Scottish Police information service

Name

Scottish Police information service

Legal name

Police Scotland

Website

https://scotland.police.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Police Scotland is the national police service of Scotland, operating under statutory authority since 2013 to provide law enforcement, crime prevention, emergency response, and victim support to all Scottish citizens, residents, and visitors across the country's 32 council areas.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Law Enforcement Services

NAICS

Police Protection (92212), Police Protection (922120), Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities (922)

akta.pro primary industry

Police Services (Patrol, Response & Community Policing) (BPAIAGAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Criminal Investigations & Forensics (Detectives, Crime Labs, CSI) (BPAIAGAI), State/Provincial Public Safety & Emergency Management (Police, Fire, EMS Oversight) (BPAIABAG)

Keywords

• Law enforcement services
• Public safety
• Crime prevention
• Police information portal
• Victim support services

Headquarters

HQ city

Glasgow

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Core offering

Police Scotland operates the official public-facing website (scotland.police.uk) which serves as an informational portal for the national police service of Scotland. The website enables users to report crimes, read local policing news, access crime prevention advice, and contact police services. As the statutory national police force, the organization also provides law enforcement services including crime prevention, criminal investigation, emergency response, public safety, and victim support across all of Scotland's 32 council areas.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Police Scotland Official Website (scotland.police.uk) Public-facing informational portal providing crime reporting capabilities, local policing news, crime prevention advice, victim support resources, and contact methods for police services. Serves Scottish citizens, residents, and visitors.
• Emergency Response Services (999/112) Statutory emergency police response service available to all members of the public in Scotland requiring urgent police assistance.
• Non-Emergency Police Contact (101) Non-emergency contact service enabling the public to report non-urgent crimes, seek advice, and contact police for matters that do not require immediate emergency response.
• Law Enforcement and Criminal Investigation Services Core statutory policing services including crime prevention, criminal investigation, maintaining law and order, and supporting victims of crime across all 32 council areas of Scotland.

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Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

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App detail

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Others

• INTERPOL: INTERPOL is the international organisation coordinating cross-border police cooperation. It is not a direct competitor but is an ecosystem peer — Police Scotland cooperates with INTERPOL on transnational cases, and INTERPOL defines the cross-border framework within which national forces operate.
• Europol: Europol is the EU's law enforcement agency supporting member-state police services, including through intelligence sharing. It is an ecosystem peer that interfaces directly with Police Scotland on cross-border investigations involving EU member states.
• G4S: G4S is a private security services company providing guarding, monitoring, and related services. It is not a direct competitor to Police Scotland but operates in the adjacent private security space and frequently partners with public police on event security and custody services.

Direct peers

• Metropolitan Police Service: The Metropolitan Police Service is the territorial police force for Greater London and is directly comparable to Police Scotland as a UK national/territorial police service delivering patrol, response, and investigation functions to a defined civilian population.
• Police Service of Northern Ireland: PSNI is the sole territorial police service for Northern Ireland, making it a structurally identical peer to Police Scotland: a single statutory national force delivering the full range of policing functions under a defined devolved governance framework.

Regional players

• New Zealand Police: New Zealand Police is the national civilian police service of New Zealand, structurally analogous to Police Scotland as a single national force with general jurisdiction. It is a regional peer given geographic distance and separate legal framework.
• An Garda Síochána: An Garda Síochána is the national police service of the Republic of Ireland. It is a peer to Police Scotland in mission, statutory structure, and service scope, but operates in a different jurisdiction and is therefore a regional rather than direct competitor.
• Australian Federal Police: The AFP is Australia's federal law enforcement agency, comparable to Police Scotland in its national-jurisdiction mandate and statutory structure, though operating in a different geography and focused on federal-level crime rather than general patrol.

Broad incumbents

• National Crime Agency: The NCA is a UK-wide law enforcement body that overlaps with Police Scotland on serious and organised crime investigation. It is a broader-scope incumbent operating at a higher geographic tier, complementing rather than competing with territorial forces.
• Royal Canadian Mounted Police: The RCMP is Canada's federal national police service, providing both federal policing and contract municipal/t provincial policing. It is comparable in scale and mandate to Police Scotland, but operates as a broader federal-tier incumbent with a wider remit.

Market position

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/policescotland
• Facebookfacebook.com/policescotland
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/police-scotland

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