Assurance Reviews

The Joint Assurance Review of the Acquisition, Retention, Use and Destruction of Fingerprints from Criminal Justice and Police Purposes in Scotland can be found here. 

Joint Assurance Review of the use of retrospective facial search technologies for criminal justice and police purposes in Scotland

Joint Assurance Review of the acquisition, retention, use and destruction of DNA for criminal justice and police purposes in Scotland.  

Review of the Laws of Retention 

The finals report which was published on 31 October 2024 can be found here. 

Joint assurance review of the acquisition of biometric data from children arrested in Scotland

Thematic Review of Biometric Data – Children and Young People’s Perspectives  

Joint assurance review on the acquisition of biometrics data from vulnerable persons in police custody requiring the support of an Appropriate Adult under The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 (Support for Vulnerable Persons) Regulations 2019

Assurance review of the acquisition, use and retention of images and photographs for criminal justice and police purposes.