about SPSA
The Scottish Police Services Authority (SPSA) was established in 2007 and provides:
- one of the world's only independently-accredited ‘crime scene to court' forensic services;
- ICT support for 1,300 applications, 12,000 PCs and laptops and 21,000 handheld radios across 250 sites;
- vital police information and intelligence systems to over 50 agencies throughout the UK, and;
- national training to over 8,000 police officers every year through the award-winning Scottish Police College.
In addition, we maintain the specialist frontline officers and intelligence staff for the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency (SCDEA).
We are an organisation that is independent of the police but understands policing. One in five of our staff are police officers seconded from Scotland's police forces. That's evidence of the commitment Scottish policing makes to us.
In return, SPSA staff are committed to supporting each and every police officer to make the best of their time and talent in the protection and service of the public.
From the training they receive to make it onto our streets, to the technology they use when they are out there. From the intelligence they need to progress an investigation, to the evidence gathering needed to secure a conviction. From the expertise needed to take out a local cannabis farm, to the international partnerships needed to disrupt a money laundering scheme.
Employing around 1,600 people, our organisation is diverse in its output and offers positions across a number of challenging and dynamic business areas.