Latest News

Seventh Issue of Emerge Published

Emerge is the regular update for policing and the wider criminal justice community on the work of the SPSA. Emerge is now presented in new interactive PDF format.

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Plans unveilled to speed up forensic support for Scottish police

SPSA Forensic Services has today published proposals to improve the speed, consistency, and cost effectiveness of forensic analysis in Scotland.

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Scots Police Training Revamp puts Emphasis on Hands-On Experience

Scotland’s new police recruits are to complete their formal training faster, and experience more operational time on the streets as part of the largest shake up of probationer training in recent years.

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Corporate Publications

If you want to find out more about what is happening in SPSA, our performance and future activity then have a look through our corporate publications.

SPSA 5 Year Strategic Plan 2010-2015
The Strategic Plan captures in a single document what SPSA is about and what we seek to achieve. It is the direct result of extensive consultation with our staff, our Board, our many customers within Scottish policing, and wider stakeholders.

Emerge
Emerge is our regular quarterly update for our customers on how the business areas of SPSA and the SCDEA are working with Scottish policing and other criminal justice partners.

Annual Report
Our annual reports outline our performance over a 12 month period and provides details of our income and expenditure. 

Annual Plan
Our Annual Plan outlines our commitment to work with our partners and stakeholders to make a positive difference to policing in Scotland and sets out our programme of work to make this happen.  

Quarterly Customer Reports
These reports detail key service delivery highlights and give an overview of progress against ongoing priorities that we believe impact on the wider policing communities.