Throughout Q1 2023/24 there have been zero fatalities, mirroring the previous year’s Q1 2022/23 return. There has however been a 43% increase in the number of people Seriously Injured (up to 10 from 7), reflecting a 43% increase on same period last year. On a positive note, the number of Children Seriously Injured during the same period is zero, reflecting a 100% improvement on the previous year Q1 2022/23, where 1 incident was recorded. There continues to be an encouragingly significant 55% decrease in the number of people Slightly Injured (down to 10 from 22) during Q1 2023/24 compared to the previous year. There has been similar percentage decreases in dangerous driving (8.3%), disqualified driving (59.46%) and licence (34.03%), and insurance (22.64%) offences against the five year average. Midlothian continues to focus on Road Safety, and in response to complaints from the community Midlothian officers continue to resource a number of initiatives throughout Midlothian using Community Policing, MCAT and specialist Road Policing resources to target Safety via pop-up roadside initiatives. This road safety commitment is reflected in the significant increase in penalties issued for Speeding (up 122%), Use of mobile phones (up 92%), and Seat Belt (533%) offences, compared to the 5 year average. MCAT continue to resource static road checks utilising Radar Speed Gun. These checks were carried out in areas identified as a concerns by local residents and Midlothian Council including Eskbank Road, Bonnyrigg Road, Cockpen Road, Stobhill Road, Powdermill Brae and Dalhousie Road. A number of tickets were issued in relation to identified offences. Road checks were completed at Sheriffhall Park and Ride on a number of evenings. These checks were completed in response to reports of car enthusiasts driving in an anti-social manner which impacted nearby residents. Our Community Policing Team continue to engage with Midlothian Council regarding this issue. MCAT completed extra patrols at Croft Street, Dalkeith and Lasswade Primary school. These patrols were completed at school drop off and pick up times in relation to parking on restricted roads at these times. MCAT engaged with and provided advice to drivers, pedestrians and local businesses where appropriate. Three vehicles were seized in terms of Section 165 (no insurance / no licence) of the Road Traffic Act 1988. The drivers were cautioned and charged with the relevant offences. Page 29 of 80
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OFFICIAL 22 | P a g e OFFICIAL Tackling Serious & Organised Crime Tackling Serious & Organised Crime The UK threat level remains at Substantial as it has done since February 2022. Midlothian continue to work closely with partner agencies to actively target “County Lines” nominals that use Midlothian as a base to distribute drugs throughout our community. During Q1 2023/24, MCAT officers assisted and National Crime Agency enquiry, after UK Border Force seized a package containing black toy gun realistic imitation firearm (RIF), addressed to a Midlothian address. After forensic examination the device is found to be a viable firearm. During a subsequent thorough search of the address no further weapons were found. A male has been reported to Crown Office Procurator Fiscal Service. Page 30 of 80
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OFFICIAL 23 | P a g e OFFICIAL Complaints Executive Summary April 2023 – June 2023 Number of Complaints about the Police Number of Complaints per 10,000 Police Incidents Complaints received about the Police 16 23.84 On Duty Allegations Off Duty Allegations Quality of Service Allegations Total Number of Allegations Total Allegations Recorded 15 10 25 The breakdown above details the total number of Complaints about the Police, received in relation to the Midlothian area command as at 30th June 2023. The breakdown below provides further detail on the Allegation Category and Type. As can be seen there has been a 32.4% decrease in the overall number of Complaints about the Police when comparing LYTD and YTD. Area Allegation Category and Type LYTD YTD % change Midlothian Council Allegation Category and Type PYTD YTD % change from PYTD On Duty - TOTAL 21 15 -28.6% Assault 3 2 -33.3% Discriminatory Behaviour 0 1 x Excessive Force 5 1 -80.0% Incivility 6 5 -16.7% Irregularity in Procedure 7 6 -14.3% Quality Of Service - TOTAL 16 10 -37.5% Policy/Procedure 0 2 x Service Delivery 10 4 -60.0% Service Outcome 6 4 -33.3% Page 31 of 80
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OFFICIAL 25 | P a g e OFFICIAL Midlothian CAT team – Q1 Update VISION & ACTIVITIES Vision Impact positively on life quality within the communities of Midlothian by reducing all types of antisocial behaviour through prevention, disruption and enforcement. More specific details under each heading can be found in the monthly reports already submitted. Activities 1. High Visibility Patrolling: the provision of community support and reassurance by undertaking high visibility vehicle, foot and cycle patrols focusing on identified antisocial behaviour issues. MCAT officers continued to conduct high visibility patrols across the Midlothian area. Throughout Q1, this included high visibility static road checks outside local Primary schools promoting road safety and also ensuring the safety of children and guardians during school opening and closing hours. In addition, a number of static road checks employing the radar Speed gun were carried out at different locations across the county. Extra attention was given to Croft Street, Dalkeith and Lasswade Primary School at school drop off and pick up times in relation to the restricted roads at these times. Of particular note in June foot patrols were conducted at Paradykes Primary School, Loanhead after reports were made that uncapped needles were found in the school playground. MCAT officers also conducted mobile patrols at Gladhouse Reservoir engaging with visitors and making sure the clearway restrictions where adhered to. Mobile, Foot and Quad bike patrols were conducted in the town centers and hot spots for youth disorder and anti-social behavior (ASB) in Dalkeith, Loanhead, Bonnyrigg, Penicuik and Mayfield to deter and engage with groups of youths. Initiatives and joint working were executed focusing on Lothian Bus routes specifically those between Tesco, Hardengreen, Dalkeith, Gorebridge terminus, and Rosewell working in conjunction with Lothian Buses. Reassurance and Dispersal patrols were completed in Penicuik during the Hunter and Lass event which passed without incident. In relation to the continued impact of anti-social behaviour caused by off-road bikes in the Midlothian area, Operation Jewel has continued throughout the month of June. Officers were deployed on Quadbikes to target specific areas known to be used by those responsible. These officers have been able to target and disrupt those involved. Specific areas have been identified as hotpots of this activity and targeted, areas including chosen around Penicuik, Easthouses and Mayfield. Regular patrolling of and visits to all licensed premises in Midlothian continued. These patrols and visits are completed to ensure a safe and enjoyable experience for those using hospitality venues and enjoying the weekend night life. Page 33 of 80
