Category: Justice & Policing

The Students Awards Agency for Scotland (SAAS) used technology that is not even available to Police Scotland, which has placed a moratorium on its use amid human rights concerns. The…

The roll-out of mobile devices by Police Scotland has freed up more than 400,000 hours of officer time in just one year, transforming policing in communities across the country. The…

One hundred suspects have been arrested in the past six months by Police Scotland in a crackdown on online child abuse. Officers from Police Scotland’s Internet Investigations Unit have prepared…

Scotland’s most senior judge has called for new legislation to address the growing backlog of court cases. The Lord President, Lord Carloway, said measures proposed so far had simply been…

In a tender notice published this week, the authority is inviting bids from software and services suppliers to create a virtual analytics platform, acquire a metadata management product and data…

An analysis of the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown has shown a decrease in almost all areas of crime recorded by police. However, the statistics, which compare data from…

All new trials across Scotland have been suspended due to the pandemic and many courts are closed, with cases before sheriffs taking place in 10 hub courts across the country….

The contract was awarded through a competitive tender process and will be delivered over the next two years, with two potential one-year extensions. Morton Fraser has a longstanding relationship with…

Cyber criminals are evolving their tradecraft with new innovations and increasingly automating their attacks. In the UK and Ireland, Manufacturing became the most attacked sector representing almost a third of…