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Seventh Issue of Emerge Published

Emerge is the regular update for policing and the wider criminal justice community on the work of the SPSA. Emerge is now presented in new interactive PDF format.

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Plans unveilled to speed up forensic support for Scottish police

SPSA Forensic Services has today published proposals to improve the speed, consistency, and cost effectiveness of forensic analysis in Scotland.

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Scots Police Training Revamp puts Emphasis on Hands-On Experience

Scotland’s new police recruits are to complete their formal training faster, and experience more operational time on the streets as part of the largest shake up of probationer training in recent years.

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Criminal History System (CHS)

The Criminal History System (CHS) is a dynamic database and interactive investigative tool which plays an important role in day to day policing. It provides the operational police officer with essential information on a person under enquiry. Essentially it is an index of records about individuals who have a criminal record. This information includes details such as names, aliases and known addresses.

It is used for administrative purposes to record details of those people who are firearm, shotgun dealer and explosive certificate holders. It also contains information on long-term missing persons.