Alison McInnes MSP has warned a new report on the deployment of armed police in Scotland has revealed a systematic breakdown in communications between Police Scotland and communities. Commenting on the report from HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland on the controversial policy, Alison said: The HMICS report makes clear that the decision to enable armed officers to overtly carry sidearms while undertaking routine duties was not subject to robust scrutiny prior to its introduction on day one of the new national force. It wasnt discussed at key meetings between the police and SPA and those tasked with scrutinising such changes only considered its impact once the public concern about the way they were being policed was highlighted by newspapers and community campaigns. We need assurances that this backwards approach to scrutiny will not be repeated in future. Find out more: bit.ly/1w8K4w2
Posted on: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 09:08:00 +0000
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