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OFFICIAL 26 | P a g e OFFICIAL 2. Recidivist Offenders: intelligence led focus on individuals known to engage in antisocial behaviour, drugs use/supply and persistent alcohol abuse, with specific attention being given to persons subject to ASBOs and judicial bails (including curfews). All opportunities are taken to challenge recidivist offenders, often historically responsible for a large number of offences. In total 204 Bail Curfew checks were carried out with a compliance rate of 91%, demonstrating how the continued use of this tactic curtails criminal behavior. 31 individuals were arrested on warrant by MCAT over this quarter. This is an increase of 11 arrests in comparison to the last quarter. Where there is a legislated reason, MCAT officers search individuals for controlled substances, stolen property, and weapons, progressing these to house searches if the circumstances allow. House searches under warrant have continued and have been successful in recovering drugs, cash and weapons. A number of reports have been submitted and details are in the monthly reports. These searches do rely on a steady flow of intelligence from the community, as well as proactivity by the team. A total of 7 Misuse of Drugs Warrants were executed by MCAT officers during Q1 2023/24, resulting in the following recoveries with the upper street value totaling: Class A: £15200 Class B: £30131 Class C: £0 A Misuse of Drugs warrant was executed in Gorebridge. This resulted in the recovery of 170g of Cocaine and 8 offensive weapons of varying descriptions. A male was cautioned and charged with being concerned in the supply of cocaine and possession of said weapons. MCAT Officers responded to an incident involving a repeat offender who chased a group of youths in Mayfield whilst in possession of a knife, causing distress to those involved. Thanks to their swift deployment, MCAT officers traced, arrested and charged the male. Another incident involved well-known offenders entering a care home in possession of, and attempting to sell stolen property to the residents. MCAT officers traced both suspects who were found in possession of various items of stolen property including bottles of alcohol, razor blades and toiletries. Page 34 of 80
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OFFICIAL 27 | P a g e OFFICIAL Bail Curfew Check COMPLIANT 187 Bail Curfew Check FAILED 17 Arrest on warrant 31 Search Person MDA Positive 12 Search Person MDA Negative 7 Search Property MDA Positive 3 Search Property MDA Negative 4 Search Weapons Positive 1 Search Weapons Negative 1 Search Stolen Property Positive 3 Search Stolen Property Negative 2 3. Youth Engagement: actively engage with youths and foster a positive image of the police and their local communities. Act as primary first responders to youth calls, disrupt antisocial behaviour and enforce appropriate legislation firmly but fairly. Maximise alcohol seizures. Engage with partners and CBO colleagues to identify appropriate support and diversionary activities. Throughout Q1 2023/24, MCAT attended 81 youth incidents throughout Midlothian wards, this represents an increase of 13 youth related incidents on the last quarter. This reflects the summer months and school holidays. Proactive patrols have continued at hot spot areas including Tesco/McDonalds Hardengreen, the terminus Gorebridge terminus, and Rosewell. MCAT ensure these are monitored and patrolled daily. During these patrols a group of youths were traced and charged for using threatening, abusive and racial language towards staff at McDonalds. Different youths were identified for smashing a bus window in Gorebridge, charged and returned home. A male youth was traced after attempting to evade police following breaking into Buccleuch House in Dalkeith. The youth was also found in possession cannabis. He was charged with both offences. MCAT continually liaise with local Community and School Link officers in order to engage with youths and identify offenders. Operation Juke was instigated specifically to deal with Anti-Social Behaviour involving youths travelling along local bus routes. MCAT have been working closely with LRT to tackle youth offending and ASB on these buses. This has resulted in a strong partnership relationship and has resulted in numerous plain and uniform patrols, Page 35 of 80
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OFFICIAL 28 | P a g e OFFICIAL supported by LRT and the deployment of a decoy bus to identify those youths responsible for this behaviour. These deployments have had a positive impact reducing similar incidents. Youth Calls Attended 81 Alcohol Seizures 0 Children At Risk VPDs Submitted 6 4. Licensed Premises: monitor licensed premises activity and act as first responders to antisocial behavior related incidents whenever possible. All Midlothian Licensed premises continued to be monitored and visited by MCAT officers. There does appear to have been a gradual drop in incidents within licensed premises over the last few quarters. LP Visit Public House 8 LP Visit Off Sales 5 5. Support Partners & Colleagues: engage with community partners to work together towards the vision and promote joint patrolling. Support divisional colleagues by acting as first responders to antisocial behaviour related incidents that are occurring in real time whenever possible. Instigate and contribute to operations and initiatives linked to the core vision. MCAT have been working closely with LRT to tackle youth offending and ASB on buses. This has resulted in a strong partnership relationship and has resulted in numerous plain and uniform patrols on the buses. This has also resulted in the deployment of the decoy bus. MCAT continue to liaise with the Scottish Fire and Rescue service identifying areas where fires have been set but not reported to the Police, this allows MCAT to focus their patrols in these areas. Joint Activity NHS/SAS 0 Joint Activity Local Council 6 Joint Activity SFRS 0 Joint Activity Public Event 9 Page 36 of 80
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OFFICIAL 29 | P a g e OFFICIAL 6. Road Safety: tackle antisocial vehicle use, giving specific attention to inconsiderate vehicle use on the Midlothian road network and the illegal use of off-road motorcycles. Maximise the appropriate use of ASBO warnings and vehicle seizures. MCATS officers supported by the Community Policing Team continue to deal effectively with Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) with a particular focus during Q1 on Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) involving off road motorbikes. As part of Operation Jewel, high visibility and unmarked patrols continued in relation to theft of motor vehicles and anti-social use of off road bikes throughout Midlothian. MCAT completed static road checks utilising Radar Speed Gun. These checks were carried out in areas identified as a concerns by local residents and Midlothian Council including Eskbank Road, Bonnyrigg Road, Cockpen Road, Stobhill Road, Powdermill Brae and Dalhousie Road. A number of tickets were issued in relation to identified offences. Road checks were completed at Sheriffhall Park and Ride on a number of evenings. These checks were completed in response to reports of car enthusiasts driving in an anti-social manner which impacted nearby residents. MCAT completed extra patrols at Croft Street, Dalkeith and Lasswade Primary school. These patrols were completed at school drop off and pick up times in relation to parking on restricted roads at these times. MCAT engaged with and provided advice to drivers, pedestrians and local businesses where appropriate. Three vehicles were seized in terms of Section 165 (no insurance / no licence) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 by MCAT officers. The drivers were cautioned and charged with the relevant offences. Static Road Checks 14 Fixed Penalty Tickets (RTA only) 15 Section 165 Seizures 3 Breath Tests Negative (pass) 10 Breath Tests Positive (fail) 0 S5A Drug Wipe Negative (pass) 0 S5A Drug Wipe Positive (fail) 0 ASBO Seizures 0 Other Incidents and Arrests of Note Page 37 of 80
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OFFICIAL 30 | P a g e OFFICIAL MCAT attended an address in Dalkeith following concerns that he been raised for a pupil who had not been attending school. The pupil and mother were traced and concerns were identified in relation to the child’s welfare and living conditions. Social work were contacted, VPD submitted and ongoing assistance arranged with partner agencies. MCAT Officers seized £30,000 worth of Cannabis attempted to be imported from the US state of Arizona to an address in Midlothian. An enquiry is ongoing to identify those responsible. MCAT Officers engaged with the Mosque in Bonnyrigg after they reported youths had thrown sausages at their door, which was looked at as a potential hate crime. It was established that the sausages had been left outside the mosque at a bus stop and youths found these by chance. Reassurance was provided to the Mosque and increased passing attention given. MCAT Officers also progressed numerous ongoing enquiries in relation to high risk domestic abuse investigation packs. In addition, MCAT officers provided assistance to the Public Protection Unit helping to arrest those suspected of committing serious offences against vulnerable people in Midlothian. MCAT Officers provided assistance with searching a number of addresses looking for a male who absconded from Castle Huntly prison and suspected to be in Midlothian. Planned Activity MCAT officers have a number of search warrants in hand to execute in the coming month and, as always, intelligence related to high tariff offenders in Midlothian is continuously being developed and will be actioned upon both proactively and reactively. In addition, MCAT will continue focused patrols, speed checks and Operation Jewel initiatives planned to target any specific issues that are brought to the attention of the MCAT by residents, partners, and colleagues or indeed discovered during usual proactive patrol and engagement with our communities. MCAT officers are gaining intelligence on a continued basis creating a picture of off-road bike issues and particularly where problem hot spots appear to be forming. MCAT Officers are working in partnership with Midlothian Council, Amberstone Security (Tesco Security), Tesco and Lothian Buses as part of Operation Juke to address increased youth anti-social behavior occurring around the bus terminus outside Tesco at Hardengreen. Throughout Q2 2023/24, MCAT officers will continue to work alongside Police Scotland’s Special Constable Enquiry Team (SET) to enhance police resources in Midlothian addressing ASB and Speeding offences. Page 38 of 80
