Criminal complaints against police

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Dear Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal (Scotland),

1) Please confirm for each calendar year since 1 April 2013, how many criminal allegations against the police have been received by the COPFS. Please break this down per year.

2) Please confirm of all the criminal complaints received by the PF since 2013, how many of these progress to trial? Please break this down per year.

3) Please confirm of all the criminal complaints received by the PF since 2013, how many of these Result in a guilty verdict? Please break this down per year.

4) Please confirm how many FTE staff work within the department dedicated to dealing with criminal complaints against the police. Please break this down per year since 1 April 2013.

5) Please confirm the average time, broken down by year since 1 April 2013 that a complaint takes from arriving with the PF until being concluded and returned to Police Scotland.

6) Please provide all written agreements electronic or otherwise between Police Scotland and the COPFS in respect of criminal allegations against the police. This should include agreement on how these matters are handled, timeframes and process for requiring updates.

Yours faithfully,

Sam-Howard

FOI Enquiries, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal (Scotland)

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Dear Sam Howard,

Thank you for your e-mail of 21 January 2020. Please find attached my response.

Kind regards,

FOI Enquiries Team
Crown Office

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Dear FOI Enquiries,

In respect of this request, questions 2,3 and 5 which have been refused on the basis that it would prove too costly to provide this information.

In regards these points, please dip sample 9 cases broken down to 3 from each of the previous 3 years.

Please provide answers to the questions 2,3 and 5 by selecting three cases AT RANDOM from the years 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19. It is my assessment that’s this information could be provided within the context of the legislation.

Please confirm in writing that these cases dip sampled have been chosen at random and not those cases picked to reflect any perceived ‘best result’.

Yours sincerely,

Sam-Howard

FOI Enquiries, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal (Scotland)

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your e-mail. Your e-mail is receiving attention and we aim to provide you with a response within the statutory timescale for reply. This is 20 working days for requests submitted under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.

If you are seeking information with regard to a road traffic incident, witness/third party and insurance data, requests for crime/crash collision reports, please contact Police Scotland, fees and charges may apply.

For more information please go to the FOI page on the COPFS website: www.copfs.gov.uk<http://www.copfs.gov.uk>

FOI Enquiries
Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service

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Dear Sam Howard,

Thank you for your e-mail of 13 February 2020. Please find attached my response.

Kind regards,

FOI Enquiries Team
Crown Office

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