ASPS President Rob Hay on the importance of consulting Superintendents on major policing decisions. Greater communication and consultation is important at every level, especially as we continue to grapple with challenging policing decisions. As ASPS President, I’m...
ASPS President Rob Hay discusses whether more responsibility for football violence should be laid at the clubs themselves, following disturbing scenes at the latest Old Firm derby. The ugly spectre of football violence raised its head at the weekend once again. The...
President Rob Hay and General Secretary Stewart Carle met national officers from the Police Superintendents’ Association this week. Stewart and Rob shared their insights and experiences of police reform in Scotland with PSA President Nick Smart, Vice-President Sara...
ASPS President Rob Hay reveals a disappointing lack of understanding by Scottish politicians about the reality of policing, as they met officers ahead of elections in May. Yesterday, I was in Edinburgh as an invited guest for the Scottish Police Federation’s ‘Policing...
Plans to release criminals from jail early are a “capitulation to criminality”, the Association of Scottish Police Superintendents has said. President Rob Hay was responding to an announcement by Justice Secretary Angela Constance, who this week said the Scottish...
