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Scottish police officers not escalating action despite pay row deadline passing

Scottish police officers will not be upping the ante in their pay dispute despite there being no formal wage rise offered – but the threat of escalation is still on the table. The Scottish Police Federation (SPF), which represents rank-and-file ...

05 Aug 2022 at 21:37

Scotland

Police overtime hours double to pass one million mark, figures show

Police officers worked more than one million hours of overtime last year – more than double the figure from the previous 12 months, new data shows. A freedom of information request by the Scottish Conservatives found Police Scotland officers ...

23 Jul 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

Officers should not have to ‘constantly fight’ for fair pay, says police body

Police officers should “not be in a position” where they have to “constantly fight and argue” for a pay settlement that is fair, the general secretary of the Scottish Police Federation (SPF) has said. Speaking to BBC Radio Scotland’s Good ...

21 Jul 2022 at 11:33

Scotland

MSPs warned of police officers burning out as mental health callouts soar

Scottish police officers are at risk of burnout as they struggle to cope with the soaring demand of mental health callouts, MSPs were told. Around 80% of yearly calls to the force are from vulnerable people making “last resort” emergency ...

18 May 2022 at 15:25

Scotland

Fireworks Bill will cause ‘black market’ with more injury and deaths, MSPs told

The Fireworks Bill will lead to a “black market” with more injuries and deaths, industry figures have told MSPs. Groups representing fireworks and pyrotechnics businesses spoke to Holyrood’s Justice Committee on Wednesday. The committee ...

23 Mar 2022 at 12:25

Scotland

Firework attacks on police increasing, MSPs told

Firework misuse including attacks on police officers is a growing problem, MSPs have been told. David Hamilton, chairman of the Scottish Police Federation, told Holyrood’s Justice Committee that some officers have been badly burned and ...

16 Mar 2022 at 12:55

Scotland

Police told to ‘listen’ to poll which finds Scots want violent crime a priority

Police Scotland are being urged to “listen” to the results of a poll which found more than half of Scots want knife and violent crime to be a top priority for officers. Some 52% of people north of the border said “knife crime and ...

01 Mar 2022 at 01:25

Scotland

Mental health absences among Police Scotland officers ‘up by 22% in five years’

Police officers in Scotland are at risk of “burnout” as the number of days off due to mental illness has soared by 22% in the last five years, figures show. Police officers and staff missed 76,848 working days in 2021/22 as a ...

07 Jun 2022 at 01:01

No undertakings granted for police witnesses in Sheku Bayoh inquiry

Scotland’s Solicitor General has said she cannot guarantee that evidence given by certain police witnesses in the Sheku Bayoh inquiry will not be used against them in any future prosecution. A public inquiry will open in May ...

28 Mar 2022 at 13:55

Scotland

Brown: No ‘vendetta’ against justice system as funding warning issued

Justice Secretary Keith Brown has said there is “no vendetta” against the justice system as he was warned of the impact of reduced funding. Appearing at a fringe event at the SNP conference organised by the Scottish Police ...

08 Oct 2022 at 15:39

Scotland

Drain on numbers fear as Australian force bids to recruit Scottish police

An Australian police force is targeting officers from the UK as part of an international recruitment drive, leading to fears some will leave Police Scotland. Western Australia Police Force has launched a campaign ...

06 Dec 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

Police Scotland officer numbers fall to lowest level since 2008

The number of full-time equivalent officers in Police Scotland fell by 312 during the first three months of 2022, reaching the lowest level since 2008. The decline represented 1.8% of the force’s overall ...

03 May 2022 at 13:55

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