News & Updates

Superintendent Steven Duncan works in leadership training and development, looking at probationary governance. My department monitors the journey of probationers through their first two years of service, and I’m looking to ensure that we’re achieving the required...

Det Ch Supt Gordon McCreadie is head of local crime for Police Scotland, as well as specialist communications support. I hold a number of portfolios but, effectively, each of the detective superintendents in local policing divisions are seconded from specialist...

At the end of May, representatives from ASPS - including President Rob Hay, Vice President Suzanne Smith, General Secretary Stewart Carle and Research Officer Claire Boyd – joined colleagues from across UK and Ireland at The Annual Joint Meeting of Executives. This...

Police Scotland must not be subjected to the “persistent, hare-brained meddling and political vandalism” that forces in England and Wales have suffered in the past 15 years, the Scottish Government was warned today. At the...

Our Staff Side (the Scottish Police Federation, ASPS and SCPOSA) have now published our police pay claim for 2025/26. This year, our headline claim is for a 4.5% increase for all pay points and all ranks. As you know, last year’s pay negotiations were difficult and we...

Ahead of International Women’s Day, Supt Suzanne Smith, Vice President of the Association of Scottish Police Superintendents (ASPS), has spoken of her journey to the senior ranks of Scottish policing and her hopes for women in the force. Suzanne said that until she...

Chief Superintendent Rob Hay, President of The Association of Scottish Police Superintendents Last year there were a staggering 55,954 assaults on police officers in the UK; 6,702 of those were in Scotland. This is an average of over 150 assaults a day in the UK, or...

The Chief Constable has recognised the impact of mental health demand on policing and made reducing that demand a priority. Last week I met with Assistant Chief Constable Catriona Paton and we discussed the fact that calls to the police relating to mental health...