Record Retention (680A/23)

Questions to police forces regarding archival management of criminal/forensic case files and related materials

What is your current position with regards to the following regulations? Please, comment your answers.

National Digital and Physical Evidence Retention Guidance (2021)

Aware of it

Implementing it

Review, retention and disposal. Authorised Professional Practice (APP) (2013:2023)

Aware of it

Implementing it

Codes of Practice and Conduct for Forensic Science Providers and Practitioners in the Criminal Justice System (FSR-C-100)

Aware of it

Implementing it

NPCC Forensic Retention guidance (2021)

Aware of it

Implementing it

College of Policing Archiving of records in the public interest (APP) (2021)

Aware of it

Implementing it

Do you ever appraise and archive case files & materials for their historical significance, value for research or for public interest? Please describe your practice.

Do you ever provide access to case files & materials to private individuals and researchers, outside the criminal justice system (not for case review, appeals, training, etc.)? Please describe your practice.

If you rely on an external provider and/or repository for storage or archival/heritage services (e.g., catalogue, access or display), please describe how this works.

If you have an inhouse archive or a heritage centre, do you follow any related guidance or standards (e.g., to inform collection care and conservation, cataloguing, and access provision) and which?

Should you be open to be contacted for further comment, please include the best contact details in your response.