Report Summary
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Forensic Services Committee - 3 February 2025
Date : 03 February 2025
Location : Online
Supporting the Shetland roadside testing pilot
The Director Forensic Services visited Shetland on 5th December 2024 with Chief Superintendent Hilary Sloan, Police Scotland Head of Road Policing, to support Police Scotland at the launch of the roadside drug testing pilot. Forensic Services are working closely with Police Scotland, as the force seeks to expand the use of Drug Wipes, so we can understand better their future requirements for drug-driving testing.
We are committed to support justice in Scotland and keep our communities safe and protected from drug drivers and the danger they cause on our roads. Drug drivers in Shetland are now more likely to be caught as roadside testing kits are rolled out to local policing officers.
Training is being delivered as part of the pilot to give local policing officers the ability to use Drug Wipe – a mouth swab drug detection kit – which will give an instant result to check for cannabis and cocaine. If the test is positive, drivers are then taken to a police station for a blood test which can detect other substances. It is then sent away to a laboratory and if appropriate, a case prepared for court.
