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Terms of Reference – Inspection of the management of criminal allegations against the police by COPFS

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Terms of reference

19th February 2021

The Terms of Reference for inspection of the management of criminal allegations against the police by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service.

Additional

  • Introduction
  • Key Terms
  • Key Findings
  • Recommendations
  • Chapter 1 – Sheriff and Jury Journey
  • Chapter 2 – Leadership and Governance
  • Chapter 3 – Sheriff and Jury Reforms
  • Chapter 4 – Overview of Cases Indicted In 2018
  • Chapter 5 – Analysis Of Reforms
  • Chapter 6 – Communication With Victims
  • Annex A – Survey of Defence Practitioners
  • Annex B – Victim Information and Advice (VIA) Remit
  • Footnotes

  • Inspection of COPFS practice in relation to sections 274 and 275 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995
  • Key findings
  • Recommendations
  • 1. Context and methodology
  • 2. Data on section 275 applications
  • 3. Responding to case law and supporting staff
  • 4. Processes for managing section 275 applications
  • 5. Engaging with the complainer
  • 6. Section 275 applications in the Sheriff Court
  • Appendix 1 – High Court case review findings
  • Appendix 2 – Key terms
  • Footnotes

Footnotes

1 The collective term for the Law Officers (Lord Advocate and Solicitor General) and Advocate Deputes.

2 IPS, Report on complaints against the police (January 2008).

3 The Rt. Hon. Dame Elish Angiolini DBE QC, Independent review of complaints handling, investigations and misconduct issues in relation to policing (November 2020).

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