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OFFICIAL 31 | P a g e OFFICIAL Appendix Lothian and Scottish Borders Divisional Crime Overview Lothian and Scottish Borders Division 5 Year Average 2023/24 Q1 Per 10,000 Q1 2023/24 Detection Rates 2023/24 GROUP 1: NON SEXUAL CRIMES OF VIOLENCE 157 288 5.78 50.69 Murder (excluding culpable homicide at common law) 0.6 0 0 - Culpable homicide (at common law) 0 0 0 - Culpable homicide (under statute including RTA, sec. 1) 0.8 1 0.02 100.00 Attempted murder 4.2 4 0.08 150.00 Serious assault 66.2 81 1.63 75.31 Robbery and assault with intent to rob 21 34 0.68 64.71 Domestic Abuse (of female) N/A 38 0.76 81.58 Domestic Abuse (of male) N/A 0 0 - Domestic Abuse (Total) N/A 38 0.76 81.58 Cruel & Unnatural treatment of children 17 15 0.3 66.67 Threats and extortion 17 99 1.99 1.01 Other group 1 crimes 10 16 0.32 87.50 GROUP 2: SEXUAL CRIMES 275.6 369 7.41 56.64 Rape 50.2 50 1 80.00 Assault w/i to rape or ravish 2.8 2 0.04 0.00 Rape and attempted rape - Total 53 52 1.04 76.92 Sexual assault (pre-SOSA 2009)* 2.2 0 0 - Sexual assault (SOSA 2009)* 77.8 100 2.01 52.00 Lewd & libidinous practices* 23.4 14 0.28 64.29 Indecent/Sexual Assault - Total 103.4 114 2.29 54.39 Prostitution related crime - Total* 0.2 0 0 - Taking, distribution, possession of indecent photos of children 13.4 19 0.38 100.00 Communicating indecently (SOSA 2009)* 25 46 0.92 63.04 Communications Act 2003 (sexual) 4.2 10 0.2 50.00 Sexual exposure (SOSA 2009)* 9.2 21 0.42 66.67 Public indecency (common law) 3 1 0.02 100.00 Other sexual crimes (SOSA 2009)* 39.6 78 1.57 37.18 Other sexual crimes (non-SOSA 2009)* 3.6 2 0.04 200.00 Threatening / Disclosure of intimate image* 21 26 0.52 23.08 Other Group 2 crimes 0 0 0 - Other Group 2 crimes - Total 119 203 4.07 52.71 GROUP 3: CRIMES OF DISHONESTY 2099.8 2126 42.68 23.14 Housebreaking (incl. attempts) - dwelling house 85.6 97 1.95 17.53 Housebreaking (incl. attempts) - non dwelling 72.2 63 1.26 11.11 Housebreaking (incl. attempts) - other premises 90.8 61 1.22 26.23 Housebreaking (incl. Attempts) - Total 248.6 221 4.44 18.10 Page 39 of 80
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OFFICIAL 32 | P a g e OFFICIAL Opening Lockfast Places - Motor Vehicle 54.2 44 0.88 6.82 Theft of a motor vehicle 106.4 106 2.13 34.91 Theft from a Motor Vehicle (Insecure etc.) 121 55 1.1 16.36 Attempt theft of motor vehicle 8 14 0.28 7.14 Motor vehicle crime - Total 289.6 219 4.4 22.83 Opening Lockfast Places - NOT Motor Vehicle 29.2 23 0.46 4.35 Common theft 588 607 12.18 18.12 Theft by shoplifting 543.8 598 12 33.61 Fraud 248.4 363 7.29 15.15 Other Group 3 Crimes 152.2 95 1.91 36.84 GROUP 4: FIRE-RAISING, MALICIOUS MISCHIEF etc. 1020.2 1095 21.98 24.75 Fireraising 63.4 88 1.77 13.64 Vandalism (including malicious mischief) 902.4 930 18.67 24.73 Reckless conduct (with firearms) 0.8 2 0.04 50.00 Culpable and reckless conduct (not with firearms) 52.2 68 1.37 36.76 Other Group 4 Crimes 1.4 7 0.14 42.86 GROUP 5: OTHER (PRO-ACTIVITY) CRIMES 1132.8 1153 23.15 90.81 Carrying offensive weapons (incl. restriction) 47.2 43 0.86 81.40 Handling bladed/pointed instrument 46.8 48 0.96 89.58 Offensive weapon (used in other criminal activity)* 36.6 56 1.12 67.86 Bladed/pointed instrument (used in other criminal activity)* 18 33 0.66 75.76 Total offensive/bladed weapons 148.6 180 3.61 78.33 Production, manufacture or cultivation of drugs 16.4 12 0.24 83.33 Supply of drugs (incl. possession with intent) 61.8 63 1.26 80.95 Bringing drugs into prison 4.2 0 0 - Supply of drugs - Total 82.4 75 1.51 81.33 Possession of drugs 498.4 304 6.1 93.75 Other drugs offences (incl. importation) 4 1 0.02 200.00 Total drugs crimes 584.8 380 7.63 91.58 Offences relating to serious and organised crime 0.8 12 0.24 100.00 Bail offences (other than absconding) 203.6 368 7.39 92.93 Other Group 5 crimes 195 213 4.28 95.77 GROUP 6: MISCELLANEOUS OFFENCES 2604.6 2958 59.38 64.13 Common Assault 1068.2 1425 28.61 59.72 Common Assault (of emergency workers) 108 111 2.23 97.30 Common Assault - Total 1176.2 1536 30.83 62.43 Breach of the Peace 34.6 16 0.32 100.00 Threatening & abusive behaviour 933.4 944 18.95 69.07 Stalking 29.8 26 0.52 73.08 BOP, S38 & S39 Crim Just & Lic (S) Act 2010 - Total 997.8 986 19.79 69.68 Racially aggravated harassment/conduct* 35.8 22 0.44 90.91 Drunk and incapable 10.6 8 0.16 87.50 Consume alcohol in designated place local bye-law 11.6 11 0.22 109.09 Other alcohol related offences* 7.2 11 0.22 109.09 Page 40 of 80
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OFFICIAL 33 | P a g e OFFICIAL Drunkenness and other disorderly conduct (TOTAL) 29.4 30 0.6 103.33 Wildlife offences* 12 27 0.54 22.22 Other Group 6 offences 353.4 357 7.17 54.34 GROUP 7: OFFENCES RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES 1885.4 2036 40.87 83.79 Dangerous driving offences 64 65 1.3 86.15 Drink, Drug driving offences incl. Failure to provide a specimen 141 147 2.95 104.76 Speeding offences 176 132 2.65 97.73 Driving while disqualified 31 18 0.36 100.00 Driving without a licence 157.4 107 2.15 100.93 Failure to insure against third party risks 392 310 6.22 101.29 Seat belt offences 32.8 68 1.37 100.00 Mobile phone offences 52.4 55 1.1 89.09 Driving Carelessly 148.6 176 3.53 87.50 Drivers neglect of traffic directions (NOT pedestrian crossings) 48.8 224 4.5 92.86 Using a motor vehicle without test certificate 198.4 197 3.95 102.03 Other Group 7 offences 443 537 10.78 46.00 Page 41 of 80
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OFFICIAL 34 | P a g e OFFICIAL Midlothian Recorded Crime Overview Midlothian 5 Year Average 2023/24 Q1 Per 10,000 Q1 2023/24 Detection Rates 2023/24 GROUP 1: NON SEXUAL CRIMES OF VIOLENCE 27.8 59 6.38 67.8 Murder (excluding culpable homicide at common law) 0 0 - - Culpable homicide (at common law) 0 0 - - Culpable homicide (under statute including RTA, sec. 1) 0 0 - - Attempted murder 0.6 3 0.32 133.33 Serious assault 11.6 13 1.41 100 Robbery and assault with intent to rob 4.2 9 0.97 100 Domestic Abuse (of female) N/A 6 0.65 100 Domestic Abuse (of male) N/A 0 - - Domestic Abuse (Total) N/A 6 0.65 100 Cruel & Unnatural treatment of children 6 4 0.43 100 Threats and extortion 1.8 19 2.05 0 Other group 1 crimes 1 5 0.54 80 GROUP 2: SEXUAL CRIMES 51.6 70 7.57 42.86 Rape 10 3 0.32 100 Assault w/i to rape or ravish 0.2 0 - - Rape and attempted rape - Total 10.2 3 0.32 100 Sexual assault (pre-SOSA 2009)* 0.6 0 - - Sexual assault (SOSA 2009)* 13.4 16 1.73 50 Lewd & libidinous practices* 4.8 4 0.43 75 Indecent/Sexual Assault - Total 18.8 20 2.16 55 Prostitution related crime - Total* 0.2 0 - - Taking, distribution, possession of indecent photos of children 3.4 6 0.65 83.33 Communicating indecently (SOSA 2009)* 4.6 9 0.97 66.67 Communications Act 2003 (sexual) 0 2 0.22 0 Sexual exposure (SOSA 2009)* 1.6 4 0.43 25 Public indecency (common law) 1.2 0 - - Other sexual crimes (SOSA 2009)* 6.8 21 2.27 9.52 Other sexual crimes (non-SOSA 2009)* 0.6 1 0.11 100 Threatening / Disclosure of intimate image* 4.2 4 0.43 25 Other Group 2 crimes 0 0 - - Other Group 2 crimes - Total 22.4 47 5.08 34.04 GROUP 3: CRIMES OF DISHONESTY 462.6 435 47.05 29.89 Housebreaking (incl. attempts) - dwelling house 18.4 22 2.38 13.64 Housebreaking (incl. attempts) - non dwelling 25.2 18 1.95 16.67 Housebreaking (incl. attempts) - other premises 17.4 19 2.05 21.05 Housebreaking (incl. Attempts) - Total 61 59 6.38 16.95 Opening Lockfast Places - Motor Vehicle 6.8 4 0.43 25 Theft of a motor vehicle 23.8 29 3.14 17.24 Page 42 of 80
