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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

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

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

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Joint Equalities Outcomes for Policing

Published: 27 April 2023

Publication Board Meetings

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HMICS assurance review of policing mental health in Scotland - 12 March 2024

Published: 18 March 2024

Published: 01 October 2024

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Publication Library

Joint Equalities Outcomes for Policing

HMICS assurance review of policing mental health in Scotland - 12 March 2024

FOI 2025/26-086 - Costs associated with policing protests or public order operations relating to migrant accommodation

FOI 2025/26-083 - Settlement of Public Liability Claim report to Legal Committee October 2025

FOI 2025/26-078 - Copper Lounge Scottish Police College Tulliallan – policing incidents

FOI 2025/26-064 - Governance regarding policing of support for Palestine Action since June 2025

FOI 2025/26-059 - Oversight of enforcement infrastructure, private session transparency and legal status of the Authority

FOI 2025/26-044 - Correspondence relating the policing of protests in solidarity with Palestine

FOI 2025/26-025 - Various total spend 2021-22 to 2024-25

FOI 2025/26-019 - FTE employees in legal team and spend on internal and external legal services – 2022/23 to 2024/25

FOI 2025/26-005 - Police officers exceeding speed limits under legal exemptions

FOI 2024/25-058 - Number of FTE communications officers and total cost