"Logica has provided appropriate and expert support. The Logica staff who have worked on the Secure Disclosure system are knowledgeable, helpful and have a wealth of experience on which they can draw. Those staff, very obviously, have also the support and back up from colleagues that only a ‘Tier 1’ company can provide."
About Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS)
COPFS is responsible for the prosecution of crime in Scotland, the investigation of sudden or suspicious deaths, and the investigation of complaints against the police.
COPFS works closely with criminal justice partners to help make Scotland a safer place.
The Challenge
COPFS wanted their disclosure practice to evolve in a way that would address the Government’s ICT agenda of Digital Inclusion. In 2007, they reached a definite mandate to improve the disclosure practice for electronic evidence. They wanted to establish a simple, secure, efficient, flexible and more direct disclosure path for electronic evidence that was supported by a robust audit trail.
Our answer
In 2008, we began working with COPFS on the Secure Disclosure of Evidence System (SDS). We consulted with a variety of COPFS people (including senior management, area fiscal office representatives, IT operations, and policy and legal experts.) They helped specify, design, implement and fine-tune a workable solution that would support secure electronic disclosure.
Key benefits
- Automated preparation and collation of disclosure so there’s less room for error
- Avoided the need for defence agents to repeatedly visit COPFS offices to uplift disclosure
- Ensured disclosure can be prepared in any office for any case and published to the website
- Supported ‘Green’ agenda: reduced use of paper for disclosure of documentary productions and generation of receipts
- Enabled audit reporting to confirm that COPFS disclosure obligations have been met.
A Success Story
We’ve worked successfully with organisations such as yours in the criminal justice sector. We make sure we listen so we can understand not just your business needs but also your people, policy and operations. You can trust us to produce and implement clear, flexible and forward-thinking strategies that support your business needs as they evolve.
