Complaints and Litigation


Police Scotland officers receive £60k after settling clean-shaven claims
(05/10/23) The force wanted to introduce a clean-shaven policy in May but postponed the plans after 'listening to the lived experience' of officers and taking health and safety advice.

Sgt who asked for overtime shifts at call centre 'failed to log crash call'
(19/09/23) Fatal Accident Inquiry hears that call centres had been closed due to redundancies and staff brought in did not have the same call handler training.

Police Scotland postpones controversial clean-shaven policy
(25/07/23) The Scottish Police Federation (SPF) had previously expressed 'serious concerns' over the policy which has now been postponed to allow for further examination of its substance.

DAC faces gross misconduct over information sent by another officer
(11/05/23) Former City of London Police Ch Supt David Clark passed internal information used in a misconduct hearing facing then Essex DCC Matt Horne, who is now DAC of the Met.