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Police Scotland to create ‘cadre of experts’ to beat cyber-crime

Published in Scotsman 13/06/2017 Police Scotland plans to create a “special constabulary” of private sector computer specialists who will be [...]

Six arrests a day on railways spark police merger worries

From ‘The Herald’ Wednesday 15/02/17 SIX arrests a day were made on Scotland’s railways last year prompting claims that Police Scotland [...]

MSPs to study British Transport Police merger plans

From the BBC News on 01/11/2016 MSPs are to question police chiefs about plans to absorb transport policing into Police Scotland. A Railway [...]

Attempted Murder on two Officers in Glasgow

Our thoughts are with the Officers, their families, friends and colleagues after the shocking attack in the Drumchapel area of Glasgow on Sunday [...]

Court rules against Scottish Government’s named person policy

From ‘The Scotsman’ Newspaper 28/07/2016 Campaigners have won a challenge at the Supreme Court against the Scottish Government’s [...]

Threat of terrorism is biggest concern to Community

By Matt Coyle on STV News 27/07/2016 The threat of terrorism is the issue Scots are most concerned about, police have revealed. A survey by Police [...]

Armed Officers ‘break’ could spark new debate

From BBC News Scotland on 12/07/2016 MP Ian Blackford believes a new debate on armed police in Scotland may be needed to clear up any public concerns [...]

Police Scotland welcomes ‘fantastic’ response to Air Weapon Surrender campaign

By Rebecca Parker on 31/05/2016 in The Scotsman Assistant Chief Constable Mark Williams revealed the number of weapons handed in to the 72 designated [...]

Anti-radicalisation chief says ministers’ plans risk creating ‘thought police’

By Vikram Dodd on 24th May 2016 in The Guardian The police chief leading the fight to stop people becoming terrorists has said government plans [...]

Police expect 30,000 new child abuse reports from Goddard inquiry

By Sandra Laville in the Guardian on 19/005/2016 The scale of child sexual abuse in England and Wales is being exposed by evidence from thousands of [...]