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: 09 June 2024

Approved Minute – 13 March 2023

Category: Minutes

Topic: Performance Evidence Workforce

Commitee: Legal Committee

MIN 20231403 APPROVED Public Minute Legal Committee 13Th March 2023 V1.0 (pdf, .22MB )

Report Summary

This is the Approved Minute documented for the Legal Committee held on 13 March 2023. The Minute was approved at the meeting on 1 August 2023.

Meeting

The publication discussed was referenced in the meeting below

Legal Committee - 1 August 2023

Date : 01 August 2023

Location : online

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Related Publications

The documents below are related by Topic and are the most recently published

Police Scotland Professional Standards Department Quarterly Performance Report Q2 - 14 November 2023

Published: 26 September 2024

Performance Evidence Workforce

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Audit Report of Police Scotland on the triage of Complaints about the Police - 1 June 2023