The Police Service of Scotland (Conduct) Regulations 2013

Records

7.—(1) The deputy chief constable must maintain a record of every—

(a) complaint made by a member of the public against any constable to whom these Regulations apply, together with details of the action taken in connection with that complaint; and

(b) report, allegation or complaint from which it has been inferred that an act or omission of a constable to whom these Regulations apply may amount to misconduct, together with details of the action taken in connection with that report, allegation or complaint and, in particular—

(i) whether the constable was required to appear before a misconduct hearing;

(ii) where the constable was required to appear before a misconduct hearing, the finding of that hearing and any disposal made;

(iii) whether an appeal was made under regulation 26; and

(iv) where an appeal was made, details of the chief constable’s determination (including any variation of a disposal).

(2) Records kept under paragraph (1) are to include records kept before 1st April 2013 under regulation 24(1) of the Police (Conduct) (Scotland) Regulations 1996(1) in so far as those records relate to complaints against, or misconduct proceedings in relation to, any constable to whom these Regulations apply when that individual was serving as a constable of a police force.

(3) The chief constable must retain—

(a) any audio recording made in accordance with regulation 19(11)(b), for a period of not less than 3 years from the date on which it was sent in pursuance of regulation 23(4)(c); and

(b) any transcript of all or part of a recording obtained or submitted under regulation 27, for a period of not less than 3 years from the date on which that transcript was obtained or submitted.

(1)

S.I. 1996/1642.