Missing Records Put The Scottish Public At Risk
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A review of the Police National Computer in Scotland discovered that the outcome of over 35,000 court cases from 2007 have not been recorded in the criminal records system and more thousands more are also not on the system from further years. It has also been noted that it is very likely some details have been entered incorrectly.
The police force and judges will be unable to judge the risk that suspects now pose due to the entire criminal record of some individuals not being complete. Therefore the criminal records being incomplete pose a risk to public safety.
The amount of impending prosecutions that have been recorded in the Scottish system is thought to have been larger than the amount recorded for the rest of the UK combined.
The updating of the electronic records of impending prosecutions is carried out via the Crown Court, Scottish Courts Service and Procurator Fiscal Service.
The figures released show that there were 35,000 impending cases entered onto the system in 2007 incompletely. The figures for England and Wales were only 15,000 combined.
Reports have claimed that the full gravity of the incident is still being measured by Scottish authorities but that everybody was fearing the repercussions. One of the most worrying outcomes could mean people are now working in sensitive areas such as schools and hospitals when really their criminal record should be preventing them from doing so.
Due to the risks this poses detectives have raised the matter with the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland. What makes matters worse is that the computer system logging the Impending prosecutions wipes clear any incomplete entries after three years, meaning many case outcomes may not be recorded.
The police are meant to carry out the job of manually cross referencing the list of impending prosecutions but many forces have responded by stating they do not have the time to dedicate to the task.
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