WEDNESDAY21MAY2025
TheAssociationofScottishPoliceSuperintendents
Supportingandrepresentingthesenioroperationalleadersinpolicing
CONFERENCEWELCOME
On behalf of the Association of Scottish Police Superintendents, I am delightedtowarmlywelcomeyoutoour101 AnnualConference.The work of the Association, to give voice to the most senior operational leaders of the police service in Scotland, has never been more important. The business of policing our communities is complex and challenging and the demand placed on those who lead in that environmentisintense.
As the numbers of Superintending ranks have dwindled to the lowest numbersinlivingmemory,itisessentialthattheexperience,skillsand values of those leaders are allowed to flourish and deliver an impact asymmetric to those low numbers. Those challenges demand of the Association that we speak out, internally and externally, to foster understanding of what is possible for our members and what is not. Policing is changing, and we won’t solve new problems with old thinking. The welfare and wellbeing of our members is the central tenet of our Association, and I am determined that our members know that we are here to advocate for you and represent your views in discussions about how policing evolves in Scotland. A healthy, thriving leadership cadre within policing is one that aligns with the Chief Constable’s 2030 Vision and only when our members are healthyandthrivingcanpolicinginScotlandhopetobeatitsbest.
Pleasetakethisopportunitytoengage,tonetwork,toexchangeviews and ideas and to learn from one and other. Let’s put policing on the agenda as we move toward next year’s Scottish Parliamentary elections and play our part in building the high-class police service weknowispossibleandthatthepeopleofScotlanddeserve.
ChiefSuperintendentRobHay
ASPSPresident
SupportingandRepresentingtheSeniorOperationalLeadersinPolicing
WEDNESDAY21MAY2025
“LeadingbeyondReform:Policingsmarternotharder”
Delegates’Registration
VicePresident’sWelcome–SuptSuzanneSmith
President’sAddress–ChSuptRobHay
ChiefConstableFarrell’sAddress
CabinetSecretaryConstance’sAddress
PanelPlenarySessionhostedbyRoystonMartis
MrBrianMcInulty,MsAngelaConstanceMSP, CCJoFarrellandCSRobHay
RefreshmentBreak&Exhibitors
MsLindseyChiswick,DirectorofIntelligence,MPS “TheFaceofProgress:Technology,PrivacyandPublicTrust”
LunchBreak&Exhibitors
JackUrquhartQPMMemorialLecture
DrBrianPlastow,ScottishBiometricsCommissioner “BiometricsandPolicinginanAI-DrivenWorld”
ConferenceSponsor’sPresentation MrScottMcMillan,ForensicAnalytics
RefreshmentBreak&Exhibitors
PoliceScotlandTransformationProgramme MsBreedaMcCaffrey
ClosingPlenary&President’sRemarks
DrBrianPlastow,MrScottMcMillan,MsBreedaMcCaffrey andCSRobHay
The Scottish Institute for Policing Research is a strategic collaboration between Scotland's Universities, Police Scotland and the Scottish Police Authority.
Our mission is to support internationally excellent, multi-disciplinary policing research to enable evidence-informed policyand practice.
Research
• Increase policing research capacity under three strategic research priority themes in order to shape strategic focus and respond to external drivers.
• Enhance excellence of SIPR policing research through improvements to quality assurance processes.
Knowledge Exchange
• Facilitate events and enhance knowledge exchange tools.
• Support evidence to practice routes and develop pathways to enable and document impact.
Learning and Innovation
• Nurture learning and innovation in policing organisations and universities, supporting the postgraduate community and the next generation of researchers and practitioners
• Foster links between higher education and policing organisations and partners to support training, education and innovation.
Partnerships
• Facilitate networking and collaboration between academics, practitioners, and policy makers nationally and internationally
• Develop strategic links with new and existing partners.
To read examples of our
SPEAKERBIOGRAPHIES
SuptSuzanneSmith
VicePresident,ASPS
Superintendent Suzanne Smith holds the role of Vice President of the Association of Scottish Police Superintendents (ASPS). ASPS represents all the Superintendent ranks across Scotland providing advocacy,supportandpeernetworking.
Suzanne joined Tayside Police in 1997, serving across a wide range of business areas including Response & Community Policing, Criminal Investigation, Serious and Organised Crime, Safer Communities. She held specialismsinSearch,FamilyLiaisonandSurveillance.
Getting her first taste of national policing whilst undertakingasecondmenttoKampVanZeist,duringthe LockerbietrialandaspartoftheScottishCrimeandDrug EnforcementAgency
Following the creation of Police Scotland 2013, Suzanne becameaPoliceScotlandOfficerattherankofInspector
Then undertaking roles in Response Policing, Intelligence, Partnership, Public Protection, Criminal Investigation and ProfessionalStandards(ConductandInvestigations)and becominganEventPoliceLead Leadingthedevelopment of Mental Health Triage across Tayside and supporting a DrugsCommission
Suzanne supports Police Scotland Ethics panels and regularlysupportinputsatAbertayUniversity.
