Pay growth in other Scottish public-sector jobs has “outstripped policing by 13% and even higher in some cases”, says ASPS President Rob Hay #ASPS101

Only 27% of Police Scotland’s Superintendent rank think that the demand placed upon them in their role is manageable, and only 31% say that Police Scotland’s Executive actively supports them in their role #ASPS101

Scottish Superintendents are “voting with their feet” and deselecting themselves from on-call duties, ASPS tells Conference #ASPS101

There is an “alarming rise” in the numbers of ASPS members suffering from mental health challenges, says ASPS President. Police Scotland has seen an 85% increase in sickness absence for psychological illness and injury over the past four years #ASPS101

.ASPS urges Police Scotland to implement technology that will help officers “work smarter, not harder” – such as an app to record duty hours accurately #ASPS101

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Nearly a third of Police Scotland’s full-time force could be deployed for US president’s visit telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07/0…

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With regard to the pay offer, local reps will be engaging with officers to gain thoughts and opinions. Local reps are going to be given the opportunity to vote on this, so feedback is encouraged. For ex,my vote will be based on this feedback.

I plan on having a poll set up, once I figure how to do it!

To add some more context around this, in previous years there has been no method to provide feedback or opinion. This year a consultation has been decided where we can all express our feelings on the offer and feed it back via your local SPF reps.

It's often the case that those with the strongest feelings are the ones who are heard but it's massively important that those who don't normally shout out loud also give feedback. As part of the consultation we will poll on here and the Facebook page to help gather opinion only.

Please also contact your rep either in person or via email to let us know your thoughts. We will all have our own opinions but it's important we don't try to influence yours although we will try to help you understand the offer if any parts are unclear.

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Today is National Police Memorial Day. Remembering thousands of colleagues who have made the ultimate sacrifice. #NPMD25

Gorbals Police Station to be shut down and officers moved elsewhere: glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/scottish-… #ThinBlueLine

The widow of a murdered police officer has called for every cop in Scotland to be given body worn cameras as a matter of urgency. dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-…

🚨🚨🚨 PUPPY ALERT 🚨🚨🚨 Meet the new boy #TPDKylo who has joined the ranks in Glasgow to be trained up for hitting the streets in the west! He won’t stay this size, or look this innocent for long…..bring it on! 🚔 🐾 #KeepingPeopleSafe