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Partners in Crime - Solving and Reassuring
A Thematic Inspection of Crime Management in Scotland

summary of suggestions

In addition to the recommendations a further 6 suggestions are made throughout the report.

It is suggested that:

1. Forces consider an auditable IT process to ensure that every reported incident is either subsequently recorded as a crime or is endorsed with the details of the manager confirming the incident is non-criminal.

2. Forces participate in the Council for the Registration of Forensic Practitioners scheme, which provides proof of an individual's continuous professional development in the field of scenes of crime examination.

3. Forces re-evaluate their IT policy to ensure that come renewal time the required and compatible product is obtained to support Analysts to carry out their duties with the maximum efficiency. Included in this is the requirement to permit analytical staff to influence product purchase.

4. Simply restructuring the format of crime reports, incorporating a range of optional chapters and, perhaps more relevantly, offering more guidance to investigators by the creation of specific fields to encourage consideration of certain activities would undoubtedly lead to a more effective investigative process and a better report to COPFS and SCRA.

5. ACPOS review training to ensure it reflects the reasonable expectations of victims.

6. The Scottish Executive considers if short-term increases in the technical capacity of transferring data betwen police and COPFS would provide justifiable improvements to the process.

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