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OFFICIAL 35 | P a g e OFFICIAL Theft from a Motor Vehicle (Insecure etc.) 23.2 8 0.87 0 Attempt theft of motor vehicle 1 1 0.11 0 Motor vehicle crime - Total 54.8 42 4.54 14.29 Opening Lockfast Places - NOT Motor Vehicle 5.2 6 0.65 0 Common theft 106.2 104 11.25 40.38 Theft by shoplifting 151.8 150 16.22 36 Fraud 49 64 6.92 20.31 Other Group 3 Crimes 34.6 10 1.08 50 GROUP 4: FIRE-RAISING, MALICIOUS MISCHIEF etc. 195.4 204 22.06 23.04 Fireraising 10.4 13 1.41 15.38 Vandalism (including malicious mischief) 172.8 172 18.6 22.67 Reckless conduct (with firearms) 0 0 - - Culpable and reckless conduct (not with firearms) 11.8 19 2.05 31.58 Other Group 4 Crimes 0.4 0 - - GROUP 5: OTHER (PRO-ACTIVITY) CRIMES 227.8 204 22.06 96.08 Carrying offensive weapons (incl. restriction) 9.4 6 0.65 50 Handling bladed/pointed instrument 8.8 8 0.87 100 Offensive weapon (used in other criminal activity)* 5.6 11 1.19 90.91 Bladed/pointed instrument (used in other criminal activity)* 2.4 7 0.76 85.71 Total offensive/bladed weapons 26.2 32 3.46 84.38 Production, manufacture or cultivation of drugs 2.6 1 0.11 100 Supply of drugs (incl. possession with intent) 11.6 5 0.54 140 Bringing drugs into prison 0 0 - - Supply of drugs - Total 14.2 6 0.65 133.33 Possession of drugs 105.8 45 4.87 100 Other drugs offences (incl. importation) 0.2 0 - - Total drugs crimes 120.2 51 5.52 103.92 Offences relating to serious and organised crime 0.2 3 0.32 100 Bail offences (other than absconding) 44.2 81 8.76 95.06 Other Group 5 crimes 37 37 4 97.3 GROUP 6: MISCELLANEOUS OFFENCES 493.8 511 55.27 69.08 Common Assault 194.8 248 26.82 63.31 Common Assault (of emergency workers) 21 14 1.51 150 Common Assault - Total 215.8 262 28.34 67.94 Breach of the Peace 5.8 0 - - Threatening & abusive behaviour 185.2 165 17.85 72.12 Stalking 4.8 3 0.32 66.67 BOP, S38 & S39 Crim Just & Lic (S) Act 2010 - Total 195.8 168 18.17 72.02 Racially aggravated harassment/conduct* 5 3 0.32 100 Drunk and incapable 1.6 1 0.11 100 Consume alcohol in designated place local bye-law 5 4 0.43 100 Other alcohol related offences* 2.2 1 0.11 100 Drunkenness and other disorderly conduct (TOTAL) 8.8 6 0.65 100 Wildlife offences* 1.6 1 0.11 100 Page 43 of 80
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OFFICIAL 36 | P a g e OFFICIAL Other Group 6 offences 66.8 71 7.68 61.97 GROUP 7: OFFENCES RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES 319.4 376 40.67 84.31 Dangerous driving offences 12 11 1.19 90.91 Drink, Drug driving offences incl. Failure to provide a specimen 28.2 30 3.24 130 Speeding offences 10.8 24 2.6 95.83 Driving while disqualified 7.4 3 0.32 100 Driving without a licence 28.8 19 2.05 110.53 Failure to insure against third party risks 69.8 54 5.84 105.56 Seat belt offences 3 19 2.05 100 Mobile phone offences 7.8 15 1.62 100 Driving Carelessly 24.2 33 3.57 78.79 Drivers neglect of traffic directions (NOT pedestrian crossings) 7 13 1.41 92.31 Using a motor vehicle without test certificate 24.2 43 4.65 100 Other Group 7 offences 96.2 112 12.11 43.75 Page 44 of 80
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Page Template 201 9/20 202 0/21 202 1/22 Ward Count Penicuik Ward 1 Penicu 1 ## ## 6255 Bonnyrigg Ward 1 Bonn 2 767 ## 7452 Dalkeith Ward 1 Dalke 3 ## ## 6034 Midlothian West Ward 1 Midloth4 ## ## 6769 Midlothian East Ward 1 Midloth5 ## ## 7120 Midlothian South Ward 1 Midloth6 ## ## 5941 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Population 84240 Dwellings 37051 Land mass 35527.527 Local Authority Midlothian 3 LA(1) in LSO East Lothian 2 East Lothian LA(2) in LSO Midlothian 1 Midlothian LA(3) in LSO Scottish Borders 3 Scottish Borders LSO E5 - East Lothian / Midlothian / Scottish Borders E5 ## LSO(1) in SDA E1 - Edinburgh City 1 LSO(2) in SDA E2 - Fife 1 LSO(3) in SDA E3 - Clackmannanshire / Stirling 1 LSO(4) in SDA E4 - Falkirk / West Lothian 1 LSO(5) in SDA E5 - East Lothian / Midlothian / Scottish Borders 1 LSO(6) in SDA x LSO(7) in SDA x SDA East ## Scotland ## East ## 2022/23 2023/24 PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THERE ARE FORMULAS PRESENT IN THIS SECTION THAT SHOULD NOT BE OVERWRITTEN. THE SECTION IS LEFT 'UNPROTECTED' TO ALLOW YOU TO INSERT YOUR COVER IMAGE HERE AND RESIZE AS NECESSARY. PLEASE CONTACT CHRIS FITZPATRICK IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS DISCLAIMER The figures included in this report are provisional and subject to change as a result of quality assurance and review. The statistics quoted are internal management information published in the interests of transparency and openness. The Scottish government publishes Official Statistics each year which allow for comparisons to be made over longer periods of time. Please ensure any external partners in receipt of these reports are aware of this.1 Page 45 of 80
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CONTENTS PAGE History Local Risk Management and Preparedness All deliberate primary fires All fire casualties (fatal & non-fatal (incl. p/c's)) All deliberate fires excl. dwellings Special Service - RTCs 15 17 9 11 13 5 7 1 2 3 4 5 Special Service Casualties - All False Alarm - UFAs Appendices Glossary Introduction Performance Summary Progress on local fire & rescue plan priorities 3 4 3 Page 47 of 80
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Introduction Midlothian - Introduction - This performance report provides information on our prevention, protection and operational response activities within Midlothian for Quarter 1 of 2023-24 (1st April – 30th June 2023) including information on the year to date figures. 5 Page 49 of 80
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Performance Summary Scorecard We measure how well we are meeting our priorities using 6 key indicators, depicted below Key performance indicator 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 13 17 11 20 18 3 2 2 1 0 2 1 91 70 70 117 74 3 5 4 7 5 9 1 6 7 5 9 9 3 88 51 90 83 75 3 All other incidents #REF! #REF! #REF! #REF! #REF! 1 RED DIAMOND 10% higher than the previous YTD period, or local target not achieved. 2 YELLOW TRIANGLE Up to 9% higher than the previous YTD period, or local target not achieved. 3 GREEN CIRCLE Equal to or improved upon the previous equivalent quarter (or YTD period), or local target achieved. Note Midlothian - Scorecard - Note Incident Overview Midlothian - Scorecard - Incident Overview The chart below illustrates incidents YTD attended within Midlothian council over the last 5 fiscal years Year to date (1st April 2023 – 30th June 2023), the SFRS, responded to 347 incidents in Midlothian, which is a reduction of 20 incidents compared with the same reporting period last year. Quarterly comparison RAG Rating = the reporting period compared to the average of the three previous quarterly reporting periods. Year to Date RAG Rating = the cumulative total of all quarterly performance in current year compared to cumulative total of all quarterly performance in previous year. RAG rating - KEY RAG rating All deliberate primary fires All fire casualties (fatal & non-fatal (incl. p/c's)) All deliberate fires excl. dwellings Special Service - RTCs Special Service Casualties - All False Alarm - UFAs Apr to (& incl.) Jun YTD 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 All Incidents False Alarms Fires Special Service 7 Page 51 of 80
