Official: His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland. Improving policing across Scotland. We do not monitor 24/7.
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This week inspectors from @hmics and @online_his visited Aberdeen, Fraserburgh and Elgin, as part of our joint review of police custody centres across Scotland. Thanks go to the @PoliceScotland officers and staff from @PSOSNorthEast who gave us their time.
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A new HMICS review has raised a number of concerns about the current whistleblowing processes available to @PoliceScotland officers and staff.
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A new HMICS report has called for @PoliceScotland to review its approach to wellbeing support for any officers and staff involved in conduct and discipline processes.
Link to report below.
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A new @hmics and @online_his review of St Leonards Custody Centre in Edinburgh found ‘evidence of improvement’ in how @PoliceScotland manages children in custody.
Link to report below.
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HMICS has an exciting opportunity for two @PoliceScotland Inspectors or members of police staff with equivalent rank, to join us on a 23-month secondment supporting our work to improve policing.
Full details available on the Police Scotland intranet.
Closing date 9 June 2026.
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Police officers taking detainees to one of the country’s busiest @PoliceScotland custody centres say a lack of custody staff is delaying their return to frontline policing.
Read @hmics and @online_his report below.
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A new @hmics and @online_his report has urged @PoliceScotland to review staffing levels at one of the country’s busiest police custody centres.
Link to report below.
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HMICS retweeted
The SBC has today published the
findings of a joint review carried out to provide assurance that the ‘acquisition,
retention, use and destruction of fingerprints for policing and criminal justice purposes
in Scotland is lawful, effective and ethical’.
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A new @IP_Scotland and @HMICS report has recommended that witnesses are initially sent a trauma-informed ‘notice of trial date’ letter, rather than the current formal citation which threatens arrest.
Report in comments below.
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A new @IP_Scotland and @HMICS report has called on the Scottish justice system to modernise the ‘antiquated’ way it cites witnesses to attend court.
Link to report below.
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