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INFORMATION ABOUT CHILD, YOUNG AND VULNERABLE ADULT WITNESSES TO INFORM DECISION-MAKING IN THE LEGAL PROCESS GOOD PRACTICE GUIDANCE
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11 It is envisaged the police will submit the information through the Further Enquiry/Remarks section and witness list of the SPR. The procurator fiscal or children's reporter can, at any stage in their process, add further information as it becomes available. Should further information subsequently come to the attention of the police, that information should be communicated to the procurator fiscal or to the children's reporter immediately via a confidential subject report or memorandum.
12 Where both procurator fiscal and the children's reporter have an interest in the same witness, each must ensure that the new information is shared with the other.
13 This is a means of capturing information that is available or becomes known as part of the investigative process in relation to a crime, offence, or care and protection issues. Relevant information will be available from:
- Services, e.g. social work services, health, education, or voluntary agencies' services, if involved with a child at the point of referral to the police.
- Enquiries made by the police in relation to an investigation 1
- The child or the child's parent or carer, where the information is not already available
14 The police will capture information available to them. Where the police officer completing the SPR does not have the facts or does not feel competent to comment on the prompts, the information should not be completed. It is not the responsibility of the police to capture all the information.
15 Transmission of the SPR and access to the SPR will remain the same, unless changed at a future date by ACPOS, COPFS and SCRA, or through the review of the SPR.
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