Scottish Police Authority (SPA) Complaints Form

The Scottish Police Authority processes any personal data we collect in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act 2018.

Read our privacy policy to find out more about how we securely store and handle your data.

Please use our online form to make a complaint.

You will be asked to choose who you would like to make a complaint about.

This form should ONLY be used to make a complaint about the following: (tick as appropriate)

Chief Constable
Deputy Chief Constable
Assistant Chief Constable
A Board member of the SPA
A staff member of the SPA - (i.e. SPA Corporate and SPA Forensics)
The SPA itself

You should NOT use this form to make a complaint against Any other police officer of Police Scotland or Support Staff working within Police Scotland. These are dealt with by Police Scotland.

For further details on Police Scotland's complaints process, please visit the following area of their website : Police Scotland complaints about the Police.

Personal information

It is not necessary to complete the Personal Information section, however providing your details will enable us to contact you with updates on your complaint.

Any field marked with (required) is mandatory and must be filled in.

Title:

Firstname(s):

Surname:

Address:

You have a 200 character limit for your address.

Post code:

Telephone number:

Providing a valid email address allows the system to send an email acknowledgement receipt for your complaint.
Please check your spam folder if the confirmation email doesn't appear in your inbox.

Email address:

Tick this box if you want an email confirmation.

Preferred method of contact:

Nature of your complaint

Complaining about:

Details of complaint: (required)

Please give details of your complaint to the SPA.
Where relevant please give dates and name and position of those involved.

Equality & Diversity Information

Please note, it is not necessary to complete these optional questions for us to progress your complaint. However, if completed, this information will be detached from your Complaints Form and handled separately to ensure anonymity. Any information disclosed will not be shared with anyone involved and will in no way affect the outcome or handling of a complaint.

The Equality Act 2010 defines disability as 'a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial & long term effect on a person's ability to carry out normal day to day activities'.

Please select the relevant option in each section, or complete as appropriate:

What is your age?:

Do you consider yourself to have a disability?

What is your Sex?

Do you currently or have you previously considered yourself as transgender?

What is your sexual orientation?

What is your religion or belief?

What is your ethnic group?

Use this key to help your selection and when ready, use the drop down list below

A - White
B - Mixed or multiple ethnic group
C - Asian, Asian Scottish or Asian British
D - African
E - Caribbean or Black Caribbean or Black
F - Other ethnic group
G - Choose not to disclose