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Deputy Chief Constable to Move On

Deputy Chief Constable Neil Richardson is to step down from his role with Police Scotland when his contract expires later this year. Chief Constable, [...]

Full Board Meeting of SPA 25/02/2016

A full meeting of the SPA board met in Edinburgh on 25/02/2016. For a full agenda, papers and livestream broadcast of this meeting please visit: [...]

Chair of Police Scotland oversight body labels police officer target “very inflexible approach” for long term

Written by Alan Robertson on 22 February 2016 in ‘Holyrood’ Police Scotland’s civilian oversight body will embark on a major review [...]

Chief Constable pledges new collaborative era

The new boss of Police Scotland, Philip Gormley, has told MSPs that his approach to the job will be about “collaboration and trust”. He [...]

Awards recognise excellence and innovation in policing

A police sergeant who tackled New Psychoactive Substances in the community and a Special Constable from one of the country’s most rural beats have [...]

SPA Oversight of Stop and Search

The SPA has published the first quarterly Assurance Report on Police Scotland’s use of stop and search in Scotland. The report has been [...]

Scottish Police Authority (SPA) Review of Police Governance

On 3 September 2015, the Cabinet Secretary for Justice asked the Chair of the Scottish Police Authority, Andrew Flanagan to undertake an immediate [...]

Strategic Police Priorities

The Scottish Government has today launched its broadest ever initiative to gather views on what the people of Scotland would like from their police [...]

SPA Statement on Strengthening Local Policing

Local Policing Restructure John Foley, Chief Executive, SPA said: “At the SPA board meeting held (27 October) Police Scotland presented an update [...]

VAT Bill Results in Police Scotland Overspend

Police Scotland is facing a budget deficit of £25 million because, unlike other police forces in the UK, it is liable for VAT. At a meeting of the [...]