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Scheme tackles issue of one in ten police witnesses appearing in court

Reducing the more than 200,000 officers cited as witnesses in 2021/22.

Scheme tackles issue of one in ten police witnesses appearing in court

Date - 15th November 2023
By - Police Oracle
A pilot scheme positively affected domestic abuse victims by reducing witnesses attending court unnecessarily by one third in a year, a report showed. The Summary Case Management (SCM) Pilot, introduced at sheriff courts in Dundee, Hamilton and...
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