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Recommendation 1
HMIC recommends that the SCRO oversight management structure be reformed as
part of re-positioning SCRO within a new Common Police Services arrangement. (paragraph
2.7.5)
Recommendation 2
HMIC recommends that the post and role of quality assurance officer and training
officer be separated. (paragraph 2.12.1)
Recommendation 3
HMIC recommends that a centralised model for a national fingerprint service
be considered. (paragraph 2.15.11)
Recommendation 4
HMIC recommends that the APRT scope the demands now and into the near future
to determine the staff levels required. This exercise should include maximising
the value that fingerprint evidence has for the prevention and detection of
crime and take full account of available and emerging technological advances.
(paragraph 3.1.8)
Recommendation 5
HMIC supports the move towards a competency-based standard for expert qualification
and recommends early progress towards this goal. (paragraph 3.5.3)
Recommendation 6
HMIC recommends that the concept of "authorisation" needs further consideration.(paragraph
3.5.5)
Recommendation 7
HMIC recommends that a protocol is agreed between SCRO and forces to ensure
that due consideration is given during the planning stages of operations and
initiatives, to managing the impact these can have on SCRO. (paragraph 3.10.1)
Recommendation 8
HMIC recommends a review of the current locations of AFR terminals in Scotland
with a view to securing improved access. (paragraph 3.12.2)
Recommendation 9
HMIC recommends that action is taken to secure data which informs management
of sickness absence levels in a manner which can be used to monitor trends,
set targets and manage sickness absence. (paragraph 4.7.8)
Recommendation 10
HMIC recommends that a strategy is introduced for staff within all fingerprint
bureaux and identification branches to offer staff support and to assist in
the detection and prevention of stress related illness resulting in absence
from work. (paragraph 4.8.2)
Recommendation 11
HMIC repeats the recommendation made by consultants in June 1999, that an improved
automated system of case tracking should be introduced as part of a new office
management system at SCRO. (paragraph 5.8.11)
Recommendation 12
HMIC recommends the production of a national Guidance Manual on Fingerprint
Standards and Procedures to be issued to all fingerprint staff. (paragraph
5.11.3)
Recommendation 13
HMIC recommends the establishment of a national policy which encapsulates an
independent review process to deal with all erroneous and disputed fingerprint
identifications.(paragraph 5.20.4)
Recommendation 14
HMIC recommends that the external provision and management of competency testing
for experts is an aspect that the APRT needs to pursue with vigour to seek an
early, sustainable and defensible programme. (paragraph 6.5.3)
Recommendation 15
HMIC recommends that managing the change to a non-numeric standard should be
addressed at a very early point by the APRT. (paragraph 6.8.9)
Recommendation 16
HMIC recommends that the important area of court presentation skills be given
a new impetus. (paragraph 6.9.3)
Recommendation 17
HMIC recommends that regular refresher training should be incorporated into
a national training standard for fingerprint experts to ensure that expertise
is maintained at the highest level taking account of developments in theory
and technology. (paragraph 7.5.4)
Recommendation 18
HMIC recommends that a specific effort be made to bring the weeding up to date.(paragraph
8.4.2)
Recommendation 19
HMIC recommends that all fingerprint experts within the SCRO Fingerprint Bureau
should undergo competency testing provided and managed by an external provider
as soon as possible. (paragraph 8.8.3)
Recommendation 20
HMIC recommends that a common procedure, subject to validation by an external
body, be put in place in all fingerprint bureaux to deal with failure in the
course of competency testing. (paragraph 8.9.1)
Recommendation 21
HMIC recommends that a review is undertaken of the current authorisation process
with a view to establishing a competency based qualification for expert status.
(paragraph 8.11.5)
Recommendation 22
HMIC recommends that the APRT give early attention to establishing a corporate
identity for SCRO. (paragraph 8.12.4)
Recommendation 23
HMIC recommends that practices be reviewed with a view to introducing a system
which increases the independence within the identification/verification process.
(paragraph 8.15.2)
Recommendation 24
HMIC recommends that the SCRO fingerprint bureau liaises with the ACPOS working
group on ECHR particularly in relation to its development of a manual on standards
and procedures. (paragraph 8.17.2)
Recommendation 25
HMIC recommends that the APRT look closely at the development of the National
Council for Registration of Forensic Practitioners and give consideration as
to how Scotland can capitalise on this new Council. (paragraph 8.19.5)
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