Between 2018 and 2022, Suzanne undertook a BA in BusinessManagementviaRobertGordonUniversityanda MSc in Leadership and Management via Highlands and IslandsUniversity.
In 2021, Suzanne developed into the rank of Temporary Superintendent,asDeputyHeadofLearning,Trainingand Development,attheScottishPoliceCollegewheresheled the training recovery following the pandemic and the developmentofEquality,DiversityandInclusionproducts.
Upon substantive promotion to Superintendent in 2023, Suzanne was appointed to Tayside Division, into the role of Support and Service Delivery, with oversight of budget, people,training,eventsandestates
Most recently Suzanne has led on the introduction of Summary Case Management, Digital Evidence Sharing Capability and Body Worn Video into local policing, enhancing Criminal Justice processes and improving outcomesforvictims
Suzanne maintains her local policing role, whilst holding theVicePresidentposition
President,ASPS
Chief Superintendent Rob Hay is the President of the Association of Scottish Police Superintendents (ASPS) ASPS is the staff association which represents all officers of Superintendent and Chief Superintendent ranks in Scotland and as such is the voice of the senior operational leaders in Scottish Policing Rob Has previously served as the VicePresident, Chair of the West Area and Vice Chair of the West Area.
RobjoinedStrathclydePolicein2000,servinginawiderangeof departments, from Response Policing, Community Policing, Community Safety to Special Branch. Whilst a Sergeant, Rob was appointed to the Accelerated Career Development Programme
JoiningPoliceScotlanduponitscreationin2013,Robservedin anumberofchallengingoperationalroles AsaChiefInspector, he was the on-scene Bronze Commander for the crash of the Police helicopter at the Clutha Vaults Bar in Glasgow in November2013andforpublicdisorderinGlasgowCityCentre followingtheScottishIndependenceReferenduminSeptember 2014
In 2015 Rob joined the Superintending ranks as Temporary Superintendent, Deputy Head of Organisational Development forPoliceScotland,wherehemanagedthedevelopmentofthe Policing2026strategy
Attaining the substantive rank of Superintendent in 2017, he moved to Lanarkshire Division, where he joined the Division Senior Management Team as Head of Partnerships In Lanarkshireheworkedwithpartnersonthedevelopmentofthe Lanarkshire Mental Health strategy, vice-chaired two Child Protection Committees, introduced anti-poverty diversion initiatives for destitute shoplifting and commanded the divisionslargestoperationalevents.
Rob became Deputy Head of Learning, Training and Development at the Scottish Police College, where he served from December 2019 to January 2023, becoming Chief Superintendent and Head of Learning, Training and Development in 2021 During this time Rob not only led the training function through the pandemic, ensuring the continuation of essential training throughout, but also introduced a new Operational Safety & First Aid programme that has reduced officer injuries and helped reverse a 6-year trend of increasing assaults on officers, introduced Police Scotland’s first formal Equality, Diversity and Inclusion training programme, and introduced the Modern Apprenticeship in Policingforallprobationaryofficers Duringthelatterhalfofhis tenure, Rob at that time oversaw the largest influx of probationaryofficerssincePoliceScotland’sinception.
In 2023, prior to his election as ASPS President, Rob became Head of Criminal Justice Reform and Deputy SRO for major changeprogrammes,workingwithCriminalJusticepartnerson key justice reforms and overseeing the introduction of Police Scotland’s first national platform for crime and case management.
ChiefConstable PoliceServiceofScotland
JoFarrellhasoverallcommandandresponsibilityfor the Police Service of Scotland and leads 22,000 officersandstaffservingcommunitiesacrossathird oftheUnitedKingdom’slandmass
Chief Constable Farrell joined the police as a constable in Cambridge in 1991. In 2002, she joined NorthumbriaPolice,initiallyasaChiefInspector,and was promoted to Assistant Chief Constable, with responsibility for response and neighbourhood policingaswellasthecommunicationsdepartment.
Chief Constable Farrell joined Durham Constabulary in November 2016 as Deputy Chief Constable before being appointed Chief Constable in June 2019. Chief Constable Farrell chairs the National Police Chiefs’ Council’sDigitalDataandTechnologyCo-ordination Committee.
In October 2023, Chief Constable entered office at PoliceScotland
AngelaConstancewasborn,raisedandeducatedin West Lothian Prior to 2007, she worked as a social worker and mental health officer and was a local councillorinLivingston
She has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament since May 2007, first for the Livingston constituency andnowfortheAlmondValleyconstituency
She has served as Minister for Youth Employment and Cabinet Secretary for Training, Youth and Women's Employment, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning and Cabinet Secretary for Communities, Social Security and Equalities. She was reappointed as the Minister for Drugs Policy in May 2021. Angela Constance was appointed as Cabinet Secretary for Justice and HomeAffairsinMarch2023.
