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Policing Performance

The Scottish Police Authority is responsible for holding the Chief Constable to account. It is also responsible for maintaining policing, and for delivering continuous improvement in policing. There is an agreed performance framework for achieving these aims. Regular performance reporting and scrutiny takes place at public meetings of the Board and the Committee.

This section outlines the agreed performance framework and includes links to more detailed performance information published throughout the year.

Policing Performance Framework

This document sets out the key measures used to track progress towards the strategic outcomes from the Joint Strategy for Policing and Annual Police Plan. It also includes equality measures linked to our Joint Equality Outcomes, and identifies areas that will be benchmarked against other forces to help assess performance and share best practice.

Monitoring Performance

The measures included in the above Performance Framework are reported on throughout the year in a range of different summary reports and more detailed spreadsheets, all of which are published publicly. Here we provide links to a number of these reports and supporting information.

Annual Review of Performance

The Authority makes an annual assessment around the performance of policing in Scotland. A range of sources of evidence and assessments inform the annual review which features in the performance section of the Authority's Annual Report and Accounts. You can find our latest assessment here.

Scottish Police Authority Performance Summary 2022-23

This Performance Summary document presents a selection of the key performance and financial figures provided in our full Annual Report and Accounts for 2022-23. Further insight and analysis can be found in the full report, detailing key areas of activity, and more information on the improvement projects and campaigns which impact on future performance.


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