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Progress on local fire & rescue plan priorities Midlothian - RiskMngmnt - RiskPreparedness Local Risk Management and Preparedness Train our staff to deal with our local risks Midlothian - RiskMngmnt - TrainStaff Gather and analyse risk information Midlothian - RiskMngmnt - GatherAnalyse Work with partners to mitigate risks Midlothian - RiskMngmnt - Partners Deal with major events Midlothian - RiskMngmnt - MajorEvents All of our operational staff gather and analyse local risk information and operational intelligence, used in our preparations to resolve incidents. We conduct Post Incident Debriefs to identify any lessons that can be learned from our preparedness and response to emergency events. We use Urgent Operational Intelligence Briefings to inform our operational staff of any safety critical information. We continue to be an active member of the East Local Resilience Partnership. We share information with local authority partners and other key stakeholders (e.g. Police Scotland) to ensure emergency event risks are mitigated. There were no major fire events or significant emergency events in this reporting period. The Service must identify, prioritise and plan to meet the risks in each local community. We said we would: • train our staff to deal with our local risks • gather and analyse risk information • work with partners to mitigate risks • deal with major events All of our operational staff undertake routine and risk specific skill acquisition and maintenance training. 9 Page 53 of 80
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Progress on local fire & rescue plan priorities Midlothian - Priority - All deliberate primary fires Reduction of 'All deliberate primary fires' Results Midlothian - Results - All de Reasons Midlothian - Reasons - All d Actions Midlothian - Actions - All de 164 165 166 167 168 YTD ward ave. for Midlothian - 3 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 Sparklines Midlothian 13 17 11 20 18 Penicuik 1 1 0 2 1 Bonnyrigg 0 3 2 4 1 Dalkeith 2 2 5 3 4 Midlothian West 1 3 1 0 2 Midlothian East 8 5 3 5 6 Midlothian South 1 3 0 6 4 #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A Primary fires can be described as any property such as a residential house or a commercial building, road vehicle, land involving trees or external structure (fencing, garages, garden huts etc). The SFRS is committed to keeping people safe in our communities. We share information with partners to make sure that we reduce the risk to members of the community as well as property. Reduction of deliberate primary fires contributes to The Single Midlothian Plan. SFRS continue to work in partnership to educate and inform people about the dangers of fire. We routinely engage with schools and target areas where anti-social behaviour involving wilful fireraising is prevalent. Appendix 1 'Midlothian Prevention Q1 Report' provides further details on our prevention activities. During the reporting period, SFRS conducted a total of 107 HFSV in Midlothian. We aim to reduce deliberate Fires in Midlothian by contributing towards the SFRS target of 10% reduction per year, over a three-year rolling period. During this quarter, we responded to 18 deliberate Primary Fires, which is an reduction of 2 incidents compared with the same period last year. The long-term trend based upon incidents/10,000 population shows the number of incidents in Midlothian are above the Scottish and East Service Delivery Area trend lines. Of the 18 deliberate fires attended during the reporting period, 2 occurred in domestic dwellings and 4 vehicles were deliberately set alight. 0 10 20 30 40 50 Q1 19/20 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 20/21 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 21/22 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 22/23 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 23/24 Five year data for Midlothian 20 18 11 20 0 10 20 30 2022/23 2023/24 YTD Incidents Incs Target 0.0 2.0 4.0 6.0 Q1 19/20 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 20/21 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 21/22 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 22/23 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 23/24 Reduction of 'All deliberate primary fires' per10000 head of population Midlothian East Scotland 11 Page 55 of 80
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Progress on local fire & rescue plan priorities Midlothian - Priority - All fire casualties (fatal & non-fatal (incl. p/c's)) Reduction of 'All fire casualties (fatal & non-fatal (incl. p/c's))' Results Midlothian - Results - All fire casualties (fatal & non-fatal (incl. p/c's)) Reasons Midlothian - Reasons - All fire casualties (fatal & non-fatal (incl. p/c's)) Actions Midlothian - Actions - All fire casualties (fatal & non-fatal (incl. p/c's)) 164 165 166 167 168 YTD ward ave. for Midlothian - 0 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 Sparklines Midlothian 2 2 1 0 2 Penicuik 0 0 1 0 1 Bonnyrigg 1 0 0 0 0 Dalkeith 0 1 0 0 0 Midlothian West 0 0 0 0 0 Midlothian East 1 0 0 0 1 Midlothian South 0 1 0 0 0 #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A Fire casualty and fatality rates provide an indication of the amount of serious, life-threatening injuries that occur due to fire. This can indicate not only the success of SFRS in reducing the number of life risk fires through community fire safety and similar activities, but also their success in response activity in saving lives. We continue to work with our partners in Midlothian Council and seek opportunities with social work and NHS to target those most vulnerable and at risk from fire. Appendix 1 'Midlothian Prevention & Protection Activities' provides further details on current activities. Historically Midlothian has low numbers of casualties from fires and it is positive to note that this trend remains low. I am pleased to report there were no reported fire fatalities in the 3-month period. We aim to reduce Fire Casualties in Midlothian each per year, which contributes towards the SFRS target of reducing Fire Casualties by 5% per year, over a three-year rolling period. In this reporting period, the figures show a zero reduction when compared with the same reporting period last year which also reported 2 casualties. The long-term trend based upon casualties/10,000 population shows Midlothian is performing below the Scottish average and East SDA average. 0 2 4 6 8 10 Q1 19/20 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 20/21 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 21/22 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 22/23 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 23/24 Five year data for Midlothian 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 2022/23 2023/24 YTD Incidents Incs Target 0.0 50.0 100.0 Q1 19/20 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 20/21 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 21/22 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 22/23 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 23/24 Reduction of 'All fire casualties (fatal & non-fatal (incl. p/c's))' per1000000 head of population Midlothian East Scotland 13 Page 57 of 80
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Progress on local fire & rescue plan priorities Midlothian - Priority - All deliberate fires excl. dwellings Reduction of 'All deliberate fires excl. dwellings' Results Midlothian - Results - All deliberate fires excl. dwellings Reasons Midlothian - Reasons - All deliberate fires excl. dwellings Actions Midlothian - Actions - All deliberate fires excl. dwellings 164 165 166 167 168 YTD ward ave. for Midlothian - 12 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 Sparklines Midlothian 91 70 70 117 74 Penicuik 1 5 1 14 10 Bonnyrigg 10 14 9 16 7 Dalkeith 18 11 11 26 10 Midlothian West 15 12 7 12 11 Midlothian East 36 18 27 32 14 Midlothian South 11 10 15 17 22 #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A Historically deliberate fire setting has not been a significant problem for the SFRS in Midlothian, however recent years have shown a distinct increase in this activity and there is a close link between deliberate secondary fires and other forms of anti-social behaviour. In the main, deliberate fires are secondary fires categorised into refuse/bins, grassland or derelict buildings incidents. Reduction of Deliberate Fire Setting contributes to the Single Midlothian Plan. The SFRS continue to work with our Partners and any emerging themes are managed in Partnership with relevant intervention and prevention activities carried out. Various on-going preventative activities have been undertaken throughout the year targeting the issue of deliberate fire-raising. This includes various youth engagement events, thematic actions, information sharing/visits to schools and other partnership work. There were 76 deliberate fires within the reporting period, which is a decrease of 41 when compared to the same period last year. The long-term trend based upon incidents/10,000 population shows Midlothian performing slightly above the Scottish and East Service Delivery Area trend line. Of the 76 deliberate fire incidents, were mainly ‘deliberate secondary fires’ involving waste or scrubland, wood or crop; refuse/bins including wheelie and recycling bins and 4 incidents involved vehicle fires. 0 50 100 150 200 250 Q1 19/20 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 20/21 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 21/22 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 22/23 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 23/24 Five year data for Midlothian 117 74 70 117 0 50 100 150 2022/23 2023/24 YTD Incidents Incs Target 0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 Q1 19/20 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 20/21 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 21/22 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 22/23 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 23/24 Reduction of 'All deliberate fires excl. dwellings' per10000 head of population Midlothian East Scotland 15 Page 59 of 80
