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: 25 October 2023

Forensic Services Change Programme Update - 30 October 2023

Keywords : The National Tasking Unit Access to Laboratory Services Project Deployment of Scene Examination Project Operating Model Project Core Operating System Project Data Governance Project

Item 5 REP20231030 FS Change Programme Update FINAL (pdf, .57MB )

Report Summary

This report provides members of the Forensic Services Committee with an overview of the Forensic Services Change Programme Update.

Meeting

The publication discussed was referenced in the meeting below

Forensics Services Committee - 30 October 2023

Date : 30 October 2023

Location : online

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FS Core Operating System - Project Update

The Forensic Services Core Operating System (FS COS) Project will deliver a fully integrated & future proofed single operating system, the migration of all data for in-scope systems and the decommissioning of un-supported legacy systems as required.

The project is tracking green as we remain on track to deliver a Full Business Case (FBC) for submission by the end of the financial year.
Given the scale and scope of the project we have sought to procure specialist professional services to support the FBC development.
The procurement activity took longer than anticipated due to prioritisation challenges, however, tender returns have been received and are currently under review and evaluation.
A progress update will be provided to the December meeting of the SPA Resources Committee.

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