(17 January 2025) Statistics showing the length of time to process cases in Scotland from caution to verdict.

(19 December 2024) This progress report details some of the advances made by the Serious Organised Crime Taskforce and its partners.

(19 December 2024) Explores evidence on the experiences of minority ethnic women living in Scotland as a route to examining the importance of intersectional analysis, plus the opportunities and challenges of taking an intersectional approach in data collection, analysis and reporting.

(18 December 2024) A national report co-authored by COSLA, The Scottish Government and The Promise Scotland, presenting the shared approach to understanding progress towards keeping The Promise.

(17 December 2024) Statistics on criminal proceedings concluded in Scottish courts and alternative measures to prosecution issued by the police and the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service are presented for the 10 years from 2013-14 to 2022-23.

(10 December 2024) This quarterly report presents Police Scotland management information to provide an indication of current trends in suspected drug deaths in Scotland.

(22 November 2024) In this article, the Commissioner references the Biometrics Conference hosted by the Authority in June 2024. 

(22 November 2024) A summary of the Home Secretary's proposed reforms of policing in England and Wales.

(3rd October 2024) HM  Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland (HMICS) has praised the work of Police Scotland in missing persons investigations in the ‘Thematic inspection of police response to missing persons in Scotland’ report, published on 3rd October. 

(16 September 2024) Police Scotland has good initiatives to deal with officers in mental health crises, but it needs to get better at preventing officers reaching that point in the first place, the Vice President of the Association of Scottish Police Superintendents has said.

(30 August 2024) SIPR, in partnership with Police Scotland and the Scottish Police Authority, is providing funding via the Responsive Research Fund to undertake a review into Good Practice in the Transfer of Care.

(28 August 2024) CoP are concerned some victims are not confident that reporting a crime will lead to justice. A new report by the Victims’ Commissioner has found that almost three in four victims are not confident that reporting a crime will lead to justice and almost half of those questioned said they were not kept regularly informed by police about their investigation.

(26 Aug 2024) Insights from the Police Scotland Special Constabulary Conference 2024, at Tulliallan Castle. 

(19 August 2024) The government has activated emergency measures to ease prison overcrowding as more rioters are being sentenced for their role in recent unrest.

(18 August 2024) Extreme misogyny will be treated as a form of extremism under new government plans, the Home Office has said.