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Latest Scottish DNA Database Statistics
Latest quarterly statistics (October - December 2011) of information held on the Scottish DNA Database
Read more…New Chief Information Officer joins SPSA
Martin Leven has joined SPSA as the organisation's new Chief Information Officer.
Read more…SPSA Welcomes Announcement of Single Scottish Police Service
Andrea Quinn, Chief Executive SPSA comments on the creation of a single Scottish police service.
Read more…The ridges of a fingerprint flow into discernable shapes or patterns that can be be sorted into various types. Patterns are the first level of detail used in the identification process and recognition of the various fingerprint patterns are essential to the fingerprint officer.
There are 3 main pattern types named after the general shape they resemble:
