Correspondence

Human trafficking for sexual exploitation

• Letter from the Convener to Police Scotland (22 December 2020) (97KB pdf)
• Letter from Police Scotland to the Convener (10 February 2021) (361KB pdf)

Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC)   

• Letter from the Convener to the Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC) (1 September 2020) (99KB pdf)
• Letter from the Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC) to the Convener (3 September 2020) (143KB pdf)
• Letter from the Convener to the Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC) (11 September 2020) (103KB pdf)
• Letter from the Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC) to the Convener (23 September 2020) (135KB pdf)

Public Inquiry into the circumstances of the death of Sheku Bayoh   

• Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Justice to the Convener (21 May 2020) (249KB pdf)    
• Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Justice to the Convener (26 November 2020) (433KB pdf) 

26^th Conference of the Parties (COP26)        

• Police Scotland Submission (3 March 2020) (94KB pdf)
• Scottish Police Authority Submission (6 March 2020) (124KB pdf)
• Letter from the Scottish Police Authority to the Convener (16 April 2020) (412KB pdf)
• Letter from Police Scotland to the Convener (1 February 2021) (1MB pdf)
• Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Justice to the Convener (11 February 2021) (235KB pdf)
• Letter from the Scottish Police Authority to the Convener (11 February 2021) (479KB pdf)

Scottish Intelligence Database       

• Letter from the Convener to Police Scotland (24 February 2020) (91KB pdf)
• Letter from Police Scotland to Convener (28 February 2020) (149KB pdf)

Correspondence with the Chief Constable

• Letter from the Chief Constable to the Sub-Committee (21 February 2019) (146KB pdf)

Police Scotland's Brexit preparations

• Letter from the Convener to the Cabinet Secretary for Justice (27 February 2019) (853KB pdf)
• Letter from the Minister for Community Safety to the Convener (7 May 2019) (616KB pdf)

Police Scotland's use of conducted energy device (Taser)

• Letter from Police Scotland to the Convener (21 May 2018) (175KB pdf)

Undercover policing

• Letter from the Convener to the Cabinet Secretary for Justice (30 January 2018) (88KB pdf)
• Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Justice to the Convener (1 February 2018) (149KB pdf)
• Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Justice to the Convener (7 February 2018) (875KB pdf)
• Letter from the Convener to HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland (19 September 2018) (507KB pdf)
• Letter from the Convener to Police Scotland (19 September 2018) (452KB pdf)
• Letter from Police Scotland to the Convener (21 September 2018) (58KB pdf)
• Letter from Police Scotland to the Convener (1 October 2018) (165KB pdf)
• Letter from HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland to the Convener (10 October 2018) (258KB pdf)
• Letter from the Convener to Police Scotland (14 February 2019) (120KB pdf)
• Letter from Police Scotland to the Convener (21 February 2019) (150KB pdf) 
• Letter from the Convener to Police Scotland (6 June 2019) (241KB pdf)
• Letter from Police Scotland to the Convener (17 June 2019) (96KB pdf)

Police Scotland's custody provision

• Written submission from the Association of Scottish Police Superintendents (117KB pdf)
• Written submission from Families Outside (212KB pdf)
• Written submission from G4S Court Custody and Prison Escort Services (220KB pdf)
• Written submission from HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland (140KB pdf) 
• Written submission from Police Scotland (145KB pdf)
• Supplementary written submission from Police Scotland (121KB pdf)
• Supplementary written submission from Police Scotland (308KB pdf) 
• Written submission from Positive Prison? Positive Futures (212KB pdf)
• Written submission from the Scottish Police Federation (116 KB pdf)
• Supplementary written submission from the Scottish Police Federation (130KB pdf)
• Written submission from Unison Scotland (207KB pdf)
• Supplementary written submission from Unison Scotland (207KB pdf)
• Letter from Police Scotland to the Convener (15 January 2018) 171KB pdf)
• Care and Welfare Standard Operating Procedure (15 January 2018) (1453KB pdf)
• Care and Welfare Standard Operating Procedure EQHRIA (15 January 2018) (854KB pdf)
• Custody Transfer Guidance (15 January 2018) (289KB pdf)
• Custody Transfer Guidance EIA (15 January 2018) (815KB pdf)
• Letter from the Convener to the Association of Scottish Police Superintendents (20 February 2018 ) (946KB pdf)
• Letter from the Convener to Police Scotland (20 February 2018 ) (946KB pdf)
• Letter from the Convener to the Scottish Police Federation (20 February 2018 ) (946KB pdf)
• Letter from the Convener to Unison Scotland (20 February 2018 ) (946KB pdf)

Police Scotland's engagement with black and minority ethnic communities in Scotland

• Written submission from the Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights (156KB pdf)
• Written submission from Police Scotland (392KB pdf)
• Written submission from the Scottish Government (154KB pdf)
• Written submission from the Scottish Refugee Council (126KB pdf)
• Letter from the Convener to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (7 November 2017)(636KB pdf)
• Letter from the Convener to Police Scotland (7 November 2017) (637KB pdf)
• Letter from Police Scotland to the Convener (22 November 2017) (96KB pdf)
• Letter from Police Scotland to the Convener (27 November 2017) (295KB pdf)
• Letter from the Lord Advocate to the Convener (19 December 2017) (355KB pdf)
• Letter from the Convener to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (1 November 2018) (143KB pdf)
• Letter from the Convener to Police Scotland (1 November 2018) (139KB pdf)
• Letter from Police Scotland to the Convener (7 November 2018) (139KB pdf)
• Letter from the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service to the Convener (9 November 2018) (80KB pdf) 

Police Scotland's role in the immigration process

• Letter from the Convener to HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland (1 November 2018) (139KB pdf)
• Letter fron HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland to the Convener (7 November 2018) (235KB pdf)
• Letter from the Scottish Refugee Council to the Convener (20 November 2018) (242KB pdf)
• Letter from the Convener to the Home Office (13 December 2018) (219KB pdf) 

Police Scotland's internal complaints procedures

• Letter from the Convener to Police Scotland (28 June 2017) (1068KB pdf)
• Letter from the Convener to the Scottish Police Authority (28 June 2017) (1033KB pdf)
• Letter from the Scottish Police Authority to the Convener (28 July 2017) (258KB pdf)
• Letter from Police Scotland to the Convener (3 August 2017) (848KB pdf)
• Letter from Unison Scotland to the Convener (6 September 2017) (125KB pdf)
• Letter from the Scottish Police Federation to the Convener (8 September 2017) (117KB pdf)
• Letter from Deputy Chief Constable Designate Iain Livingstone to the Convener (11 September 2017) (39KB pdf)
• Letter from Police Scotland to the Convener (12 September 2017) (150KB pdf)
• Letter from the Convener to Police Scotland (21 September 2017) (417KB pdf)
• Letter from the Convener to the Scottish Police Authority (21 September 2017) (383KB pdf)
• Letter from Police Scotland to the Convener (29 September 2017) (262KB pdf)
• Letter from the Scottish Police Authority to the Convener (4 October 2017) (281KB pdf)
• Letter from the Convener to Police Scotland (7 November 2017) (1103KB pdf)
• Letter from Police Scotland to the Convener (20 November 2017) (109KB pdf)
• Letter from the Scottish Police Authority to the Convener (23 November 2017) (278KB pdf)
• Complaints about the Police: Standard Operating Porcedure (674KB pdf)
• Briefing from the Scottish Police Authority (6 June 2018) (339KB pdf) 

Scottish Police Authority

• Letter from HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland to the Scottish Police Authority (9 December 2016) (95KB pdf)
• Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Justice to HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland (20 April 2017) (228KB pdf)
• Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Justice to the Convener (21 April 2017) (173KB pdf)
• HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland's Thematic Inspection of the Scottish Police Authority - Phase 1 Review of Openness and Transparency (21 June 2017) (external site)
• Response from the Scottish Police Authority to HMICS Review of Openness and Transparency (21 June 2017) (254KB pdf)
• Supplementary response from the Scottish Police Authority to HMICS Review of Openness and Transparency (26 June 2017) (265KB pdf)
• Letter form the Cabinet Secretary for Justice to the Convener on appointment of the Chair of the Scottish Police Authority (21 Sseptember 2017) (102KB pdf)
• Letter from the Convener to the Scottish Police Authority (23 February 2018) (99KB pdf)
• Letter from the Scottish Police Authority to the Convener (8 March 2018) (198KB pdf) 
• Letter from Convener to Scottish Police Authority (30 July 2019) (83KB pdf)
• Letter from Scottish Police Authority to Convener (23 August 2019) (491KB pdf)
• Letter from Convener to Cabinet Secretary for Justice on HMICS Thematic Inspection of the Scottish Police Authority (643KB pdf)
• Letter from Cabinet Secretary to Convener on HMICS Thematic Inspection of the Scottish Police Authority (153KB pdf)
• Letter from the Scottish Police Authority to the Convener (10 February 2021) (469KB pdf)
• Letter from Police Scotland to the Convener (12 February 2021) (936KB pdf)
• Letter from the Convener to the Scottish Police Authority (19 March 2021) (96KB pdf)

SPA review of the SCDEA

• Letter to the SPA from Convener of JSCoP on SCDEA (6 December 2019) (134KB pdf)
• Letter from the SPA to the JSCoP Convener on SCDEA (17 December 2019) (403KB pdf) 
• Letter from JSCoP Convener to the SPA on SCDEA (19 December 2019) (120KB pdf)
• Letter from SPA to JSCoP Convener on SCDEA (10 January 2020) (125KB pdf)

Changes to financial leadership arrangement in policing

• Letter from the SPA to the Convener (23 February 2017) (33KB pdf)

Policing 2026 Strategy

• Letter from the Convener to Police Scotland (26 January 2017) (657KB pdf)
• Letter from Police Scotland to the Convener (9 February 2017) (89KB pdf) 

Body Worn Video Cameras

• Letter from the Convener to Police Scotland (18 January 2017) (612KB pdf)
• Letter from Police Scotland to the Convener (9 February 2017) (309KB pdf)
• Letter from the Convener to Police Scotland (20 February 2020) (99KB pdf)
• Letter from Police Scotland to the Convener (5 March 2020) (84KB pdf)
• Letter from the Convener to Police Scotland (18 March 2020) (91KB pdf)
• Letter from Police Scotland to the Convener (16 April 2020) (96KB pdf)

Designation of local commanders

• Letter from the Convener to all local authorities (17 November 2016) (406KB pdf)

 Responses from local authorities

• Aberdeen City Council (31KB pdf)
• Angus Council (7KB pdf)
• Argyll and Bute Council (83KB pdf)
• Dumfries and Galloway Council (71KB pdf)
• East Ayrshire Council  (140KB pdf)
• Fife Council (61KB pdf)
• Glasgow City Council (149KB pdf)
• Highland Council (147KB pdf)
• North Lanarkshire Council (7KB pdf)
• Renfrewshire Council (81KB pdf)
• Scottish Borders Council (6KB pdf)
• Shetland Islands Council (138KB pdf)
• South Lanarkshire Council (6KB pdf)
• West Dunbartonshire Council (69KB pdf)
• Western Isles Council (64KB pdf)
• West Lothian Council (7KB pdf)

Written submissions on the role of local police commanders

• Argyll and Bute Council (155KB pdf)
• Lanarkshire Division (161KB pdf)
• Tayside Division (175KB pdf) 

Progress updates

HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland

• Letter from the Convener to HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland (17 November 2016) (358KB pdf)
• Letter from HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland (28 November 2016) (74Kb pdf)
• Letter from the Convener to HM Inspecotr of Constabulary in Scotland on 2019 Thematic Inspection of the Scottish Police Authority (08 October 2019) (644KB pdf) 

Police Scotland

• Letter from the Convener to Police Scotland (17 November 2016) (808KB pdf)
• Letter from Police Scotland (16 December 2016) (166KB pdf)

Scottish Police Authority

• Letter from the Convener to the Scottish Police Authority (17 November 2016) (709KB pdf)
• Letter from Scottish Police Authority (16 December 2016) (278KB pdf)

Policing of football and other major events

• Letter to the Chief Constable on the policing of football and other major events (40KB pdf)