COMMENT

– to sink BTP into Police Scotland – is turning out to be a disaster. Five years on from the creation of Police Scotland, it’s time to fix the problems that have bedevilled the single force, not add to them.

“Now that they’ve been forced to put their plans on ice, we would urge the SNP this week to go one step further and seek common cause with other parties with a fresh plan – where we respect the decision to devolve BTP, but do so in a way that protects our service.”

“The problem is that the plan adopted by thesnp–tosinkbtp into Police Scotland – isturningouttobea disaster”

LIAM KERR