Without independent oversight, any street patrol — however well-intentioned — drifts toward "self-appointed enforcers." Our board is the structural answer to that risk: a majority-independent body with real power to amend policy, audit operations, and remove volunteers.
A respected public figure with no operational role in Streetwatch. Sets the agenda, chairs meetings, and signs the annual public report.
Practising solicitor or advocate. Reviews policies for compliance with Scots law, data protection, human rights, and use-of-force boundaries.
Senior safeguarding professional from social work, NHS, or a children's charity. Owns the safeguarding policy and audits every safeguarding incident.
Retired Police Scotland officer (inspector grade or above). Advises on deconfliction with statutory policing and intelligence-handling discipline.
Practitioner from a Glasgow youth or detached-work organisation. Ensures patrols engage young people without criminalising them.
EDI specialist with lived experience of a minoritised community. Holds Streetwatch to its political-neutrality and anti-discrimination commitments.
Two rotating seats drawn from Glasgow community councils or resident associations in active patrol areas. Two-year terms.
A board member with direct lived experience of homelessness, addiction recovery, or domestic abuse services — keeping the work grounded.
Appointments are made by open application and a panel that excludes the operational leadership. All members are bound by a published code of conduct and conflict-of-interest register.
A majority of seats are held by people with no operational role in Streetwatch. The Chair and Safeguarding Lead can never be staff or patrol leads.
Meeting agendas and minutes are published within 14 days, redacted only where safeguarding or live investigations require it.
Volunteers, partners or members of the public can write directly to the board. Reprisal against a whistleblower is grounds for immediate removal.
Maximum two consecutive three-year terms for any board member. No founder, donor or operational director may sit on the board.
Anyone — volunteer, partner agency, or member of the public — can write directly to the oversight board. The operational leadership does not see board correspondence.