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Screenshot Police Scotland has good initiatives to deal with officers in mental health crises, but it needs to get better at preventing officers reaching that point in the first place, the Vice President of the Association of...

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...

The 20th Scottish Police Memorial Trust Service of Remembrance took place at Police Scotland Headquarters, Tulliallan, on Wednesday, 4 September, where seven new names were added to the roll of honour. The memorial stones, which are based on the grounds of Tulliallan,...

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...

There was emotion and humour as police officers who have died on duty were remembered by their family and friends at the Care of Police Survivors (COPS) Annual Service of Remembrance. Surviving family members and serving police officers gathered at the National...

The decisions and choices the Government makes have a huge impact on policing. If you look back at recent years, there’s been the Winsor Review, the reform of police pensions and the introduction of Police and Crime Commissioners. Particularly for our colleagues in...

As many as a third of the senior operational leaders in Police Scotland could choose to dramatically quit their jobs due to the cost of horrific pension changes, it has been warned today. Many Scottish Police Superintendents are already concerned about changes to...

Policing should not be drawn into the current “toxic” public debate around hate crime with officers needing to remain “pacifists in the culture war”, the President of The Association of Scottish Police Superintendents (ASPS) will tell a landmark Conference this week....

Next month we will meet for our annual conference under the title, ‘The Courage to Lead, and the Changing Face of the Scottish Police Superintendents’ and ahead of that, I’d like to look at the diversity of our workforce and the challenges facing the service in the...

The theme of our centenary conference in May is: ‘The Courage to Lead: The Changing Face ofPolice Superintendents’. One of the things I’ve been reflecting on is the sustained level ofcourage you need as a leader within the police service, and the extent to which...