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: 26 April 2023

FOI 2023-017 - Operation Iona Update to Legal Committee Dec 22

Category: FOI

Commitee: Legal Committee

LET 20230228 FOI Response 2023 017 For DL (pdf, 1.04MB )

Report Summary

Issued 28 February 2023, this FOI response provides the Operation Iona Update (re Rangers investigation) presented to the Legal Committee on 13 December 2022, and explains why some of the information is exempt from disclosure.

Request

In relation to this report

https://www.spa.police.uk/spa-media/jhslhqun/item-4-committee-and-oversight-chair-reports.pdf

would it be possible please to see the report on “Operation Iona update”? (see p.14)

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FOI 2023-017 - Operation Iona Update to Legal Committee Dec 22

Report Summary

Request

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