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Recent News, Updates & Announcements
Ch Supt Rob Shepherd: Meeting the Unique Policing Challenges of the Highlands and Islands
Police in the Highlands and Islands are facing a “diverse and growing” set of challenges, from missing persons in remote landscapes to rising drug activity and officer safety concerns, Ch Supt Rob Shepherd has warned. Rob is the divisional commander of Scotland’s...
Superintendent Steven Duncan: Supporting Probationers to Meet the Standards of Modern Policing
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...
DCS Gordon McCreadie on the Pressures Shaping Modern Policing
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...
The Annual Joint Meeting of Executives
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...
‘Keep Political Meddling Out Of Police Scotland’
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...
Police Pay Claim Update from Chief Superintendent Rob Hay, President of The Association of Scottish Police Superintendents
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...
International Women’s Day 2025
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...
Update From Rob Hay Following Arbitration Decision
I’d like to draw your attention Staff Side Circular 01/25 which details the decision of the independent arbitrator on pay to support the Official Side award of 4.75%. You will note that this award is backdated to 1st April 2024 and should be implemented at the...
Tackling The Rise In Assaults Against Police Officers
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...
Are Officers Afraid To Use Force When Needed?
Chief Superintendent Rob Hay, President of The Association of Scottish Police Superintendents The National Police Chiefs’ Council in England and Wales could learn from Police Scotland in the way that officers are treated in the misconduct system. The head of the...
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More than a third of Scots believe the crime rate has increased in their local community, with widespread public fears that police officers do not have sufficient resources.
Police officer who died on duty was 'well loved'
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