Police (Scotland) Act 1967

Miscellaneous

46 Rewards

(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, on the recommendation of the chief constable of a police force the police authority may pay such sums by way of reward as they think fit—

(a) to any constable (other than the chief constable) of the police force who in their opinion has conducted himself in the performance of his duty with exceptional merit, or

(b) to any constable (other than the chief constable) of another police force who, while serving with the first-mentioned force in pursuance of the provisions of this Act relating to the mutual aid of police forces or to collaboration agreements, has in their opinion conducted himself in the performance of his duty with exceptional merit, or

(c) to any person who in their opinion has substantially contributed to the fulfilment of the functions of the police force.

(2) The aggregate of payments made under subsection (1) of this section by a police authority in any year shall not exceed such sum as may be approved by the Secretary of State.

47 Criminal statistics

(1) The chief constable of a police force shall, at such times and in such form as the Secretary of State may direct, transmit to the Secretary of State and to the police authority a statement with respect to the police area for which the force is maintained, showing for the year to 31st December last preceding—

(a) the number of offences reported to the police;

(b) the number of persons taken into custody by the police ;

(c) the nature of the charges made against such persons respectively;

(d) the number of cases in which further criminal proceedings were taken and the result of any such proceedings :

(e) such further statistical information relating to the state of crime as the chief constable may think material or as the Secretary of State may direct.

(2) The Secretary of State shall cause a consolidated and classified abstract of the reports mentioned in subsection (1) of this section to be prepared and laid before Parliament and shall cause a copy of such abstract to be sent to each police authority.

(3) To enable a chief constable to perform the duty imposed on him by subsection (1) of this section—

(a) he shall keep, and maintain up to date at all times, sufficient records of all the matters specified in the said subsection, and

(b) he shall be entitled to obtain from the clerk of any court having criminal jurisdiction in any part of the area such information regarding those matters as may be available to the clerk and necessary for the purpose.