Contents

Budget 2027/28

Budget battle amid calls for more than 800 extra officers

Budget 2027/28

Chief Constable Jo Farrell on her budget challenge

News

Police reveal masterplan to overhaul ‘outdated’ estate

News

Police bosses accused of misleading MSPs over safe staffing levels

News

Row over plans for two-tier police misconduct hearings

In the corridors

Mental health callouts a ‘systemic crisis’ for policing, MSPs told

News

Calls for new e-bike powers as parents warned ahead of Christmas

News

Bonfire Night resourcing fears with crunch Celtic fixture on same night

News

County lines: hundreds of children caught with drugs across Scotland

Behind bars

Early release schemes blamed for rise in reoffending

Notebook

Scotland’s police and justice news

Topical spotlight

Why online child sexual abuse should be treated as a public health emergency

True crime

Fifty years on: the search for Renee and Andrew MacRae

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