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Colin Brown, executive council member of the FBU, warned that retained, on-call firefighters cover around 80 per cent of Scotland’s land mass, but added that there were “over 1,000 vacancies on the RDS system in Scotland”

'Huge swathes' of the nation are left without fire service cover

Protesters run from police during an anti-immigration protest in Glasgow in July. Picture: PA

Police officers call for powers to remove face coverings

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David Kennedy of the Scottish Police Federation

Cause for concern over claim officers discouraged from making arrests Scotsman comment

David Kennedy, general secretary of the Scottish Police Federation

Backlash as police officers 'encouraged not to arrest people'

The Scottish Police Federation, David Kennedy, said Police Scotland does not have the “capacity” to arrest the amount of people it used to.

Police officers 'encouraged' to avoid arrests due to capacity issues

Opposing groups gathered outside the Cladhan Hotel in Falkirk

Surge in protests costs Police Scotland more than £1m in overtime

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Exclusive Call for psychological screening in wake of rapist officer revelations

Amen Teklay (left) and Kayden Moy (right) both died within months of each other in separate incidents involving bladed weapons.

Police union calls for new law to put fear into knife-carrying youths

Police Scotland sought a £105 million uplift, but received only £90 million.

Police Scotland forced to tighten special sick pay arrangement

The Scottish Police Federation wants officers to have easier access to firearms (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Arming Scottish police would make streets more dangerous

Police officers on the beat

Shoplifting in Scotland has increased 129% since 2021

There are warnings about what the budget means for police numbers and training.

Exclusive Scottish budget: 'Tough decisions' on emergency service, say unions

The Scottish Police Federation has set out its blueprint to rebuild frontline services

Police Scotland urged to end 'non-attendance policies'

Police recruits take part in a passing out parade at Tulliallan Police College (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Exclusive Training facility for Scots police recruits closed 'indefinitely'

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar

Sarwar pledges named community police officer for every council ward

Sheku Bayoh, 31, died in May 2015 after being restrained on the ground by six police officers in Kirkcaldy.

Questions mount as Sheku Bayoh inquiry left in disarray Martyn McLaughlin

Lord Bracadale chaired the Sheku Bayoh inquiry since it began in 2020. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA

Chair of Sheku Bayoh inquiry resigns amid bias row

File photo: A live demonstration uses artificial intelligence and facial recognition in dense crowd spatial-temporal technology (Photo by DAVID MCNEW/AFP via Getty Images)

Exclusive Live facial recognition 'has to be future' for Police Scotland

Police Scotland said they were "actively communicating with faith leaders and community leaders" following the terrorist attack

Police 'default security guards' in A&E as NHS cuts 'crippling' force

Sheku Bayoh died in 2015.

Chair of Sheku Bayoh inquiry to stay on after rejecting 'bias' claims

SNP's 'shameful neglect' as scale of police station asbestos revealed

US Vice President JD Vance

Hundreds of police to be deployed for JD Vance Scotland visit

Millions is being spent on officer overtime at Police Scotland.

The £85,000-a-day Police Scotland overtime bill revealed

Trump fans, a handful of protesters and a media scrum to greet Trump

Donald Trump is due to visit Scotland later thios week. Picture: Tasos Katopodis/Getty

No evidence of violent or disruptive protests around Trump visit

Donald Trump will visit his Scottish resorts this weekend, prompting a major policing and security operation. Picture: Getty

Police body's legal action warning over Donald Trump's Scottish visit

Donald Trump has spoken fondly of his links to Scotland (Picture: Andy Buchanan)

Most officers to be involved in huge operation on Trump Scotland visit

Police Scotland officers

More than third of Scots believe local crime rate has increased

Police Scotland is bracing for a mental health ‘crisis’ PIC JOHN DEVLIN

Police 'at breaking point' as officer mental health 'crisis' revealed

Abortion buffer zones cannot be enforced when clinics are closed, police have said in an email

