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A group of University of Stirling experts in criminology, sociology, law and management is behind a call for improvements to policing technologies in Scotland. The findings of a six-month research project are expected to help shape future policing and police-citizen relations in Scotland, and to impact policing worldwide. The University of Stirling team looked at how technologies including electronic databases, biometric identification and surveillance, and predictive policing, are used and regulated in Scottish policing. These were considered against a backdrop of human rights impacts, ethical best practice and public confidence in policing. The research forms part of the final report of the Independent Advisory Group on Emerging Technologies in Policing (ETIAG), published last week by the Scottish Government.