2030 Vision

Our vision provides the service with a clear, aspirational direction of travel to shape the development of Police Scotland. The purpose of the 2030 Vision is not only to motivate our workforce to deliver, but also to support strategic decision making around service investment priorities and our portfolio of change.

Our vision:

Our 2030 Vision is safer communities, less crime, supported victims and a thriving workforce.

To achieve this, we will:

• Support reductions in overall crime in Scotland.
• Respond effectively to threats to public safety.
• Deliver the best possible service for the public and communities of Scotland through effective community policing.
• Ensure that victims are fully heard and supported, with our service more tailored to victim needs through our trauma informed approach.
• Work with partners to ensure vulnerable people are able to access appropriate care at the right time.
• Be an inclusive, anti-racist and anti-discriminatory organisation that takes a firm stance on inappropriate conduct.
• Improve employee welfare and wellbeing, ensuring our diverse workforce is more supported in doing their best work each day.

We will do this by:

• Being clear on our responsibilities in safety and justice and how we contribute to system reform and improvement.
• Investing in focused prevention: engaging with our communities on their priorities and ensuring that our approach to community policing draws on the best evidence–based practice that reduces crime.
• Reshaping our training and development to ensure everyone is ready and equipped to deliver on our vision and objectives including better investigative outcomes.
• Striving to become one of the most digitally enabled police services with the aim of improving effectiveness and efficiency.
• Becoming a more data-driven organisation, using data insights and evidence ethically in our decision-making to prevent harm and keep our communities safe.
• Being more efficient in what we do, removing barriers in daily work that undermine productivity, so we can invest more in frontline policing and deliver best value.
• Engaging, listening and responding to public, community, colleague and stakeholder insights to better inform our services.

Our values

• Commitment to upholding human rights.