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

Publication Library

The Authority is committed to conducting its activity in an open and transparent manner, and in a way that builds trust and confidence in policing.

In this section we aim to make as much of our information as possible available, accessible and searchable. Our publication scheme summarises all of the information we publish. This aims to improve public access to the information we hold and encouraging public awareness of, and participation in, the decisions we make.

Where possible we provide a suitable HTML alternative and / or make documents accessible. Please contact us if you would like to request a corporate publication in an alternative format.

Scottish Police Authority - Publication Scheme

Committee

Topic

FOI 2023/24-100 - Police Scotland process for responding to unaccompanied asylum seekers who present at PS premises

Published: 02 April 2024

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FOI 2023/24-099 - Personal data (third party)

Published: 02 April 2024

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FOI 2023/24-097 - Crime statistics

Published: 02 April 2024

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FOI 2023/24-096 - email address for Chief Constable 2012-2027

Published: 02 April 2024

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Independent Custody Visiting: Key activity for Q3 2023 (October – December)

Published: 27 March 2024

Publication Policing Performance Committee

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Approved Minute – 14 November 2023

Published: 25 March 2024

Publication Complaints and Conduct Committee

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Approved Minute – 30 October 2023

Published: 25 March 2024

Publication Forensics Services Committee

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Approved Minute - 21 November 2023

Published: 25 March 2024

Publication Legal Committee

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Senior Remuneration

Published: 25 March 2024

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Authority Meeting - 22 February 2024

Published: 22 March 2024

Publication Board Meetings

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Approved Minute - 27 November 2023

Published: 22 March 2024

Publication People Committee

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Approved Minute - 14 November 2023

Published: 22 March 2024

Publication People Committee

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Publication Library

FOI 2023/24-100 - Police Scotland process for responding to unaccompanied asylum seekers who present at PS premises

FOI 2023/24-099 - Personal data (third party)

FOI 2023/24-097 - Crime statistics

FOI 2023/24-096 - email address for Chief Constable 2012-2027

Independent Custody Visiting: Key activity for Q3 2023 (October – December)

Approved Minute – 14 November 2023

Approved Minute – 30 October 2023

Approved Minute - 21 November 2023

Senior Remuneration

Authority Meeting - 22 February 2024

Approved Minute - 27 November 2023

Approved Minute - 14 November 2023