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Minimum standards schedule for the Retention and Disposal of Police Records (2020 v4)

Minimum standards schedule for the Retention and Disposal of Police Records (2020 v4)

Minimum standards schedule for the Retention and Disposal of Police Records (2020 v4)

Status: Live
Published: 13/11/2020
Security level: Official
Amended / Internally developed: No
Live on platform: 23/07/21
Retired on platform:
Target Audience: Business / General
Authoring body: National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC)
Grading:
Standards
Abstract

The NPCC Guidance on The Minimum Standards for the Retention and Disposal of Police records has been produced by the NPCC Records Management Working Group to assist police forces in their statutory responsibility to comply with the Data Protection legislation (GDPR EU 2016/679 and Data Protection Act 2018), The Code of Practice on the Management of Police Information (2005) and other legislative requirements.

It contains

  • The responisibilities for records retention and disposal
  • Risks
  • Benefits of a retention schedule
  • Management of Police Information (MoPI)
  • Maintenance
  • Records Retention Tables for:
    • Assets & products
    • Crime and Case files
    • Detecting
    • Finance
    • Information
    • Organisation, Programmes & Projects
    • People
    • Preventing
    • Property
    • Prosecution

[Added September 2021] 

Download attachments:

NPCC Review Retention and Disposal Schedule 2020 Version 4 FINAL.pdf

Tag: cjs
Category: Incident, Crime and Records Management