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The Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) (Scottish Gaelic: Oifig Neach-dìon a' Phobaill) in Scotland is a public body based in Falkirk as part of the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service, established in April 2001 following the passing of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000.
Police Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Poileas Alba), officially the Police Service of Scotland (Seirbheis Phoilis na h-Alba), [7] is the national police force of Scotland.It was formed in 2013, through the merging of eight regional police forces in Scotland, as well as the specialist services of the Scottish Police Services Authority, including the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency.
The Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) in England and Wales is a government body that, within the framework of the Mental Capacity Act 2005, polices the activities of deputies, attorneys and guardians who act to protect the financial affairs of people who lack the mental capacity for making decisions about such things.
The Police Investigations and Review Commissioner (PIRC) is the executive non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government responsible for investigating complaints by members of the public against Police Scotland; and the Scottish operations of the National Crime Agency, British Transport Police, Civil Nuclear Constabulary, Ministry of Defence Police, and HM Revenue and Customs.
On 16 May 1975, SNECC was merged with Aberdeen City Police to form Grampian Police, with the exception of the Nairn area which was transferred to Northern Constabulary. Grampian Police and Northern Constabulary were themselves merged, along with the other Scottish territorial police forces, into Police Scotland in 2013.
Criminal Justice Information Services is a department of the Scottish Police Services Authority.Previously called the Scottish Criminal Record Office (SCRO), it established in 1960 with a mission statement "To manage information for the Scottish Police Service, wider Criminal Justice Community and the public to assist in the prevention and detection of crime and enhance public safety."
The Police Complaints Commissioner for Scotland (PCCS) was the executive non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government responsible for overseeing the system for handling complaints made by members of the public against the police force of Scotland. It operated between 1 April 2007 and 31 March 2013.
The Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 10) is an Act of the Scottish Parliament. The majority of the Act came into force on 1 April 2007. [1] Amongst other provisions, the Act changed how non-criminal complaints against the police are handled by setting up the Police Complaints Commissioner for Scotland to deal ...