Police Scotland

Question 1

As of 2021, how many Police officers were there in Scotland?

Answer 1

17.3 thousand

Question 2

When the police work with the community, this branch is known as

Answer 2

Community/locality policing

Question 3

What is the role of locality policing?

Answer 3

Maintain a visible presence, reassure the public, work with schools, investigate local crimes …

Question 4

What branch of the police maintains and upholds traffic laws?

Answer 4

Roads policing

Question 5

What is the role of the roads policing department?

Answer 5

To patrol roads and motorways and to stop anyone who is breaking the law such as using their phone while driving or breaking the speed limit.

Question 6

CID stands for what?

Answer 6

Criminal Investigation Department

Question 7

What do CID do?

Answer 7

The investigate serious crimes that have occurred such as murder, rape and drug crime

Question 8

The three main departments of police Scotland are …

Answer 8

Locality policing
Specialist Crime Division
Crime and Operational Support

Question 9

Who would we find out in the local community, building positive relationships and responding to incidents?

Answer 9

Locality policing

Question 10

Drummond’s school link officer is called …

Answer 10

PC Lowe

Question 11

Who provides expertise and support for really complex crimes as well as gathering and providing intelligence to other branches in the police?

Answer 11

Specialist Crime Division

Question 12

The organised crime and counter terrorism unit is part of which branch?

Answer 12

Specialist Crime Division

Question 13

Who would provide additional resources to support other branches during operations and when investigating crimes?

Answer 13

Crime and operational support

Question 14

What are some examples of crime and operational support provisions?

Answer 14

Dog unit, mounted unit, air unit, water unit

Question 15

What are the three main roles of the police?

Answer 15

Protect, prevent and investigate

Question 16

What role involves having physical police presence, and educational and media campaigns?

Answer 16

Prevent

Question 17

What is the VRU?

Answer 17

Violence Reduction Unit

Question 18

What does the VRU do?

Answer 18

Works with police and health and social work to reduce violent crime in Scotland

Question 19

What is the name of the 2021 campaign that police Scotland introduced to prevent sexual related crimes?

Answer 19

GetConsent

Question 20

What is the name of the campaign that police Scotland introduced to prevent mysogynistic behaviour in society?

Answer 20

Don’t be that Guy

Question 21

When police react to a crime that has taken place or at large public events the police are carrying out their role to

Answer 21

protect

Question 22

Where in Edinburgh would there be a large police presence to protect fans and the public.

Answer 22

At Easter Road - Hibs matches

Question 23

What branch would be most visible at a derby football game in Edinburgh?

Answer 23

The mounted unit

Question 24

When the police have to find evidence to prove that a crime has taken place this is them carrying out their role to

Answer 24

Investigate

Question 25

Talking to witnesses, going door to door, DNA testing and using CCTV footage is an example of the police

Answer 25

Investigating

Question 26

Three powers that the police have to effectively carry out their roles to prevent, protect and investigate are

Answer 26

The power of arrest and detention The power of search The power of entry

Question 27

Police have how many hours to investigate a suspect before they have to charge?

Answer 27

12 hours 24 hours with permission 14 days for suspects of domestic terrorism

Question 28

Why do the police detain and arrest suspects?

Answer 28

To protect the public, interview the suspect and to investigate and find any evidence.

Question 29

When the police can stop an individual on the street on suspicion of carrying a weapon or illegal substances they can use their power of ...

Answer 29

search

Question 30

Police officers can also search premises and vehicles linked to an accused person in order to find evidence such as a murder weapon or clothing from the time of the crime?

Answer 30

True

Question 31

When police are pursing a person who has committed or is attempting to commit a serious crime i.e. housebreaking the police can use their power of

Answer 31

The power of entry

Question 32

If the police were to catch an under 18 in possession of alcohol (who wasn't committing any further crimes) what power would they use?

Answer 32

The power to seize goods and move you on.

Question 33

How has police scotland tried to tackle driving whilst on phone?

Answer 33

Their National Phone Campaign where they identified 273 offences, using the hashtag #dontriskit

Question 34

How are prevention strategies an example of Police Scotland's effectiveness?

Answer 34

One strategy such as having a community police officer. Known as “campus cops” these police officers in secondary schools get young people used to the police presence and the police learn about and deal with problems in the community and aim to prevent criminality from occurring in the first place.

Question 35

How are police investigations an example of their effectiveness?

Answer 35

A key role of the police is to make sure that those who commit a crime are found and are punished for what they have done so the police will use their departments to investigate and gather evidence so that courts can find someone guilty.

Question 36

How many unsolved murders were there in Scotland between 2013 and 2022?

Answer 36

2 out of the 523 recorded

Question 37

Police Scotland are effective as they keep the public safe. Why?

Answer 37

The police are effective at protecting people at large scale events such as concert and football games by patrolling the events which deters criminals and allows them to be proactive when any criminality does occur.

Question 38

How is COP26 an example of the police effectively keeping the public safe/

Answer 38

there was no significant violence or disorder at the COP26 conference which was the largest ever hosted in the UK and in other countries often sees a lot of violence.  

Question 39

What is an argument that unsolved murders in Scotland are proof of the police not being effective?

Answer 39

It can be argued that the police are ineffective because not enough has been done to solve older murders. An important job of the police is to investigate murders and bring justice for the victims but the number of unsolved murders suggests they are somewhat ineffective. For example, there are around 1000 unsolved murders since 1960 in Scotland.

Question 40

Former Chief Constable called Police Scotland institutionally racist, how is this an example of ineffectiveness.

Answer 40

Further arguments that the police are ineffective in in tackling hate crime is because of their own problems with hateful behaviours. For the police to effectively tackle crime then people need to feel that they can go to the police and be honest about what has happened and feel safe with officers. If the police cant get it right for their own then the police won’t be able to get it right with crime in the community who won’t come forward. For example, there have been many recent investigations into Police Scotland that have found a culture of discrimination of black and minority police officers, female and LGBTQ+ officers.

Question 41

All criminals in Scotland are caught by the police?

Answer 41

False

Question 42

According to BBC, how many crimes recorded in Scotland actually make it to court?

Answer 42

50%

Question 43

Why is the fact that only 50% of crimes make it to court in Scotland suggest ineffectiveness?

Answer 43

The fact that so many crimes are not prosecutable due to insufficient evidence shows that the police do not effectively carry out their role of investigation. This means that not all victims get justice and that the public might not be safe.