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Internal policy for AI use by prosecution staff Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service · Prosecution service · 2025-11-13
status as stated: First published Internal policy Not specified
COPFS published an internal AI-use policy for staff. It says AI will support work but will not make decisions or replace staff judgement, and says COPFS will keep an internal AI register and register use on the Scottish AI Register.
"AI will support our work, but it won’t make decisions or replace the judgement of our skilled people." Status date given by the source: 2025-11-13.
Official record copfs.gov.uk · archived copy Read 2026-09-07 · primary document readFound via COPFS official search Notes Crown copyright page says website information may be reused under the Open Government Licence. The policy lists possible use categories but no named AI tool. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. The status word is the source's own on the read date; a pilot is not recorded as a deployment and a contract is not recorded as use. This record summarises a public court document or official publication and reports what it says; SafeLegalAI makes no findings of its own. Individuals and organisations are named only as they appear in that public record. Anyone named may send a right of reply, correction or contextual update (for example an appeal, vacatur or later disposition) via /report; we add a dated note where appropriate. Reply or correct this record .
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