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Supported by the James Smart Memorial Trust and the Scottish Government, the theme of the conference was Policing Vulneable People and Vulnerable Places, with contributions from the Cabinet Secretary for Justice, Michael Matheson, MSP, the Chair of the Scottish Police Authority, Andrew Flanagan, the Deputy Chief Constable Designate, Neil Richardson, QPM, OBE, and Professor Monica den Boer, Director of SeQure Research.
The police have always performed an important role in protecting vulnerable groups and deploying resources to high risk environments. With falls in volume crime and continuing austerity, however, the increasing importance of the police acting as a 24 hour blue light social service is ever more apparent.
For example, the police are now regularly the first point of contact for those in mental distress, receive a report of a missing person every two minutes, and are being called upon to investigate an increasing number of complex crimes related to issues of child sexual exploitation and human trafficking.
Against this background the conference focused on the nature and challenges of policing vulnerable people and vulnerable places.
The conference was Chaired by Paddy Tomkins, Director of Droman Ltd and former Chief Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland.
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Presentation of the James Smart Memorial Medal. (l to r) Paddy Tomkins (Chair), Andrew Flanagan (SPA), Iain MacLeod (IESIS), Monica den Boer, DCC Neil Richardson (Police Scotland), Nick Fyfe (SIPR)
Chair: Paddy Tomkins QPM, Droman Ltd
09.30 Chair’s Welcome
09.40 Michael Matheson MSP Cabinet Secretary for Justice
09.50 Andrew Flanagan Chair, Scottish Police Authority
10.00 DCC Neil Richardson QPM, OBE Deputy Chief Constable Designate, Police Scotland
Introduction to the 43rd James Smart Memorial Lecture and welcome to
the speaker
10.10 The 43rd James Smart Memorial Lecture Professor Monica den Boer, Director of
SeQure Research Policing the Vulnerable in Europe: Trends and Avenues
Text of the presentation
10.50 Questions and Discussion
Vote of thanks by Professor Nicholas Fyfe
11.15 Tea / Coffee and Displays
11.45 – 13.15 Participants will be able to choose from the following selection of Workshops
MISSING PERSONS I
VENUE : Pentland West
Chair: Amy Humphrey (University of Dundee)
POLICING AND MENTAL HEALTH
VENUE : Pentland East
Chair: Peter Wilson (Scottish Policing International)
POLICING VULNERABILITY
VENUE : Prestonfield
Chair: Chief Superintendent Lesley Boal (Police Scotland)
13.15 Buffet Lunch
14.00 – 15.30 Participants will be able to choose from the following selection of Workshops
MISSING PERSONS II
VENUE : Pentland Wes
Chair: Dr Penny Woolnough (Abertay University)
POLICING VULNERABLE PLACES
VENUE : Pentland East
Chair: Tina Ward (Principal Analyst, Police Scotland)
Further details of this series of presentations by Police Scotland on tools for helping with policing of vulnerable individuals
GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
VENUE : Prestonfield
Chair: Professor Lesley McMillan (Glasgow Caledonian University)
15.30 Reception, hosted by DCC Neil Richardson QPM, OBE
16.30 Conference closes
This Conference is being organised by the Scottish Institute for Policing Research in partnership with:
The John McIntyre Centre, Pollock Halls
The James Smart Memorial Lecturer: Professor Monica den Boer, Director of SeQure Research
Professor Monica den Boer is Director of SeQure Research and Consultancy and Adjunct Professor at the Department of Policing, Intelligence and Counter-Terrorism (PICT) at Macquarie University, Sydney. Between 2003 and 2015, she held a variety of positions at the Police Academy of The Netherlands in conjunction with a Chair of Comparative Public Administration at the VU University Amsterdam. Since 2003 she has been a Member of the Committee on European Integration of the Advisory Council on International Affairs. She obtained a PhD in 1990 from the European University Institute and worked at Edinburgh University, the Netherlands Study Centre for Crime and Law Enforcement, the European Institute of Public Administration, Tilburg University, and the European Institute of Law Enforcement Co-operation. In 2009-2010, she was a member of the Dutch Iraq Investigation Committee, and in 2009-2010 she participated in the Defence Future Survey Group. She has published widely on European internal security co-operation and engages in teaching, coaching as well as supervision.
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