FOS (Future Office System) is a workflow and case management system developed by
Anite
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and used by the
Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service is the independent public prosecution service for Scotland, and is a Ministerial Department of the Scottish Government. The department is headed by His Majesty's Lord Advocate, who under the ...
for the processing of criminal cases in Scotland, United Kingdom.
From 43 offices throughout Scotland, 1,300 Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service staff use FOS to streamline the complex procedures required to handle in excess of 300,000 reports of crime and sudden deaths per year.
Anite created the FOS system at their Glasgow office with development starting in the year 2000. Over 150-man years later, work continues to this day extending and enhancing FOS to meet the evolving business and legislative demands of
COPFS
The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service is the independent public prosecution service for Scotland, and is a Ministerial Department of the Scottish Government. The department is headed by His Majesty's Lord Advocate, who under the S ...
and
Scottish Government.
References
External links
Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service{{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031083143/http://www.copfs.gov.uk/ , date=2014-10-31
AniteLaw Society of Scotland magazine article on FOS
Legal organisations based in Scotland