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World Mental Health Day

World Mental Health Day

Increasing numbers of senior police officers in Scotland are suffering from poor mental health exacerbated by understaffing and high demand, the Association of Scottish Police Superintendents (ASPS) has said. Speaking on World Mental Health Day, ASPS President Rob Hay...

ASPS President Joins Pay Demonstration

ASPS President Joins Pay Demonstration

The President of the Association of Scottish Police Superintendents joined a demonstration yesterday outside the Scottish Parliament, protesting the lack of a pay deal for officers. In May, a claim was submitted for a 5.7% pay rise, but five months on negotiations...

Police officers in Scotland need to be supported, rather than being subject to even more misconduct legislation

No Stigma In Asking For Help

Chief Superintendent Rob Hay, President of The Association of Scottish Police Superintendents We’ve been talking to the Scottish Parliament’s Justice Committee about the steps taken by Police Scotland to improve mental health among the workforce. On 11 September, the...

Pensions Update from Chief Superintendent Rob Hay

Pensions Update from Chief Superintendent Rob Hay

We met DCC Alan Speirs just before the summer holidays to discuss our dispute over interest onpension contribution due to remedy. We were clear what we were looking for from this for ourmembers would be that contributions owed would be frozen and can be repaid when...

Updates from our Twitter account

"On behalf of everyone in Scotland, I would like to take this opportunity to tell the officers and staff of Police Scotland how much we appreciate their bravery. I pledge we will not forget those who have lost their lives serving our communities.” https://scottishpolicesupers.org/2024/09/30/remembering-fallen-officers-national-police-memorial-day-2024/

Our President Rob Hay joined colleagues outside the Scottish Parliament today as officers held a protest over pay.

"National Police Memorial Day is a really important event in the policing calendar where we remember our fallen colleagues and support their families as well. We will never forget them.” https://scottishpolicesupers.org/2024/09/30/remembering-fallen-officers-national-police-memorial-day-2024/

More than 90% of UK police officers have had experiences on the job which have been traumatic, with over 20% still being affected by those incidents to clinical levels of disorder https://www.policecare.org.uk/2023/09/08/launching-ptec-police-traumatic-events-checklist/

Vice President of @ScotPoliceSupts: “I manage the absences for my division, and we have seen an increase in absences when stress is a contributing factor. Some of that is work-related, due to some of the trauma experienced by staff in their roles" https://scottishpolicesupers.org/2024/09/16/police-must-intervene-more-quickly-on-mental-health/

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