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BENEFITS OF MoPI
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Increased protection of children and vulnerable
adults. Improved crime prevention and detections. Better access to information within the force. More effective tasking of workloads. Improved information sharing with partner agencies. |
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EFFECTS OF NOT USING MoPI
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Ill-informed decisions.
Connections in intelligence not made. Increased risk to public. Increased risks to officer safety. Legal obligations not met. Liability cases against individuals or the force. Improper access to information. |
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TERMS USED IN MoPI
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Police Information: is defined as ‘Information that is
required for a policing purpose'. Policing Purposes: are defined as: Protecting life and property Preserving order Preventing the commission of crimes and offences Bringing offenders to justice Any duty or responsibility arising from common or statute law. The policing purposes mirror the duties of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967. This act is already the basis of our policing practices. |
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WHY DO WE DEFINE POLICING PURPOSES?
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The policing purposes provide the basis for every aspect of
MoPI. They do not replace or supersede any existing duty or power defined by statute or common law. Although covering the essence of what we as a service do, the policing purposes do not define every legitimate policing function and, even though not every activity is explicitly written down, there is a legal basis for carrying them out and gathering information from them. |
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Areas of policing purposes requiring information include:
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Road Policing
Public Order Counter-terrorism Child Protection |
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Police information is collected reactively or proactively
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Routine collection as part of general operational
policing activity Tasked information for a specific purpose Volunteered information |
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Users:
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Ensure that information is collected for a policing
purpose. Ensure you are aware of the current information/intelligence requirements. |
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Supervisors:
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Provide briefings and tasks to staff on information
collection. Provide opportunity for debriefing operations. |
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Managers:
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Ensure that clear information/intelligence
requirements have been set and understood. |
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WHAT'S CLASSED AS RECORDED INFORMATION?
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Records can exist in any format. They can be:
on paper (notebooks) electronic (contact centre voice records) audio (interview tapes) visual (CCTV or photographs) |
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IS THE INFORMATION MANDATORY OR DISCRETIONARY?
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There are certain reports which are mandatory for you to
record. These include: Crime Reports Custody Reports Road Traffic Collision Reports |
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THE AART OF RECORDING
Accurate |
Important throughout the life cycle of the data.
Inaccurate information should be corrected as soon as possible. |
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Adequate
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It should be sufficient for a policing purpose, clear and
unambiguous. |
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Relevant
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Opinions must be distinguished from facts.Opinions must be distinguished from facts.
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Timely
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Should be recorded as soon as possible, or within
approved time scales. All data that you gather or handle should comply with these principles. |
