Contents

News

New police pay claim gets underway

News

Dozens of children caught with knives

On the beat

1919 goes on the beat with Edinburgh’s community policing team

News

Departments investigating rape at ‘breaking point’

News

Historic police pipe band forced to sit out the season

In the corridors

Demands for independent watchdog if assisted dying law introduced

News

Control room crisis as overtime bill racks up

News

E-bikes and e-scooters spark multiple fires

Topical spotlight

Inside the UK’s oldest police charity

Global beat

How the war in Ukraine has transformed the role of officers

Notebook

Round-up of policing and justice developments

Behind bars

Specialist units proposed for elderly prisoners

News

New novel depicts life after the force

News

Retired officer brings the joy of football to people with sight loss

Behind the headlines

Mission impossible: trying to compare Scottish and English crime rates

Viewpoint

Scotland needs to step up response to mental health crisis

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