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Progress on local fire & rescue plan priorities Midlothian - Priority - Special Service - RTCs Reduction of 'Special Service - RTCs' Results Midlothian - Results - Special Service - RTCs Reasons Midlothian - Reasons - Special Service - RTCs Actions Midlothian - Actions - Special Service - RTCs 164 165 166 167 168 YTD ward ave. for Midlothian - 2 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 Sparklines Midlothian 5 4 7 5 9 Penicuik 1 2 1 1 1 Bonnyrigg 0 0 0 0 0 Dalkeith 0 0 2 1 2 Midlothian West 0 1 2 1 4 Midlothian East 3 1 1 2 1 Midlothian South 1 0 1 0 1 #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A We attended 9 Road Traffic Collisions during this period, which is an increase of 4 when compared with the same reporting period last year. Per 10,000 head of population, Midlothian is above the Scottish and East Service Delivery area trend lines. The SFRS only attend those RTC’s they are requested to attend this number does not reflect the total number within Midlothian. While much of this risk is out with the control of SFRS, responding to Non-Fire Emergencies such as Road Traffic Collisions is a key part of our intervention activities. The SFRS is committed to working with partners and other stakeholders to drive continuous improvement in this area. Reduction of Casualties from Non-Fire Emergencies contributes to the Single Midlothian Plan, number of people killed or seriously injured in road accidents. The SFRS is a member of a multi-agency approach to reducing Road Traffic Collision’s and the associated casualties and fatalities. The continued delivery of Tomorrow’s Driver programme targeting young people is an excellent partnership approach to reducing road traffic collisions. 0 5 10 15 20 Q1 19/20 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 20/21 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 21/22 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 22/23 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 23/24 Five year data for Midlothian 5 9 7 5 0 5 10 2022/23 2023/24 YTD Incidents Incs Target 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 Q1 19/20 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 20/21 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 21/22 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 22/23 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 23/24 Reduction of 'Special Service - RTCs' per10000 head of population Midlothian East Scotland 17 Page 61 of 80
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Progress on local fire & rescue plan priorities Midlothian - Priority - Special Service Casualties - All Reduction of 'Special Service Casualties - All' Results Midlothian - Results - Special Service Casualties - All Reasons Midlothian - Reasons - Special Service Casualties - All Actions Midlothian - Actions - Special Service Casualties - All 164 165 166 167 168 YTD ward ave. for Midlothian - 2 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 Sparklines Midlothian 6 7 5 9 9 Penicuik 0 2 0 3 3 Bonnyrigg 2 0 0 1 1 Dalkeith 0 3 0 2 2 Midlothian West 1 2 2 2 2 Midlothian East 2 0 2 1 1 Midlothian South 1 0 1 0 0 #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A The SFRS in Midlothian will continue to respond to the communities needs in terms of other non-fire emergencies with the overall objective of reducing casualty and fatality rates within Midlothian. SFRS attended 57 Special Service incident types in the last quarter an increase of 12 incidents from the same reporting period last year. There were a total of 9 casualties (4 fatal and 5 non-fatal casualties). This is a increase of 4 special service casualties when compared with the same reporting period. Per 10,000 head of population, Midlothian is performing below the Scottish and in line with the East Service Delivery area trend lines. While much of this risk is out with the control of SFRS, responding to Non-Fire Emergencies is a key part of our intervention activities. The SFRS is committed to working with partners and other stakeholders to drive continuous improvement in this area. Reduction of Casualties from Non-Fire Emergencies contributes to the Single Midlothian Plan. There were 4 fatal casualties from co-responding or assisting other agencies at incidents involving water, effecting enty and OCHA. 0 5 10 15 20 25 Q1 19/20 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 20/21 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 21/22 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 22/23 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 23/24 Five year data for Midlothian 9 9 5 9 0 5 10 2022/23 2023/24 YTD Incidents Incs Target 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 Q1 19/20 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 20/21 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 21/22 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 22/23 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 23/24 Reduction of 'Special Service Casualties - All' per10000 head of population Midlothian East Scotland 19 Page 63 of 80
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Progress on local fire & rescue plan priorities Midlothian - Priority - False Alarm - UFAs Reduction of 'False Alarm - UFAs' Results Midlothian - Results - False Alarm - UFAs Reasons Midlothian - Reasons - False Alarm - UFAs Actions Midlothian - Actions - False Alarm - UFAs 164 165 166 167 168 YTD ward ave. for Midlothian - 13 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 Sparklines Midlothian 88 51 90 83 75 Penicuik 7 8 8 11 9 Bonnyrigg 17 8 14 11 18 Dalkeith 17 5 16 11 12 Midlothian West 30 17 27 27 18 Midlothian East 9 6 18 10 12 Midlothian South 8 7 7 13 6 #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A Unwanted Fire Alarm Signals (UFAS) are defined as incidents where an automated fire alarm system activates and results in the mobilisation of SFRS resources, when the reason for that alarm turns out to be connected with faulty or defective alarm equipment. The SFRS is committed to working with partners and other stakeholders to reduce Unwanted Fire Alarm Signals. Our Fire Safety Enforcement Officers work closely with premises to reduce further incidents. This includes discussing technological, procedural and management solutions in order to prevent future Unwanted Fire Alarm Signals incident. From 1st July 2023 SFRS will not attend fire alarms activations in non-sleeping properties - unless the caller reports smoke or fire. In Midlothian, we are currently engaging with various premises giving advice to prevent further occurrences. SFRS attended 55 Unwanted Fire Alarm Signals incidents during this reporting period, which is a decrease of 23 incidents when compared to the same reporting period last year. The implementation on 1st July of SFRS not attending fire alarms in non-sleeping risk properties will result in a decraese moving forward. Midlothian trend line is performing below the Scotland and the East delivery area trendline. Unwanted Fire Alarm Signals were caused by the following: 22% faults/Defects & cause of actuation unknown, 15% accidental or good intent, 14% Testing of system and 11% caused by fumes from people smoking, cooking or burnt toast. 0 50 100 150 Q1 19/20 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 20/21 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 21/22 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 22/23 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 23/24 Five year data for Midlothian 83 75 90 83 0 50 100 2022/23 2023/24 YTD Incidents Incs Target 0.0 10.0 20.0 Q1 19/20 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 20/21 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 21/22 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 22/23 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 23/24 Reduction of 'False Alarm - UFAs' per10000 head of population Midlothian East Scotland 21 Page 65 of 80
