By Fran Warren, Francesca Gualco, Hannah Davidson, Ella Edginton 

Purpose of the paper: The main purpose of this paper is to assess how COVID-19 may have impacted international policing responses during lockdown in other countries, in order to identify any useful learning. For this reason, evidence from Scotland is not included. Jurisdictions covered England and Wales, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Italy, France, Germany, Spain, Sweden, New Zealand, South Korea and USA. Note on the evidence The information in this paper was collected through a ‘rapid intelligence review’ of publicly available sources, such as relevant agency reports, government reports, and news reporting. This paper provides the most up-to-date available evidence, commentary and intelligence on international policing responses, but as the situation is rapidly evolving it may not be in all cases completely up-to-date at the time of reading.   

Edinburgh: Scottish Government, Justice Analytical Services, 2020. 53p.