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: 14 August 2024

Internal Audit Update - 15 August 2024

Category: Reports

Topic: Performance Technology Budget Forensic Services

Commitee: Audit Risk and Assurance Committee

ITEM 2.1 IA Update (pdf, 2.13MB )

Report Summary

This report provides members of the Scottish Police Authority's Audit, Risk & Assurance Committee with an overview of BDO’s Internal Audit Progress report, including Q1 Follow Up review results.

To access the full document please open the PDF document above.

To view as accessible content please use the sections below. (Note that tables and some appendixes are not available as accessible content).

Meeting

The publication discussed was referenced in the meeting below

Audit, Risk and Assurance Committee - 15 August 2024

Date : 15 August 2024

Location : online

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Background

This Internal Audit progress report provides an update on the conclusions on audit work completed between April 2024 to July 2024.

The Q4 Follow-up results are also presented in this ARAC to cover the implementation status of all recommendations raised from the work carried out by Internal Audit which were due to be implemented by 30th June 2024 (Q1).

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