A woman who was arrested yesterday in Edinburgh for holding up a placard that said “fuck imperialism, abolish the monarchy,” has now been charged with a crime. If you got any joy at all out of seeing folk boo the proclamation of Charles Windsor yesterday, please make yourself aware of this, and please get in touch with your MSPs ASAP. This is heinous.
The area remained taped off this morning, with Police Scotland guarding the scene
A road in Renfrewshire remains closed this morning after the death of a 52 year old man.
Emergency services were called to Renfield Street in Renfrew shortly after 3am this morning Monday 30th October after receiving reports of an Injured man. Police have confirmed the incident is being treated as “suspicious”.
The area remained taped off this morning, with Police Scotland guarding the…
A - A ULEZ monitoring police van - in a ‘Blade Runner’ shroud;
B - An ex-SNP motor home covered BY a ‘Sturgeon’ police tent;
or
C - the SNP’s Kirsten Oswald MP in a kagool bending over to tie her shoelace…?
Deciding whether or not I can skip drafting just part of a chapter or if I have to skip the whole chapter because I don't know enough about the Scottish policing system and Google is sending me down an icky rabbit hole.
I know this is a long shot, but are there any Scottish/UK police officers out there?
What rank could be achieved by age 22?
How long does one train to be a detective?
What's that process like?
Is it feasible to randomly take a 15-year hiatus from policing in the UK?
Would they have to do any re-training after such a hiatus?
If they were in the middle of detective training, would they have to start from scratch?
Police Scotland Pipe Band by FotoFling Scotland
Via Flickr:
The Scottish Pipe Band Championships took place at Levengrove Park, Dumbarton, on Saturday 30 July 2022 with around 111 pipe bands competing.
The Marine Policing Unit forms part of the Operational Support. Division of Police Scotland. The primary function of the Marine Unit is to support operational policing by providing a capability to conduct searches on water, under water and within confined spaces.
The duties they perform can range from missing persons to counter terrorism.
A fleet of emergency services rushed to a Paisley street last night
A fleet of emergency services rushed to a Paisley street last night after a car crash that led to one car ending up overturned in the middle of the road.
The accident happened on the towns Seedhill road just before 9pm with residents rushing to help the injured free them selfs from the vehicles before emergency services arrived.
One engine from Scottish fire and rescue attended with what…
Two men rushed to hospital after 'rammy' at Scots retail park
Two men rushed to hospital after ‘rammy’ at Scots retail park
Two men were rushed to hospital after a large scale disturbance at a riverside retail park in Glasgow.
Police were alerted to the rammy, involving a group of men, in the area of Springfield Quay south of the Clyde at around 12:50am on Monday.
Glasgow Live reports that the emergency services attended and two men, aged 35 and 22, were taken to Glasgow Royal Infirmary for treatment.
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