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: 25 August 2025

Q1 Workforce Strategic Dashboard - 28 August 2025

Category: Reports

Topic: Evidence Workforce

Commitee: People Committee

ITEM 3.1 Q1 Workforce Dashboard (pdf, 1.57MB )

Report Summary

This report provides members of the Scottish Police Authority People Committee with an update on the Police Scotland workforce as at Q1 of financial year 2025/26. This was presented for discussion at the meeting on 28 August 2025.

To access the full document please open the PDF document above.

To view as accessible content please use the sections below. (Note that tables and some appendixes are not available as accessible content).

Meeting

The publication discussed was referenced in the meeting below

People Committee - 28 August 2025

Date : 28 August 2025

Location : Online

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Related Publications

The documents below are related by Topic and are the most recently published

Police Scotland Historic Data Wash Report - 22 February 2024

Published: 19 September 2024

Evidence Workforce

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HMICS Thematic Inspection of Hate Crime – Police Scotland Improvement Update - 16 March 2023

Published: 13 March 2023