Chief Constable ‘shocked’ by the lack of focus on Scottish frontline policing
by Nick Forbes
May 21, 2024
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Scotland’s top police officer said she has been “shocked” by the lack of focus on frontline policing in Scotland since taking up her post seven months ago.
Addressing the centenary conference of the Association of Scottish Police Superintendents (ASPS) in the Borders, Police Scotland Chief Constable Jo Farrell said the organisation was being “held under the water on a daily basis” by the scale of demand it faces.
She pointed to officers being taken off the front line to do work that
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