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

Published: 22 August 2022

Forensic Services Director’s Report

Category: Reports

Topic: Performance Workforce Forensic Services Evidence Policy

Commitee: Forensics Services Committee

Keywords : COVID toxicology DNA spiking

REP C 20222401 ITEM 2 Director's Report Forensic Services Committee FINAL (pdf, .52MB )

Report Summary

This report is provided by Fiona Douglas, Director of Forensic Services and updates Authority Members on recent activities across Forensic Services.

Meeting

The publication discussed was referenced in the meeting below

Forensic Services Committee - 2nd February 2022

Date : 02 February 2022

Location : online

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Introduction

Intro

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