The SNP are the problem, not the solution
SCOTLAND’S police service has been hammered by ‘hidden’ SNP cuts that have pushed it to the brink, rank-and-file officers say.
Violent crime in Scotland has risen by 10% in the year to last March, official figures have revealed. It is the highest level for seven years, with a 16% rise in robberies.
Scotland is in the grip of a “wave” of violent and sexual crime, it has been claimed after official figures showed a sharp increase in both last year.
A CRIME was reported to Police Scotland every minute last year amid a sharp rise in violence and sexual offending.
SCOTLAND’S police force is so starved of cash that it is struggling to keep buildings, vehicles and equipment in operation, MSPs have been told.
ATTEMPTS to block publication of details of a prisoner’s death were ‘interference in the freedom of the Press’, it was claimed yesterday.
The “decrepit” buildings in which Scotland’s police work have been condemned by officers’ representatives as they published pictures of the country’s crumbling stations.
The number of violent crimes recorded by Police Scotland has increased by more than 10 per cent in a year, figures show.
Statistics produced by the national force show the number of murders, attempted murders and serious assaults all rose in the year to 31 March.
The number of sexual crimes in some parts of Glasgow have more than doubled in the past five years. New figures released by Police Scotland show council ward areas across the city have experienced significant rises in the number of such offences.
A police whistleblower who was told to burn documents at a undercover unit flagged up concerns to an SNP Cabinet Secretary three years before she won her case
Police officers face the choice of a pay cut or a dangerous journey to work on public transport under proposals to tax parking spaces, according to the body that represents rank and file officers.
The SNP need to take responsibility for hundreds of serious errors in Police Scotland control rooms over the last few years.