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Page 4 of 5 Midlothian Prevention & Protection Activities Quarter 1: 1st April – 31st June 2023 Fire Safety Enforcement Audits The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) is the enforcing authority for the Fire Scotland Act 2005 and Fire Safety Regulations 2006. The act applies to specific non-domestic premises and requires duty holders to comply with relevant aspects of the Act and Regulations. SFRS responsibilities as the enforcing authority are captured within an Enforcement Framework. The Framework identifies and assigns priority to premises type with those premises deemed as higher risk given priority for auditing purposes. Premise providing sleeping accommodation such as hospitals, care homes, houses of multiple occupation, hostels and hotels receive an annual audit. Other premises that are subject to audit but deemed lower risk will be visited every three or five years. Within Midlothian we have Officers who plan and carry out these duties. The Officers are also available to provide Fire Safety advice, consulting with partners such as Local Authority Building control functions and the wider public with Fire Scotland Act 2005 responsibilities. MIDLOTHIAN AUDITS 23/24 JAN- MARCH YTD 23 23 Home Fire Safety Visits The delivery of Home Fire Safety Visits (HFSVs) is the corner stone of the SFRS Community Safety Engagement framework. By visiting households to provide fire safety advice and smoke alarms, the numbers of dwelling fires and casualties will be reduced. Requests for HFSVs are generated in several ways, including self-referral, SFRS partners referring and visits carried out after SFRS have attended a domestic fire incident. This is known as Post Domestic Incident Response (PDIR), offering a HFSV to the properties and occupants impacted directly by the fire and the wider neighbourhood area. When a HFSV is generated, the risk within the property is calculated by asking the occupant a number of specific questions. The outcome will be either, High, Medium or Low risk. This outcome determines priority in relation to carrying out the visit and the frequency for future re-visits. The table below highlights the number of visits carried out in Midlothian for this reporting period. MIDLOTHIAN HIGH MEDIUM LOW TOTALS PREV QRT 23/24 YTD Ward Bonnyrigg 4 7 5 16 Dalkeith 5 12 7 24 Mid East 5 14 2 21 Mid South 3 10 7 20 Mid West 6 4 4 14 Penicuik 5 4 3 12 TOTALS 27 51 28 107 98 107 Page 67 of 80
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Page 2 of 5 Home Fire Safety Referrals The table below details how HFSVs were generated. Post Domestic Incident Response (PDIR) 33 YTD British Red Cross 6 EMPPO 8 Housing providers 2 Midlothian Falls Team 2 Melville Housing 5 Midlothian Reablement 2 Other 7 Police 3 Police Concern 1 Self-referral 30 SP Energy Networks 0 Social Services 0 Woman’s Aid 1 Woman’s Aid East & Mid 5 Total 103 103 Page 68 of 80
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Page 3 of 5 Partnership Working/Youth Engagement Fire Safety and Support Education (FSSE) engagement- Although no fire setters have been carried out, Cat have been involved with 3 pupils that have been showing risk taking behaviour and been involved with damage to school’s firefighting equipment. Safeguarding During this period our teams continued to identify and refer adults at risk of harm and/or in need of support. This has resulted in 4 referrals being processed to Social Services. Partner agencies have also requested 33 Enhanced Home Fire Safety Visits through Police concern reports or direct requests from social services. Other Work Completed or In Progress Our Local Community Action Team have also been involved with delivery and promotion of the following initiatives during the reporting period; Working with Y2k in Dalkeith delivering intervention to youth groups. CAT have also been working with the Nurture club at Dalkeith High school delivering several intervention and safety talks to a group of 60 youths. We have also delivered a 2-day Fire skills course to pupils from Newbattle High. This is a key engagement/intervention activity in our partner working to collectively reduce anti-social behaviour. The Local CAT attends various multi-agency forums within Midlothian. This includes Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conferences (MARAC), Midlothian Alcohol Partnership and Midlothian Voluntary Sector. We are also delivering courses and sessions to support our Corporate Parenting responsibilities within Midlothian. SFRS have been delivering Risk recognition training to partners to continue to promote the HFSV referral pathways. We have been engaging with Ukrainian visitors at a refugee hotel in Dalkeith to deliver fire safety information and are working with Scottish water Gladhouse reservoir and Pentland hills rangers to deliver water safety and wild fire education to visitors but also to local youths who are historically at risk from Water activities during the summer months at these locations. Page 69 of 80
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Page 4 of 5 Reducing Unwanted Fire Alarm Signals From the 1st July SFRS have successfully introduced the new UFAS policy. Since the introduction, we have seen a 61% decrease in UFAS calls attended. This amounts to around 1600 less Blue light journeys undertaken across Scotland and therefor improving road safety for communities and decreasing our carbon footprint as a direct result. We will continue to identify non sleeping accommodation premises and work with duty holders to ensure businesses are given our support. Scottish Fire & Rescue Service: Unwanted Fire Alarm Signals (UFAS) (firescotland.gov.uk) Page 70 of 80
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Licensing Protective Services - Police and Fire Board Quarter 1 report Other civic licences applied for during Q1: 2 Housing in Multiple Occupation 2 Market Operator’s 4 Street Trader (Roving) 4 Street Trader (Static) 4 Tattoo 3 Public Entertainment 6 Temporary Public Entertainment 7 Taxi Vehicle 8 Taxi Driver 28 Private Hire Car Vehicle 29 Private Hire Car Driver 64 74 0 Q3 22/23 Q4 22/23 Q1 23/24 Number of Liquor Licence applications received 99 Q1 23/24 Number of Civic Government Licence applications 61% Q1 23/24 Percentage of Civic Government Licence applications determined 1% Q1 23/24 Percentage of Civic Government Act applications referred to the General Purposes Committee There were no liquor license applications determined or referred to the Licencing board this quarter. Page 73 of 80
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5 6 4 2 4 Q1 22/23 Q2 22/23 Q3 22/23 Q4 22/23 Q1 23/24 Number of Business Workplace Health and Safety proactive inspections 1 0 1 0 3 Q1 22/23 Q2 22/23 Q3 22/23 Q4 22/23 Q1 23/24 Number of Business Workplace Health and Safety Improvement notices served 2 1 0 1 0 Q1 22/23 Q2 22/23 Q3 22/23 Q4 22/23 Q1 23/24 Number of Business Workplace Health and Safety Prohibition notices served Workplace Health and Safety 18 Q1 23/24 Number of workplace safety RIDDOR reports received 1 RIDDOR related visit took place to investigate business workplace health and safety incidents. The majority of reported incidents did not meet our incident selection criteria. Page 74 of 80
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0 5 10 0 1 0 Q3 22/23 Q4 22/23 Q1 23/24 Number of Private water supplies sampled inspected 30 73 66 4 10 19 Q3 22/23 Q4 22/23 Q1 23/24 Number of Abandoned Vehicles reported notices served 2 1 4 Q3 22/23 Q4 22/23 Q1 23/24 Number of Abandoned Vehicles which have been removed for destruction Public Health 35 23 86 Q3 22/23 Q4 22/23 Q1 23/24 Number of Planning Application consultations received 345 Public Health Service requests were received from Midlothian residents and businesses 52% of Public Health complaints received a first response within timescales 55 Public Health Service requests were received from internal sources 2 Environmental Protection Abatement 1990 Notices were served 56% of Public Health complaints from internal sources received a first response within timescales 4 short term let Licences issued 9 short term let Applications received Page 75 of 80
