David Kennedy

Protesters run from police during an anti-immigration protest in Glasgow in July. Picture: PA

Police officers call for powers to remove face coverings

Should police have the power to unmask? Scotsman leader comment

David Kennedy of the Scottish Police Federation

Cause for concern over claim officers discouraged from making arrests Scotsman comment

David Kennedy, general secretary of the Scottish Police Federation

Backlash as police officers 'encouraged not to arrest people'

The Scottish Police Federation, David Kennedy, said Police Scotland does not have the “capacity” to arrest the amount of people it used to.

Police officers 'encouraged' to avoid arrests due to capacity issues

Police officers on the beat

Shoplifting in Scotland has increased 129% since 2021

The closure of Scotland police stations is eroding community relations, it has been claimed.

Police station closures across Scotland 'deeply concerning'

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar

Sarwar pledges named community police officer for every council ward

Millions is being spent on officer overtime at Police Scotland.

The £85,000-a-day Police Scotland overtime bill revealed

Donald Trump will visit his Scottish resorts this weekend, prompting a major policing and security operation. Picture: Getty

Police body's legal action warning over Donald Trump's Scottish visit

Abortion buffer zones cannot be enforced when clinics are closed, police have said in an email

Public inquiries 'placing crippling burden' on Police Scotland

Justice Secretary Angela Constance, pictured with First Minister John Swinney, has branded the call for tougher measures to tackle knife crime as 'misplaced'. (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers Letters: Time Scottish Government got tough on young criminals

David Kennedy wanted people to appreciate what local government does for them

Scotsman Obituaries: David Kennedy, Cosla Head of Communications

Police have called for Scottish courts to sit through the night to clear a backlog of cases

Exclusive Demands for 'night courts' to clear Scotland's justice backlog

David celebrated his 100th birthday surrounded by family

David marks his 100th birthday with ‘extra whisky’ surrounded by family, friends...

SNP are failing to listen to frontline police, nurses and teachers Brian Wilson

The Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act was introduced by First Minister Humza Yousaf when he was Justice Secretary (Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire)

Hate Crime Act is far from a joke - Kirsteen MacDonald

A police officer staffs a cordon as emergency services attend the scene of a fatal stabbing incident at the Park Inn Hotel in central Glasgow on June 26, 2020. - Scottish police on Friday said armed officers shot dead a man after a suspected stabbing in Glasgow left six others injured, including one of their colleagues. The incident happened in and around a Park Inn hotel on West George Street, in the heart of the city. Several roads were closed and the surrounding area was cordoned off. (Photo by Robert Perry / AFP) (Photo by ROBERT PERRY/AFP via Getty Images)

Police cuts: 'We can only hope and pray that we do not witness a disaster'

Douglas Ross. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Humza Yousaf is a ‘criminal’s dream’, says Douglas Ross

More than 300 police officers and staff have been off work with long Covid for more than 12 weeks, data shows. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

Almost 350 police officers off work with long Covid for more than 12 weeks

Saoirse Kennedy Hill, granddaughter of Robert Kennedy, has died. (AP Photo)

Fresh tragedy for Kennedy family as RFK's granddaughter found dead

The map produced by Stennis Historical Society to illustrate the number of British Army camps in Scotland following the Battle of Culloden. PIC: Contributed.

Map shows 400 British Army camps in Scotland after Culloden

Culzean Castle sits atop a cliff on the Ayrshire coast. Picture: Johnston Press

Eight reasons to visit Culzean Castle

Donald Trump fights them on the beaches at the Menie Estate. Photograph: Allan Milligan/PA

Insight: How Scots leaders fell for Donald Trump

Donald Trump . Picture: AP

Scots university considers stripping Donald Trump of degree

Marquess of Ailsa: Kennedy leader who was known as one of the great characters of the clan scene

Obituary: Archibald Angus Charles Kennedy, 8th Marquess of Ailsa

The Star & Garter has reopened after a £1m revamp

Historic Star & Garter pub restored after fire

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Book review: A Beautiful Truth by Colin McAdam

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RGU ‘faux pas’

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Overseas goods push up Britain’s carbon footprint

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Protests grow

Linlithgow hotel to be rebuilt as lavish venue following fire

Renewable energy doubles in five years

Scottish police officers call for right to enter premises without a warrant

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Scottish police officers call for right to enter premises without a warrant

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An té a thruaill na h-òrain oirnn

SNP ‘manipulating’ crime figures, police say

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Call for UK greenhouse gas targets to include international flights and shipping

Brian Wilson:Scotland’s shame on the big screen

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Scots island regions rely most heavily on public sector jobs

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Letter: Narrow minded

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Michael Kelly: Defacing a degree is far from playing a Trump card
DR DAVID Kennedy was an academic that few of the public had heard of. Now he has made his name, not for any learned article he has just written but for vandalis...

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

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SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries