Who We Are

The Scottish Police Authority is independent of both the Scottish Government and policing. It is the primary governance body for policing in Scotland, and was established as a public body on 1 April 2013 by the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012. It was set up to hold the Chief Constable to account; promote, support and oversee improvement in policing. It is also responsible for the management and delivery of Forensic Services in Scotland and Independent Custody Visiting Scotland.

In this section, find out more about the Authority’s priorities, the Board and the Leadership team.

Who We Are

What We Do

The Scottish Police Authority is responsible for maintaining policing. It has four specific areas of responsibility:

promoting the policing principles

supporting continuous improvement

keeping policing under review

holding the Chief Constable to account.

This section tells you in outline what the Authority does.

What We Do

Complaints

Are you dissatisfied with the service you have received from policing in Scotland?

The Scottish Police Authority, Police Scotland and the Police Investigations and Reviews Commissioner (PIRC) all have a role to play in considering complaints about policing in Scotland.

In this section, find out who to direct your complaint to. We also welcome written communication in Gaelic (see our Gaelic Language Plan).

Complaints

Published: 22 August 2023

Action Log - 31 March 2023

Category: Action Logs

Topic: Performance Forensic Services

Commitee: Audit Risk and Assurance Committee

ITEM 1.4 ARAC Rolling Action Log Updates From March 2022 V0.1 (pdf, .3MB )

Report Summary

This document provides an update of the actions agreed by the Scottish Police Authority Audit, Risk & Assurance Committee at its meeting held on 31 March 2023.

Meeting

The publication discussed was referenced in the meeting below

Audit, Risk and Assurance Committee - 22 June 2023

Date : 22 June 2023

Location : online

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Action Log - 31 March 2023

Report Summary

Meeting

Audit, Risk and Assurance Committee - 22 June 2023

Related Publications

Drug Driving Update - 28 October 2024

Forensic Services Performance Report – Quarter 2 2024/25 - 28 October 2024

Forensic Services Performance Report (Q3) – 2 February 2022

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