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Procurator fiscal reporting event
13/02/2004
The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service hosted an event at Edinburgh University today for over 50 specialist agencies who report crimes to the procurator fiscal.
110 investigators from environmental health departments, trading standards, and bodies like the Health and Safety Executive and the Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency will attend the event which aims to:
- improve awareness of the Scottish legal system and provide a better understanding of investigating and reporting offences to the Procurator Fiscal
- Provide an update on recent changes and developments within COPFS especially relating to the increased use of technology for decision-making and the reporting of cases
- develop knowledge and understanding of the court process and the role of the expert witness in a trial
Solicitor General Elish Angiolini QC told attendees:
"Procurators Fiscal deal with a diverse range of crime, such as pollution, environmental health matters, health and safety, as well as planning offences and video piracy. Our expertise is in prosecution , but events like this help us deal more effectively with the diverse range of crime that impact upon communities in Scotland. We want to work with the specialist agencies to continually build up our knowledge of the offences they are uncovering and the issues that concern them."
A spokesperson for the Health and Safety Executive said:
"We are very pleased to be involved in this event. There are many benefits to joint agency working and this is a useful opportunity to get together with other agencies and look at best working practice."