Report Summary
This report provides members of the Forensic Services Committee with an overview of Drug Driving Pilot.
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Meeting
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Forensic Services Committee - 7 August 2025
Date : 07 August 2025
Location : Online
Key Findings
There has been a total of 30 Drug Wipes used in Shetland as part of the pilot with breakdown of these showing 15 were positive and 14 were negative, equating to a positivity rate of 52%.
- Over the same pilot period the force positivity rate was 56%.
- In addition to the detection rate, the pilot on Shetland has delivered the following key findings:
- 40% of detections in Shetland were female drivers compared to 9% nationally
- All 15 detections have been residents of Shetland
- 1 instance of repeat offending has been identified
- All evidential samples have met the 14-day submission timeline to SPA Forensic Services
- Production and transportation arrangements are robust
- All trained officers have been surveyed and feel having drug-wipes is beneficial.
The evaluation of the Shetland pilot will provide key learning for the forthcoming incremental expansion of drug-wipes into local policing. Whilst detections levels remain low, the training, legislative procedures, governance and administration can be imported into other areas and regarded as best practice.
