Police must be 'pacifists in the culture war' amid a surge in allegations of hate crime, a senior officer has said.

Jo Farrell was addressing the Association of Scottish Police Superintendents annual conference in Peebles in the Scottish ...

A teacher will appear in court next month after she was pictured carrying a placard featuring Rishi Sunak and Suella ...

Nearly half of Scots agree that the Scottish Government’s controversial ‘hate crime’ law should be ditched, a new poll has ...

Sweeping measures to crack down on protests, including making organisers pay towards policing and a review of undercover surveillance of activist groups, have been proposed by the Government’s adviser ...

Policing should not be drawn into the current “toxic” public debate around hate crime with officers needing to remain “pacifists in the culture war”, the president of the Association of Scottish ...

Chief superintendent Rob Hay warns hate crime is being 'weaponised' and the force is 'woefully under-resourced'.

A top cop will warn today the 'weaponising' of the public debate around hate crime is diverting already stretched police resources from those ...

A top cop will warn today the 'weaponising' of the public debate around hate crime is diverting already stretched police ...

ASPS President Chief Superintendent Rob Hay will say while officers must play an important role in policing genuine ...

It happened on the on-ramp from Old Scotland Road to Interstate 81 Southbound in Southampton Township around 7 a.m. According ...