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Our inspections of police custody usually take the form of a thematic inspection, or take place as part of our Local Policing+ Inspection Programme under which we inspect all custody centres located in a particular local policing division. This inspection was in addition to our regular programme and took place at the request of Police Scotland. While the principal aim of the inspection was to provide assurance about the delivery of custody at both custody centres, the secondary aim was to assist Police Scotland’s Criminal Justice Services Division in developing its own, internal audit processes. Our inspections of Aikenhead Road and London Road followed our usual format, except that when we reviewed a sample of custody records, we did so jointly with a representative of the Criminal Justice Services Division. This allowed us to share and discuss our methodology with the division.