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Crime statistics not ‘accurate’ measure of demand on police

Article published in the Scotsman by Chris Marshall on 24/01/2017 Ahead of a meeting of the Scottish Parliament’s justice committee today, Police [...]

HMICS publishes Terms of Reference – strategic review of undercover policing in Scotland

HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary in Scotland has today published his terms of reference for a strategic review of undercover policing in Scotland. [...]

Corporate sports events boost employee engagement and wellbeing

By Nic Paton on 4 Nov 2016 in ‘Personnel Today’ Organisations including Royal Bank of Scotland and Dixons Carphone are using corporate sports [...]

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 [...]

Police Scotland establishes liaison officer network to help combat hate crime

Published in the ‘Herald Scotland’ on 10/10/16 A new network of liaison officers has been established with Police Scotland to improve [...]

63% feel obliged to put organisational interests ahead of staff wellbeing

By Louise Fordham on 4th Oct 2016 in ‘Employee Benefits’ Almost two-thirds (63%) of manager respondents feel that they are required to [...]

Police Scotland to strengthen community focus and deal with emerging threats.

Scotland needs an increasingly resilient, flexible, responsive and locally-focused police service to help keep communities safe. This is the message [...]

Want to Practice Mindfulness? Start at Work

Published in Huffington Post – 28/09/2016 On any given workday, most people appreciate a little break time. But not everyone knows how valuable [...]

HMICS Publishes Crime Audit 2016

Overall, the quality of crime recording in Scotland is good but new and emerging threats are increasing and changing demands on policing, says a [...]