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  1. Former police officer caught sending indecent messages to undercover colleague posing as child

    A former Police Scotland officer who sent sexual messages to an undercover colleague posing as 12-year-old girl has been sentenced. 

    News Published: 02 Mar 2026
  2. Former police officer jailed for domestic and sexual abuse

    A former Police Scotland officer who subjected three former partners to a campaign of controlling, violent and sexual abuse has been jailed.

    News Published: 21 Aug 2024
  3. Five-man Inverclyde drugs gang sentenced to total of 31 years and eight months in prison

    Five members of a serious organised crime gang who ran a huge drugs trafficking empire in Inverclyde have been jailed for a total of 31 years and eight months.

    News Published: 04 Apr 2024
  4. Specialist reporting agencies

    List of agencies in Scotland which are registered as specialist reporting agencies to COPFS as of 2026.

    Document Published: 01 Jan 2014
  5. Crown Office statement on the Park Inn Hotel shooting incident

    On 26 June 2020, Badreddin Abdalla Adam Bosh was shot and killed by Police Scotland officers after he stabbed and seriously injured six in the Park Inn Hotel

    News Published: 06 Apr 2023
  6. Man who murdered girlfriend at remote Shetland home jailed

    A man who murdered his girlfriend at a remote Shetland home has been jailed for life, and ordered to serve a minimum of 25 years.

    News Published: 15 Oct 2025
  7. House raid gang linked to organised crime jailed

    Four men who led police on a high-speed car and helicopter chase after carrying out a £10,000 jewellery raid on a house have been jailed.

    News Published: 01 Feb 2023
  8. Do not suffer in silence, Lord Advocate urges women

    Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC has spoken out against the crime of coercive control and encouraged victims not to suffer in silence this festive period.

    News Published: 23 Dec 2024
  9. Violent rapist jailed for campaign of abuse across Scotland

    14 year sentence for abuser who terrorised three women

    News Published: 07 Feb 2025
  10. Working together for victims and witnesses

    A protocol between COPFS, Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS), Police Scotland, and Victim Support Scotland (VSS) to support victims and witnesses.

    Document Published: 29 Sept 2017