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Published: 18 April 2023

Drones - Public Briefing - October 2021

Category: Reports
Topic: Technology
Keywords : Drones RPAs Human Rights

Report Summary

A Public Briefing explaining the use of drones by Police Scotland, and the assurances for the public. Published in October 2021.


Purpose

The Strategic Police Plan commits to the provision of Policing for a safe, protected and resilient Scotland. This requires designing and maintaining services which meet rising and evolving demands in a constantly changing environment. To meet these demands now and in the future Scotland’s police service must adapt and proportionately adopt the necessary technologies which will enable them to protect the safety and wellbeing of our communities (as outlined in the Policing Principles - Section 32 of Police and Fire Reform Act 2012).

This series of public focused and user-friendly factsheets has been developed to provide an overview of the benefits of emerging technology and upcoming developments within policing, the policies that will govern them, and the ethical, privacy and human rights implications.


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