Kinross-shire & Almond & Earn Community Policing – April 2026

Kinross-shire & Almond & Earn Community Policing – April 2026

Hello all,

For those of you who don’t know me, I am PC Samson, one of your community Police Officers for the Kinross-shire area. I have worked in Kinross in community Policing for 4 years now and have a vested interested in the local area.

My colleague, PC Duncan, and I cover the electoral wards of Kinross-shire and a large portion of Almond and Earn. Our duties also include covering different planned events including football & protests throughout Perth & Kinross, and attending emergency calls when required.

In 2026, Police Scotland introduced a new model of Policing, recognising the importance of community policing. This was rolled out into our division, Tayside, in February. The model will allow us to engage with our communities more and help understand their policing concerns and needs.

As part of this we hope to bring regular updates on what we, as community Police officers do, and have therefore provided a monthly update for April. Some of our duties get posted about on ‘Police Scotland Tayside’ social media accounts and we also provide reports for our 8 community councils, to include in their meetings which cover incidents of note and Police activity in the specific areas.

Below is a flavour of some of our activities in April -

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Joining the Milnathort Bike bus that encourages children cycling to Milnathort Primary School

Specific patrols in Kinross, targeting areas where complaints have been made of anti-social behaviour

General foot & cycle patrols around Kinross and Milnathort to improve visibility and engagement

Visit to children homes in the area to maintain Police relationships with residents

Specific patrols in Bridge of Earn, targeting areas where complaints have been made of anti-social behaviour

Engaging with local retailers around theft and repeat offenders

SCHOOL ENGAGEMENT

Substance misuse talk at Kinross Primary School, discussing the dangers of drugs, alcohol and vapes and providing information to enable pupils to make positive and healthy life choices

Foot patrols around Kinross High School, Giacopazzi’s & the swimming pool following reports of anti-social behaviour during lunch times

CRIME

Identifying a repeat shoplifter and reporting them to the court

Dealing with reports of illegal tree felling at Davies Park, Kinross

Dealing with and identifying youths responsible for anti-social behaviour in in Kinross

TRAINING

PC Samson attended a biannual public order training refresher

PC Duncan attended an annual officer safety training refresher

Training on Datatag, a system used in crime prevention for agricultural crime

Training on Scottish Children's Reporter Administration with partner agencies

OTHER

PC Samson presented at a national event on stalking & harassment following a case he dealt with and provided a case study on this

Supported and backed up colleagues in response Policing at emergency calls

Meeting with partners in Perth & Kinross Council housing & roads departments to discuss different issues in Kinross & Bridge of Earn

We plan on doing this every month and wish to seek feedback from you around this. Is this beneficial? What would you like to see in our updates?

If anyone wishes to contact us, please use the below email address or reply directly to this alert.

Kind Regards,

PC’s Ben Samson & Ash Duncan

17 High Street, Kinross KY13 8AW

TaysideCommunityPolicePerthandKinross@scotland.police.uk

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