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Edinburgh Forensics under threat again
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Foulkes raises fresh police lab fears
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Scientists come to Holyrood in bid to save forensic labs Over 40 forensic scientists and their union representatives are coming to Parliament today to voice their concerns about the proposed centralisation of forensic services from Aberdeen to Dundee and Edinburgh to Glasgow. Lewis Macdonald MSP has obtained a members debate at 5.00pm today where he will argue against the closure of the Aberdeen Lab along side his Labour colleague George Foulkes MSP who will also argue for the retention of the forensic lab in Edinburgh. George Foulkes has been to visit forensic staff in Edinburgh to hear their concerns and is due to visit the Howdenhall Lab later this While... |
NEW fears about the future of Edinburgh's police forensic crime laboratory were voiced today as staff awaited the publication of a report on whether services were to be centralised.
Forensic scientists who have helped solve cases like the Vicky Hamilton murder could be uprooted from the Capital and relocated to Lanarkshire, depending on decisions made on the back of an options paper published today.
The Edinburgh lab at Howdenhall, which employs about 60 people, is one of four police forensic centres in Scotland that is now under threat again, as one of the options is to centralise Edinburgh and Aberdeen Lanarkshire...
LOTHIANS Labour MSP George Foulkes yesterday voiced renewed fears about the future of Edinburgh's police forensic laboratory.
The Evening News revealed last year that staff feared the Scottish Police Services Authority planned to concentrate forensic work for Edinburgh and Glasgow at new laboratories at Gartcosh, Lanarkshire.
Now, in answer to a parliamentary question from Lord Foulkes, Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill has said the provision of forensic services is an operational matter for the SPSA.
He added: "The SPSA is currently undertaking a forensic modernisation project looking at all aspects of the service provided to police forces across Scotland. This could have impact...Tag Cloud
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