Strategic police priorities for Scotland: consultation

Context

The Strategic Police Priorities (SPPs) set the high level strategic direction for the policing of Scotland and the carrying out of the Scottish Police Authority's (SPA) functions. The SPPs are set by Scottish Ministers and the legal framework for their development was established in the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 ("the Act").

Within the 2018-19 Programme for Government^[1], we committed to revising the existing set of SPPs in partnership with others. The current SPPs were last set in October 2016 and focus on^[2]:

• Localism
• Inclusion
• Prevention
• Response
• Collaborative Working
• Accountability
• Adaptability

We are conducting this public consultation to gather as many views as possible on the new set of draft SPPs. Your views will help us to shape what the strategic focus should be for the SPA and Police Scotland for the coming years.

The deadline for consultation responses is 4 October 2019.