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Civil Contingencies and events Multi-agency Exercises, Training, Presentations and Work streams: Team Members Participated in the following. Where appropriate to their areas of work, invitations were extended to colleagues in other services and partners: • Lothian and Borders Local Resilience Partnership Short Life Working Groups to develop multi-agency frameworks in relation to National Power Outages, Severe Weather, Care for People, Mass Fatalities (Work ongoing). • Scottish Government virtual workshops on Community Resilience (series of events). • National Protective Security Agency briefings. • Torness Local Liaison Committee. • Exercise Sub appressed – CBRN related workshop. • East of Scotland Regional Resilience Partnership Cyber Security workshop. • Series of Met Office briefing sessions on Severe Weather scenarios (ongoing). • Aircraft Post Crash Management workshop. • Familiarisation sessions on the use of Airwave handsets, utilising the Interoperability Bronze handsets held by Police Scotland (Carried out on an ongoing basis). • Briefings on the Protect Duty/Martyn’s Law (ongoing). Team members facilitated: • Total of 6 attendees on the April and June 2023 multi-agency Crisis Management Course organised by the EoS RRP. More nominations have been submitted for the period July – Dec 23 so will be included in future reports. Report to Divisional Management Teams/Corporate Management Team: The last quarterly report noted that a report was being drafted for submission to the Corporate Management Team regarding proposed steps to enhance the organisation’s preparedness for emergency response. As there were other exercises and discussions on the horizon, this was held over. The amended draft report has been re-circulated for initial comment prior to going to Divisional Management Teams in the first instance. Plans and Procedures: Plans updated and issued: • Emergency Contacts Directory Plans updated and awaiting approval: • Major Accident Hazard Pipelines (carried forward from last quarter due to departure of lead officer). • Torness Off-site Emergency plan – summary document for Midlothian Council (carried forward from last quarter due to departure of lead officer). Plans in progress: • Operation UNICORN. Details still awaited from Scottish Government on the arrangements for the new Monarch. A start has been made to the document and it will be updated as soon as information is received. Work is in progress to replenish items used. • Midlothian Emergency Plan (generic document outlining response structures, roles and responsibilities, links to multi-agency arrangements). Whilst some progress has been made, outcome of discussions on changes to Resilience Partnership multi-agency framework had been awaited. This has now been agreed so work has resumed. Business Continuity Plans: The development of Business Continuity plans are, by necessity, the responsibility of individual services as they are best placed to determine their priorities, resource requirements, dependencies on other services and suppliers and how they can work around the loss of essential components. However, advice and assistance is available from the Health, Safety & Resilience Team. To encourage BC plan development on a consistent basis across services, engagement has been carried out with a number of services. The intention is to roll this out wider once a decision has been made regarding the future of our current business continuity software which is due to lapse in December 2023. Page 76 of 80
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Public events Ongoing, routine representation at/participation in: • Local Resilience Partnership meetings – core group and sub groups. Also Short Life Working Groups as detailed above. • Lothian and Borders CONTEST group. • East of Scotland Regional Resilience Partnership Additional Deaths Group. • Internal meetings requiring a Contingency Planning presence, including Care for People, Estates Management, internal CONTEST Group, Safety Advisory Group, Business Continuity. • Local Authority Resilience Group Scotland (LARGS) networking meetings. Ongoing monitoring of events and/or live incidents – disseminating information internally and liaison with external organisations as required. To note: Following attendance at meetings, seminars, presentations, training sessions, a summary of all pertinent information is forwarded to senior manager(s) and other colleagues as appropriate. Invitations are also forwarded where the subject might be of direct interest to other services/partners. 17 Q1 23/24 Number of organisations engaged with the Safety Advisory Group or similar The majority of the 17 Safety Advisory Group attendances related to the main Q2 Gala Days, plus a number of larger events at Dalkeith Country Park. Q2 Safety Advisory Groups will complete the late summer Galas, plus, amongst other matters, 4 planned public Fireworks displays scheduled for October and November. Gala Day Grants were allocated during this quarter. Page 77 of 80
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3 1 4 0 1 Q1 22/23 Q2 22/23 Q3 22/23 Q4 22/23 Q1 23/24 Number of Food Hygiene Improvement notices served 4 1 2 1 4 Q1 22/23 Q2 22/23 Q3 22/23 Q4 22/23 Q1 23/24 Number of Food Law Remedial Action notices served 72 59 107 117 101 Q1 22/23 Q2 22/23 Q3 22/23 Q4 22/23 Q1 23/24 Number of Food Law interventions carried out (food hygiene and food standards) Food Hygiene and Standards 89% Q1 23/24 Percentage of priority 1 and 2 premises receiving completed food law interventions in line with the Service Plan 41 18 14 13 27 Q1 22/23 Q2 22/23 Q3 22/23 Q4 22/23 Q1 23/24 Number of Food/non-food samples taken 60 Food law service requests were received from Midlothian residents and businesses. (Includes food safety and food standards). 87% of food related service requests from Midlothian residents and businesses were responded to within the target response time of 5 working days. (Includes food safety and food standards). Page 78 of 80
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72 82 75 58 58 Q1 22/23 Q2 22/23 Q3 22/23 Q4 22/23 Q1 23/24 Number of consumer complaints received by Trading Standards 33 Q1 23/24 Number of intelligence logs input to Intelligence Database (IDB) 0 1 1 1 0 Q1 22/23 Q2 22/23 Q3 22/23 Q4 22/23 Q1 23/24 Number of cases reported to Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service Trading Standards 72 Q1 23/24 Number of business advice requests received by Trading Standards Trading Standards Campaigns/Joint working/Initiative details: On Good Friday and Easter Monday, Trading Standards joined Police at respectively two road stops and roving patrols of the area for rogue traders etc. Over 1,500 disposable vapes have been seized following visits to a dozen shops. Visits were prompted by complaints and officer suspicion. 100% of Consumer complaints were responded to within 5 working days. 80% of Consumer complaints were completed within 14 days. 100% of Business advice requests were responded to within 5 working days. 100% of Business advice requests were completed within 14 days. Develop and implement a Trusted Trader Scheme: Following a meeting with the trusted directory service (TDS), who provide schemes for Edinburgh & East Lothian, approval obtained to pay for a Midlothian scheme. Page 79 of 80
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Trading Standards 11% Q1 23/24 Percentage of businesses registered for tobacco/vapes in Midlothian visited 1.4% Q1 23/24 Percentage of businesses registered for tobacco/vapes in Midlothian where a test purchase was carried out 20% Q1 23/24 Percentage of planned inspections achieved in line with the Service Plan 56 Trading Standards Primary Inspections were carried out this quarter including 6 under Animal Health and Welfare. 16 Q1 23/24 Number of interventions carried out regarding tobacco and nicotine containing products A total of 145 premises are believed to be registered and selling tobacco and/or vapes at 01/04/23. 16 were visited this quarter. Page 80 of 80