Tag: Police Scotland

Police Scotland Open Day at Fettes

Saturday 23 July 11am – 2pm

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We are delighted to announce that Edinburgh Division is holding an open day. There will be demonstrations and displays from all kinds of specialist units like our Marine Unit, Roads Policing and the Dog Unit … to name but a few!

The event is being held thanks to support from Lothian Buses who will be there on the day and it is open to everyone.

The Open Day will take place on Saturday 23rd July between 11am and 2pm at Fettes Police Station, 5 Fettes Avenue in Edinburgh.

Numerous other partner agencies are also getting involved. Mountain rescue, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, RNLI and 6VT youth café will all be amongst the fun, ready and willing to chat to you about what they do in our community.

Edinburgh Rugby and the British Army will also be there providing activities for any willing volunteers.

Also in attendance will be the Edinburgh Police Choir, which is made up of serving and retired officers, as well as members recruited through the local community.

The choir has performed at some prestigious events, including Edinburgh’s ‘Street of Light’ on the High Street during the festive period… Music to your ears?! You don’t want to miss them!

So, to find out more about what we do on a daily basis, get some crime prevention advice, see how we work with other agencies or generally just come and meet some of the people from all of these wonderful organisations, we look forward to seeing you on the 23rd!

Police Scotland Edinburgh Division

NO rise in race incidents in Edinburgh following referendum result

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Local Police Inspector David Happs attended yesterday’s Living in Harmony forum to listen to community concerns of recent racist incidents in North Edinburgh – none of which were reported to police.

Following the meeting, Inspector Happs made some enquiries of his own and has responded to the group:

All,

Thank you to those that attended the meeting this afternoon, I hope you found my input and associated discussion useful. 

As discussed and in response to the email below the initial figures that I have for Edinburgh show there has actually been slightly less reported hate crimes and incidents in the period after the referendum, none of which can be directly attributed to the referendum result, than were experienced in the same time period before the result.

However, I am aware through contact with some of you there is an element of under-reporting of hate crimes and such incidents. We continue to work hard locally and nationally to address this and I am grateful to those who expressed an interest in establishing further 3rd party reporting centres in Edinburgh.

I hope this work alongside your support in encouraging victims to come forward and our continued engagement with our diverse communities will provide an accurate picture of hate crime in Edinburgh and assist Police Scotland in tackling it. 

With regard to offering reassurance to local communities Chief Inspector Alastair Muir of our National Safer Communities Department recently issued the following message:

“Police Scotland continues to monitor all types of hate crimes and incidents and we have noted no significant rise in reported incidents or crimes since the EU Referendum. It is recognised that these types on incidents often go un-reported and would encourage individuals and communities to report concerns in person, via Third Party Reporting Centres or online.  Our role as a police service is to ensure that all our communities are safe and feel protected and all reports of hate crime, extremism or violence are robustly investigated, with those responsible brought to justice. Police Scotland does not tolerate hatred, extremism or violence in any form.” 

More information about what constitutes a hate crime, how to report a hate crime and use of our 3rd party reporting centres can be found on our website. Our non-emergency telephone number is 101 and in an emergency you should always call 999.

http://www.scotland.police.uk/contact-us/hate-crime-and-third-party-reporting/

Further information will follow in due course and I will keep you updated accordingly. In the meantime please do not hesitate to contact me should you wish to discuss further.

Community Action North is to organise a community event around the issue – details to follow

Photographer attacked and robbed on Granton foreshore

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Police are appealing for witnesses following an assault and robbery in Granton.

At around 10:30pm on Monday evening, a man in his 60’s was photographing the Forth bridges from the foreshore at Hanging Craig near Granton Harbour when he was approached by a man who engaged him in conversation.

Moments later the man assaulted the photographer and damaged his camera before stealing the camera’s memory card and running away.

Police are appealing for information and want to hear from anyone who can help identify the attacker.

He is described as white, around 5ft 11ins tall, medium build with short dirty blonde hair. He has a tattoo on his back and at the time of the attack he was carrying a dark rucksack, dark cargo style trousers and spoke with a foreign accent, possibly Eastern European. 

DC Joyce Gunderson at Corstophine police station said: “This was a cowardly attack that left the victim badly shaken. Needless to say, we are extremely keen to trace and arrest the suspect and I would urge anyone who was in the area or who recognises the description to get in touch.”

Those with information should contact police on 101 or the charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

Hampden pitch invasion: Furious Rangers call for independent investigation

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Investigations into the aftermath of Hibs Scottish Cup victory at Hampden on Saturday are ongoing and police are appealing for the support of spectators to help their inquiries. Continue reading Hampden pitch invasion: Furious Rangers call for independent investigation