Report Summary
This report provides members of the Forensic Services Committee with an overview of Long-Term Sustainable Model – Resource Update.
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Meeting
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Forensic Services Committee - 30 October 2025
Date : 30 October 2025
Location : Online
Strategic alignment to strategic police plan and other key enabling strategies
Forensic Services Strategy 2025 – 2030
We are sustainable adaptable and resilient to future challenges.
We work collaboratively with partners to serve the needs of the public and criminal justice in Scotland
Police Scotland Annual Policing Plan 2025/26
Use a phased approach to increase the use of roadside drug testing to establish and tackle the scale and nature of drug driving.
Strategic Police Plan (Joint Strategy for Policing)
Threats to public safety and wellbeing are resolved by proactive and responsive police service.
Policing is sustainable, adaptable, and prepared for future challenges
The LTSM for Criminal Toxicology is required to ensure that Scotland has the necessary analytical capabilities needed to ensure effective implementation of the Section 5A of the Road Traffic Act 1988, and to allow the effective enforcement and prevention activities to tackle the problem of drug driving on the roads of Scotland.
The laboratory capacity to undertake evidential testing following a positive roadside test is critical to tackling the scale and nature of drug driving as set out in the Annual Policing Plan.
