All is not well. What was supposed in theory to make policing in Scotland super-efficient is fast becoming the opposite. We record our deep lack of faith in the story so far and we question whether the current leadership are the right people for the job.
Yesterday, the Chief Constable revealed that, out of the 214 police stations open to the public, it is intended that many will see their opening hours reduced and 65 will be closed altogether to the public. That, in our view, cannot be right as a matter of proper policing practice. It seems to us that every operational police station, apart from the very smallest and most remote, should be open to the public for much, if not most, of the day and as a matter of course.
Take Anderston Police Station in Glasgow, a city with which we are reasonably familiar and one of the stations intended for closure. This is a busy station, just along from the Park Bar in the cosmopolitan, highly-populated and very busy west end of Glasgow and where crime, including serious crime, is far from unknown. In our view, closing this station would be policing madness. Up here, Stornoway is already on restricted opening hours.
That the Chief Constable is well up on management-speak is obvious and words like 'footfall' and 'backfilling' come all too readily to his lips. Unfortunately, Steve uses the word 'footfall' in quite inappropriate context and, as for the word 'backfilling', no such word exists other than in Steve's personal lexicon.
That the Chief Constable is well up on management-speak is obvious and words like 'footfall' and 'backfilling' come all too readily to his lips. Unfortunately, Steve uses the word 'footfall' in quite inappropriate context and, as for the word 'backfilling', no such word exists other than in Steve's personal lexicon.
Police Scotland was inaugurated on All Fools' Day, 01 April 2013. Perhaps that date has something to do with the madness prevailing at the top?
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