ACC Ronnie Liddle will lead on counter-terrorism with the arrival of the single Scottish police force on the horizon. • ACPOS has appointed a new Counter-Terrorism Coordinator to lead Scotland’s fight against terror - as the new Police Service of Scotland prepares to come into being. ACC Ronnie Liddle, the former head of CID

Single Scottish force will see a new chief constable by the autumn the government says, following a change of heart. • The appointment of a chief constable to lead Scotland’s new single police force is now set to made in the autumn – rather than the end of the year. The change in direction from the Scottish Government follows

Phone Boxes used by Scottish officers for decades deemed 'surplus to requirements'. • Twenty-two of Edinburgh’s iconic police boxes have been put up for sale, in a move which will see collectors bidding for the pleasure to take them off the streets. The cast iron boxes, which weigh around two tonnes each, have been deemed surplus

Scottish Police Federation support move to help officers posted to remote islands with high cost of living. • Cut off constables, stranded sergeants and isolated inspectors living and working in some of the remotest parts of the UK should be rewarded with a new ‘island allowance’, a conference has heard. The 173 officers wh

Scottish Justice Secretary says recommendations will not be considered north of the border. • Changes planned for police officer pay and conditions south of the border are “frankly insulting”, the Scottish Justice Secretary has said. Kenny MacAskill (pictured) confirmed once again that the Scottish Government &ld