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@west_response Another fine example then of how far removed exec. are from frontline Policing when the overwhelming majority would endorse the want and need for Molle. 🤦🏼‍♂️

@west_response Any reason given by executive for the rejection of Molle?

@hudson77449685 @DavidMurdo48974 @ScotsPolFed @1919_mag I doubt they even pay into that scheme, they care that little about us, cannon fodder, on the work floor!!

@DavidMurdo48974 @ScotsPolFed @1919_mag Going by some ITFCs & SMT decisions we’re worth the £2.50 that would come out of their pay if one of us gets killed.

It will take someone being killed before politicians accept the need to equip all police officers with Tasers, it has been warned. 1919magazine.co.uk/march2026/poli… via @1919_mag

@ScotsPolFed current situation is "ach, just send a crew anyway", because front line supervision are shit feirt to make a decision not to resource, due the usual "what if" mindset, in fear of the hindsight brigade questioning and not supporting their actions after something happens.

@ScotsPolFed Old news. CC needs to put a directive out directing we don't attend such calls and front line supervisors need to have a backbone and say "we're not going to that"...

The demand on policing from mental health calls... it's #relentless and unsustainable and good to hear the Chief Constable categorically and publicly say so at the Scottish Police Authority meeting.

80% of Policing's time is doing someone else's work...

@hudson77449685 @ScotsPolFed This! ☝🏻👍🏻

@ScotsPolFed How about tackling the 100’s of “police officers” sitting in office jobs who will never be deployed ever again, who will never use their warranted powers & who are overpaid glorified civilians?

“If policy shifts increase demand - whether through new offences, protest dynamics or public order requirements - then staffing, equipment and overtime budgets must reflect that reality”, #SPFManifesto says. spf.org.uk/jcc-circular-1…

@hudson77449685 @ScotsPolFed This!! With the exception of the few, most AFO's want to go to these calls! Yet an ITFC who can, at times, be 100+ miles away in a cosy office / control room, is dictating an ARV deployment or not.

@ScotsPolFed Yet ITFCs are under C3 management instead of armed policing. Armed policing raise issues all the time yet C3 do nothing due to lack of ITFCs & fear of outcomes.

"If a police officer is turning up to an incident involving a knife or a bladed weapon then an armed response vehicle or firearm should be sent for their safety and that may be reflected in the figures." dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-…

@ScotsPolFed Yet Policing in Scotland is broken, well and truly broken due to this continuous desire to save money since the creation of the Police Scotland monster. It needs an massive funding exercise to even try and fix it. Until then, the story continues of "do more with less"!! 🤦🏼‍♂️

@ScotsPolFed We await the usual party lines from SNP of "Scotland has more Police officers per head, compared to the rest of the UK", "we've increased funding year on year", bla bla bla...

Police chiefs are anxiously awaiting a crunch decision on the force’s budget amid demands for the government to “confront reality”. 1919magazine.co.uk/january2026/sc…

@mark74brown Just look at Police Scotland for everything you need to see / know, that it doesn't work!

Merging police forces and going from 43 down to 12…a good idea?

@IPAbeersnob @baseballscot @ProfPlumPie @ScotsPolFed Nope... I'm 12 years and 1 month and already started... 🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️

@baseballscot @ProfPlumPie @ScotsPolFed Is 5 years 4 months too early to start counting in days until I can escape this absolute cluster of an organisation?

“We are cancelling more time off to meet the requirements. If we cannot give our officers the days back within 90 days, the regulations say that we need to pay them for that time." 1919magazine.co.uk/december2025/p…

@ScotsPolFed @ScotGovJustice @AConstance23 @theSNP all hate the Polis so that's never going to happen! But to be fair the courts and @COPFS need to actually send offenders to prison first instead of letting them off or giving them softer sentences!!! 🤦🏼‍♂️

Justice Secretary Angela Constance is being urged to bar inmates with convictions for violence against the police from being considered for early release. aberdeenlive.news/news/scottish-…

The main rule of serving a roast dinner is there should be absolutely no clear space on the plate. If you can see plate, something’s gone wrong.

Luke Donald gives us a tour of the European team room 🇪🇺 #TeamEurope | #RyderCup

@iaingray999 @hudson77449685 C - Speaking to a rep, I was told they emailed supervisors asking for the question to be asked of the shifts & for their comments / input. Turns out a lot of supervisors didn't cascade that any further to the shifts so reps in turn didn't receive votes / comments they asked for.

@iaingray999 @hudson77449685 D - Speaking to one of the reps last week, I was told some of their reps emailed out to members asking for their answer (majority who replied, said yes). Whereas other reps didn't ask the members and they themselves voted for what they believed was in the member's interest (no).

So pay deal agreed. -Where was the vote? -Still working 40 hour weeks. -Still 15-20% behind where we should be. -Allows government to kick Allander report down the road for a few more years. -Doesn’t address pay disparity between n/s & 9-5 office workers.

@iaingray999 @hudson77449685 And in other divisions, it transpires some reps voted in the interest of members without even seeking views / comments.

@iaingray999 @hudson77449685 Nope. Transpires some reps sent it to supervisors to be cascaded and voted on... and only some supervisors sent it on to the shift, others didn't (including mine, so I never got the chance to comment / vote).

@TheStinkySinky @ScotsPolFed 👆💯 if you will never be frontline again & your office job does not require warranted powers you’re no longer a police officer. You’re an overpaid civilian. It’s time to tackle this head on. It won’t be pretty but we can’t sustain this bullshit.