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- 16 Jan 12: Latest Scottish DNA Database Statistics
Latest quarterly statistics (October - December 2011) of information held on the Scottish DNA Database - 12 Jan 12: New Chief Information Officer joins SPSA
Martin Leven has joined SPSA as the organisation's new Chief Information Officer. - 07 Sep 11: SPSA Welcomes Announcement of Single Scottish Police Service
Andrea Quinn, Chief Executive SPSA comments on the creation of a single Scottish police service. - 07 Sep 11: SCDEA Welcomes Creation of Single Police Service for Scotland
Director General of the SCDEA Gordon Meldrum comments on the creation of a single police service. - 13 May 11: Men jailed for £4.5 million South American drug importation plot
Two men responsible for a conspiracy to import high purity cocaine direct from South America to Scotland have been jailed for a total of 13 years in prison at the High Court in Edinburgh. - 27 Apr 11: Shared Horizons is out now
The first edition of Shared Horizons, SPSA's new e-bulletin representing the shared future of SPSA and Scottish policing, is out now. - 21 Feb 11: Scots crime gangs stripped of over £1 million in hard cash
For the first time, officers of the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency (SCDEA) have seized over £1 million in cash from serious organised crime groups in a single year, causing unprecedented turmoil to their activities and profitability. - 31 Jan 11: Forensic breakthrough could turn clothes into silent witnesses
Forensic experts at the Scottish Police Services Authority (SPSA) and the University of Abertay Dundee are leading the way in the research of new ground breaking forensic techniques within the field of fingerprints. - 02 Dec 10: Announcement on the future of forensic services in Scotland
The Cabinet Secretary for Justice Kenny MacAskill has announced his decision on the future of forensics services in Scotland on Thursday 2 December. You can read a copy of the Scottish Government news release here. - 02 Dec 10: Forensic Services Modernisation - SPSA Board Recommendation
The SPSA Board wrote to the Cabinet Secretary for Justice Kenny MacAskill in September recommending implementation of option 4. A copy of this original recommendation and supporting documentation can be viewed here.