The increase will be backdated to April 1, 2024, and also ensures the commitment to no compulsory redundancies.

But Police Scotland argued the FOI did not provide a "complete list" and that the Chief Constable attended many impromptu visits which were not formally recorded. This year Ms Farrell visited ...

Scotland's top police officer, Chief Constable Jo Farrell, has not visited police stations in swathes of communities in the country.

The chief constable of Police Scotland has visited just 36 police stations since taking the top job 15 months ago. Jo Farrell, who previously led Durham Constabulary before heading up Scotland’s ...

Police Scotland has launched the second phase of a national advertising campaign with TV, radio and digital advertising to recruit police officers across Scotland. The campaign encourages potential ...

A 4.75% increase to pay for staff working across policing in Scotland has been agreed and will be backdated to 1 April 2024.

Assistant chief constable Emma Bond said: “Special constables have the same warranted powers as their full-time colleagues ...

Serving police officer Peter Fleming, 41, has been placed on the sex offenders register and is due to be sentenced after ...

A FORMER police commander for Renfrewshire and Inverclyde has been recognised in the King's New Year honours for his ...

Deputy Chief Constable Alan Speirs previously served as area commander for the Renfrewshire and Inverclyde Division .

“Whilst it is for the chief constable to determine how to allocate resources to meet Police Scotland’s priorities, we welcome that Police Scotland are already taking action to address issues ...

Police Scotland’s overall numbers of officers fell to their lowest level since 2008 in June, though the figures picked up ...