Written Question · S4W-01834 · Session 4
Whether the National Football Policing Unit is in place for the start of 2011-12 football season.
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the National Football Policing Unit is in place for the start of 2011-12 football season.
The answer
The Football Co-ordination Unit for Scotland (FoCUS) was formally established on 11 July 2011, following the First Minister’s announcement on the Joint Action Group’s recommendations, and was in place for the start of the 2011-12 football season.
This unit’s remit is to promote and coordinate a consistent and effective approach to policing at football across Scotland and tackle football related violence and disorder. It will do this by providing support to police forces through the management of football intelligence at a national level; the operational deployment of trained police officers at football; post match investigations and investigations into internet based hate crime. It will also have responsibility for the national management, coordination and enforcement of Football Banning Orders.
This unit’s remit is to promote and coordinate a consistent and effective approach to policing at football across Scotland and tackle football related violence and disorder. It will do this by providing support to police forces through the management of football intelligence at a national level; the operational deployment of trained police officers at football; post match investigations and investigations into internet based hate crime. It will also have responsibility for the national management, coordination and enforcement of Football Banning Orders.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S4W-01834 by reference.