The Scottish police debacle takes another twist as the justice minister intervenes to prevent the chief constable returning to his post following bullying claims.
Here’s a figure that deserves some attention: in the first year in which Scotland had a single police force, 8,000 stop searches were carried out by armed response officers, an average of 29 searches by…
The reality about Scotland’s rape stats might be counter-intuitive.
Morag Eyrie
As was confirmed recently by figures from Police Scotland, there has been a 23% increase in recorded cases of rape north of the border over the past year. In 2013-14, the first year of Police Scotland’s…
There’s an awful lot of it going on in Scotland.
Alf Melin
As police inspector Nick Glynn commented earlier this week, most discussions on the subject of stop and search begin with something like, “stop and search is an essential crime fighting tool”. This prevents…
There’s been a reorder: What would Taggart have made of this Police Scotland malarkey?
STV
Break out the bunting: this month sees the first anniversary of one of the most important developments in the policing in Scotland – the creation of a unified force. Police Scotland was created through…