AROUND one in ten Scots cops took sick leave last year with psychological disorders including alcohol and depression problems ...

The state of Scotland’s police estate has been revealed in new figures obtained by the Scottish Conservatives.  A freedom of ...

Last night former Police Scotland superintendent Martin Gallagher said officers should focus on tackling a surge in organised crime - ‘rather than planning their next appearance at a Pride ...

Tory justice spokesman Liam Kerr said: ‘These staggering figures highlight Scotland’s depleted and crumbling police estate under the SNP. ‘No wonder police morale is so poor, when officer ...

The eight new arrests are in connection with five incidents, which all took place earlier this month. Properties in Gala ...

Measures will be introduced to Parliament on Wednesday which will make it a legal requirement for serving officers to pass vetting procedures.

But his comments came as the Scottish Police Federation (SPF), which represents rank-and-file officers, warned of a "chronic ...

A police union has said there are “not enough” officers to get a grip on gangland activity in Scotland, warning that “more lives will be at risk” unless investment is made. Did you know ...

A wildlife probe is underway after a Sparrowhawk was fatally shot in Inverness. The grim discovery was made by a member of ...

A former police officer who ran a paddleboarding company has been jailed for 10 years and six months after four people drowned during an excursion on a river in south-west Wales.

Trans women arrested by British Transport Police will now be subject to strip searches by male officers, it has been announced.

Police have smashed a shoplifting gang after using synthetic DNA to trace 5,000 store items. In the first operation of its ...