Public inquiries 'placing crippling burden' on Police Scotland

Sheku Bayoh, 31, died in May 2015 after being restrained on the ground by six police officers in Kirkcaldy, Fife

Senior counsel appointed to under-fire Sheku Bayoh inquiry

Lord Bracadale has chaired the inquiry since it began its work in November 2020. Picture: PA

Sheku Bayoh inquiry plunged into doubt amid police union bias concerns

Police officers paid less paternity than back office staff

Police officers on patrol on the streets of Grangemouth

Underinvestment is leading to ‘policing deserts’, warns police chief

A survey of police officers in Scotland has found they are suffering burnout and working in “desperate and dreary” conditions

Police suffer burnout and work in ‘desperate’ conditions – report

Police have called for Scottish courts to sit through the night to clear a backlog of cases

Exclusive Demands for 'night courts' to clear Scotland's justice backlog

The number of road traffic officers in Police Scotland has fallen to its lowest level in the last five years

Police officers to receive pay rise after arbitrators called in

The Scottish Police Federation said it was supporting a member who had made a protected disclosure. Picture: John Devlin

Exclusive Senior Police Scotland figure at centre of whistleblowing complaint

The Scottish Police Federation represents more than 16,500 rank-and-file officers

Scottish police work to rule as row over pay and conditions deepens

Over one million working days has been lost due to absences in Police Scotland

Over 1 million working days lost due to police officer absences

Police Scotland officers take part in a public order training exercise in 2021 (Picture: Jane Barlow/pool/AFP via Getty Images)

In dangerous times, Police Scotland must be properly resourced
The Scottish Police Federation has warned officers are going off sick because of extra burdens that keep being placed upon their shoulders
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The hate crime act has been in force for a week

Top police officer says some still have not received Hate Crime training

Police have received thousands of reports following the introduction of new hate crime legislation

Police Scotland ‘may be forced to make cuts’ due to hate crime burden

The Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act was introduced by First Minister Humza Yousaf when he was Justice Secretary (Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire)

Hate Crime Act is far from a joke - Kirsteen MacDonald

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Senior police officers warn activists could 'weaponise' hate crime law

First Minister Humza Yousaf giving evidence to the UK Covid 19 Inquiry

Information Commissioner to probe Scottish Government use of WhatsApp

Former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Psychologist's verdict on Sturgeon, Yousaf sweary messages and 'flippant' humour

A police officer staffs a cordon as emergency services attend the scene of a fatal stabbing incident at the Park Inn Hotel in central Glasgow on June 26, 2020. - Scottish police on Friday said armed officers shot dead a man after a suspected stabbing in Glasgow left six others injured, including one of their colleagues. The incident happened in and around a Park Inn hotel on West George Street, in the heart of the city. Several roads were closed and the surrounding area was cordoned off. (Photo by Robert Perry / AFP) (Photo by ROBERT PERRY/AFP via Getty Images)

Police cuts: 'We can only hope and pray that we do not witness a disaster'

There are 4,412 addresses that have been “red flagged” by the Scottish Ambulance Service

Police warning as almost 4,500 addresses ‘red flagged’ by ambulance service

Chief Constable Jo Farrell. Photo Credit: Allan Bovill

Police Scotland’s new boss agrees with ex-chief that ‘force is discriminatory’

Police Scotland is trialling not investigating some minor crimes in the north-east. Image: Police Scotland.

Trial to not investigate low-level crime sets a 'dangerous precedent'

David Hamilton, who is set to be appointed as the new Scottish Information Commissioner.

Former police federation chief to be next Scottish Information Commissioner

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley. PIC: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire

What the Met can teach Scotland about protecting officers and the public

David and Douglas Hamilton will be driving the vehicle to Ukraine.

Former head of SPF to team up with brother to deliver vehicle to Ukraine

Police admission of institutional racism a 'testament to victims'

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