Our Strategic Plan 2021-25 was approved by the Parliament corporation and was laid before the Scottish Parliament on 24 November 2021. A revised Strategic Plan was laid before the Scottish Parliament on 28 February 2023.

Explanation of the most common biometrics used in policing and criminal justice in Scotland and the main biometric databases.

We have established and will monitor a code of practice. This will help us to oversee how ‘biometric data’ is acquired, kept, used, and destroyed for criminal justice and policing purposes.