The Police (Conduct) (Senior Officers) (Scotland) Regulations 1999

Records

30.—(1) The police authority shall keep–

(a) a record of every complaint made by a member of the public against any senior officer together with an account of the action taken in connection therewith;

(b) a record of every report, allegation or complaint from which it was inferred that an act or omission of a senior officer may have amounted to misconduct, together with an account of the action taken in connection therewith; and

(c) where any such report, allegation or complaint results in a senior officer being required to appear before a misconduct hearing, on the misconduct record, details of the allegation, together with the finding of the hearing and any disposal made.

(2) The police authority shall retain–

(a) any audio recording made in accordance with regulation 17(12) for a period of not less than 3 years from the date on which the recording was sent pursuant to regulation 22(2); and

(b) any transcript of all or part of such an audio recording where it has been prepared in terms of regulation 28(3) for a period of not less than 3 years from the date on which the audio recording was sent pursuant to regulation 28(3).