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: 21 September 2022

Independent Advisory Group Fifth Interim Report - 22 January 2021

Category: Minutes

Topic: Performance Policy Workforce

Commitee: Authority Meetings

Keywords : covid

REP B 20210120 ITEM 6 IAG Report (pdf, .29MB )

Report Summary

This report provides members of the Scottish Police Authority with an overview of the Independent Advisory Group on Police Use of Temporary Powers related to the Coronavirus Crisis - Fifth Interim Report.

Meeting

The publication discussed was referenced in the meeting below

Meeting of the Scottish Police Authority - 22 January 2021

Date : 22 January 2021

Location : online

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Related Publications

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

Police Scotland Audit and Improvement Recommendation Tracker February to April 2023 - 22 June 2023

Published: 22 August 2023

Performance Policy Workforce

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Stop & Search Update - 28 May 2020

Published: 31 August 2022