BrianMcInulty
AssistantInspectorofConstabulary
Brian McInulty was appointed as Assistant Inspector of ConstabularyinScotlandinApril2025
Brian has a strong background in policing, having joined Strathclyde Police in 1989 He has served in a varietyofoperationalrolesacrossLanarkshire,Glasgow and East Dunbartonshire. As an instructor at The Scottish Police College, he delivered training to new recruits and to newly promoted Sergeants and Inspectors. Brian led on the delivery of public order training to the Malawi Police Service in the lead up to the2014MalawianElections.Laterin2014,onpromotion to Chief Superintendent he became Head of Criminal Justice Division for Police Scotland. In this role Brian strengthened partnerships across the Criminal Justice arena and led on the introduction of improved procedures to allow officers more time on patrol. In 2016 he was appointed as Divisional Commander for GreaterGlasgowDivision,thelargestpolicingDivisionin the UK In this role Brian introduced a new policing model, strengthening local partnerships through the creation of Local Problem Solving Teams across the Greater Glasgow area An experienced Firearms, Public Order and Event Commander, Brian has led a significant number of major events, parades, demonstrations, investigations and critical incidents across Scotland These have included the Clutha Tragedy, the Commonwealth Games Athletics and Closing Ceremony and regular high profile football matchesinGlasgowandinEdinburgh
AppointedleadinspectorwithHMICSin2019,hehasled on a number of significant reviews to improve policing across Scotland, most notably relating to training and development, the contact assessment model, policing mentalhealthandroadpolicing.
Brian was awarded the Queens Police Medal (QPM) in the2019QueensBirthdayHonours.
LindseyChiswick DirectorofIntelligence
Lindsey Chiswick has recently taken on the role of Director of Performance at the Metropolitan Police, having previously served as Director of Intelligence Prior to that she has had a career spanning over 20 years working within government against a range of national security threats, including terrorism, extremism and serious organised crime She has extensive experience of working with partners in wider law enforcement and the intelligence agencies,bothintheUKandoverseas
AstheDirectorofPerformance,Lindseyispassionate about leveraging the power of new and innovative technology for operational benefit Technology that enables law enforcement to be more precise and focussed in our approach to tackle crime and keep communities safe. She has led on the use of Facial RecognitionintheMetandisalsotheNationalPolice Chiefs’CouncilleadforFacialRecognition.
The Scottish Biometrics Commissioner is Dr Brian Plastow,whowasappointedbyHerMajestytheQueen on 12 April 2021 on the nomination of the Scottish Parliament HeisaformerpoliceChiefSuperintendent and Lead Inspector with Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland Brian has more than 4 decades of policing experience in Scotland and has significant knowledge of, and practical experience in, the use of biometric data and technologies for criminal justice and policing purposes He has also conducted independent research into policing, equalities, and human rights and holds an MSc with Distinction in Community Safety and a PhD in CriminologyfromtheUniversityofLeicester.
MrScottMcMillan
ForensicAnalytics
BreedaMcCaffrey
Scott McMillan is Forensic Analytics Sales Operations Director, Scott has worked in the public sector space for over 30 years and is responsible for leading a company ' s sales operational strategy, directing revenuegrowthbothwithintheUKandInternationally. Scott is a native of Scotland and has worked with PoliceScotlandonvariouslargeprojectsoverhistime intheindustry.
BreedaMcCaffreyistheDirectorofTransformation. HerPortfolioconsistsofthefollowingbusinessareas:
Change & Transformation Delivery (including Project and Programme Management, Change andBusinessAnalysis) Change&TransformationManagement(including Portfolio Management Office, Portfolio assurance andContinuousImprovement&Innovation) ServiceDesign
After completing her engineering studies at Lancaster and then Cambridge University, Director McCaffrey embarked on a ten-year career in automotive and consumer goods manufacturing management In the 20 years since, she has specialised in leading largescale business transformation, with a focus on improvingorganisationaleffectiveness
At her core, Breeda is deeply people-focused, driven by a commitment to understanding what employees need to stay engaged and effective during times of change. She believes that true success is the combination of achieving business results for all the organisation’s stakeholders and supporting the peoplethatmakethoseresultspossible.
Before joining Police Scotland in March 2025, Breeda worked across the globe with some of the world’s most respected organisations, including UNICEF, Diageo and WPP, leading transformative initiatives globally. She has also collaborated with renowned companies such as Bentley Motors, SSE and the University of Oxford helping to foster positive change and enhance leadership and organisational performance
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