SCOTTISH
POLICE FEDERATION
5 Woodside Place, Glasgow, G3 7QF
MEDIA
RELEASE
The Scottish Police Federation represents all police officers in the
ranks of chief inspector and below, about 16,000 people, over 98% of
all police officers in Scotland.
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6
September 2006
Crime
Figures |
Norrie
Flowers , Chairman of the Scottish Police Federation said
"An
overall drop of 5% is welcome but it is clear that everyone recognises
the need for increased policing. Police officers know they could be
doing a better job if there were more of them and they had more time
to dedicate to crime and disorder complaints.
Our
overall numbers are up but when you think about what we have to do you
quickly realise why we have fewer officers on the street than we had
years ago. In our opinion not nearly enough police are dealing directly
with complaints about crime and disorder. We don't have enough preventative
patrols, we take too long to get to incidents and we rarely have time
to make sufficient enquiries. "
For further information contact Lesley Stevenson at 5 Woodside
Place, Glasgow, G3 7QF
Telephone: 0141 332 0901 Mobile: 07967 104173 Fax: 0141 331 2436
Email: lesley.stevenson@spf.org.uk
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