Police scrimping 'putting safety at risk'

PUBLIC safety will be put at risk unless the Scottish Government pours more cash into policing, the body representing rank-and-file officers has warned.

- BY CHRIS MCCALL

at a crossroads" as he urged ministers to make the next budget a “turning point” for Police Scotland.

In his evidence to Holyrood's justice committee, published in 1919 Magazine, he warned that “goodwill cannot sustain a national service”.