Police Scotland Corruption

Selection of New Articles about Police Scotland

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Scottish police chiefs face MSP grilling over stopping and searching of U12s

POLICE chiefs will have to explain in front of Holyrood why searches on under-12's has continued despite giving assurances last year they would stop.

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Dumfries motorist left with £800 legal bill after taking on Scots justice system

WILLIAM McNee, from Dumfries, has been left with a legal bill of more than £800 for defending himself against the Scottish justice system after police wrongly accused him of not wearing a seatbelt.

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Police watchdog member claims £900 expenses on personal study break in America

LISA Tennant, who took up a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship in Boston, claimed £900 just for reading emails and reports.

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Cocaine cop resigns over text promising copious 'drink and drugs' at flat party

POLICE swooped in on Brian Griffin's flat and found cocaine dusting the breakfast bar.

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PRESSURE is growing on Scotland’s top police officer Sir Stephen House amid calls for the publication of his correspondence with the information commissioner’s office on stop and search data.

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Police watchdog chair claimed Clutha funeral expenses - Telegraph

Vic Emery, head of the Scottish Police Authority, is under fire for claiming hundreds of pounds for attending the funerals of the three officers who died in the Clutha helicopter disaster.

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A police officer has gone on trial accused of raping a woman after she refused to join him in a “threesome”.

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Davidson slams police 'arrogance'

Davidson slams police 'arrogance' Sad state of affairs when we're left to the tories to  defend our civil liberties!

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Riot police called in during eight-hour siege over TV on 'too loud' - Telegraph

Widescreen TV carried out by police officers after three teenagers and 22-year-old man arrested as noise complaint escalates into eight-hour siege. - Yeah how dare people complain about police heavy handedness? They know what they're doing we NEED these people to cause a siege when the play the TV too loud!

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Courts strike ‘forced police to cut arrests’

A STRIKE by court staff forced police across Edinburgh and the Lothians to arrest fewer people than normal, it has emerged. Had to laugh at the Scottish Police Federation complaining about polititions meddling in policing when they make political decisions like this!

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'Political ignorance' on stop-search

Or.... the police are ignorant of basic human rights and fail to see how their actions alienate segments of society leading to more crime and "terror", therby causing more work for themselves.

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Lib Dems' legal bid on stop-search

Yeah great idea! Then when they break the law we can report them ... to the police? If senior officers mislead parliament over this do you really think the rank and file will feel any need to comply?

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Met policeman cleared after kicking mother tending to her child in hospital

Wood Green court clears PC Warren Luke of crime after ‘escalating’ row that left woman with more than 40 injuries

It’s not just American police that are terrifying. A woman was hit in the face over 40 times when she refused to leave her sick child’s side in hospital in an ‘escalating row’. This policeman even admitted he beat up this woman and he got away with it so far. Thankfully i’m in Scotland and we have a separate police force from England, but this is a little too close to home.

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Sheriff warns of corrupt police after officer lies to protect fellow PC

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A SHERIFF has warned that police cover-ups must be “stamped out” immediately to prevent police corruption after shamed PC David Carmichael, 41, was found guilty of wilful neglect when he lied to conceal the drink-driving of colleague Daryl McKinnon.

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Senior police officer uses information law to find out fellow officers' qualifications

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POLICE Scotland is embroiled in a civil war after one of the force’s most senior officers tabled a series of embarrassing questions about his colleagues.

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Back to work for police chief Mauger on £300k leave

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ONE of Scotland’s most senior police officers, who has been on £100,000-a-year “gardening leave” for three years, will return to work next month, it emerged yesterday.

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Police station ban for senior Scottish officer

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Police station ban for senior Scottish officer