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SPA Board to Strengthen Oversight of Forensic Services

The Scottish Police Authority (SPA) is to take further steps to strengthen the leadership, visibility and governance of Forensic Services. From 1 [...]

Scottish Police Authority chair Andrew Flanagan to stand down

Published in Holyrood by Jenni Davidson on 14th June 2017 Scottish Police Authority (SPA) chair Andrew Flanagan is to stand down, the Scottish [...]

2026 Strategy Document Consultation now open

As of today formal consultation on the Police Service of Scotland and Scottish Police Authority ‘2026’ Strategy document is open. [...]

Six arrests a day on railways spark police merger worries

From ‘The Herald’ Wednesday 15/02/17 SIX arrests a day were made on Scotland’s railways last year prompting claims that Police Scotland [...]

Crime statistics not ‘accurate’ measure of demand on police

Article published in the Scotsman by Chris Marshall on 24/01/2017 Ahead of a meeting of the Scottish Parliament’s justice committee today, Police [...]

MSPs to study British Transport Police merger plans

From the BBC News on 01/11/2016 MSPs are to question police chiefs about plans to absorb transport policing into Police Scotland. A Railway [...]

President’s Blog No. 12

Promotion Process After nearly 3 years the Supt promotion process has been launched as well as Chief Supt process. We have been working along with [...]

Armed Officers ‘break’ could spark new debate

From BBC News Scotland on 12/07/2016 MP Ian Blackford believes a new debate on armed police in Scotland may be needed to clear up any public concerns [...]

SPA announce contractual end to i6 programme

Following extensive discussion between the SPA, Police Scotland and Accenture, John Foley, Chief Executive of the SPA has issued the following [...]

Police add hijab to uniform to attract Muslim women recruits

By Chris Marshall in The Scotsman on 6th June 2016 Police Scotland is set to introduce a hijab as part of its uniform to encourage more Muslim women [...]