News & Updates

There was emotion 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 Memorial...

A record 1,203 Police Scotland officers were signed off work last year due to stress, depression, anxiety or post-traumatic stress disorder, a Freedom of Information request has revealed. The figure is 8% higher than the previous financial year, when 1,110 Police...

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 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...