Speaking of our newsdesk, their job doesn't just entail sitting at their desks answering phones. They're often required to go out on location, facilitating media interviews & press conferences, attending live operations & sometimes filming for our own channels 🎥 #PoliceComms

Finally decided to bite the bullet and signed up for my first marathon Edinburgh Marathon open to tips on training, diet, stretches/recovery work, best podcasts to listen to and anything marathon related #marathontraining

Watch our appeal for witnesses after a disturbance in Brunswick Gardens, #Cumbernauld involving a firearm at 6.55pm on Thurs 23 Jan. Anyone with info contact us on 101 quoting incident no. 3095 of 23 Jan or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111. ow.ly/Uquo30qccod

LIVED EXPERIENCE - G DIVISION DRUGS STRATEGY For 20 years Lorraine battled with addiction. She is now employed with the charity Aid and Abet and is seconded to the Positive Outcomes Project (POP) helping others. Full video & strategy info: ow.ly/JJ1Q30qlahr #OpParabole

How impressive is Rishi Sunak #coronavirus better speaker than the Prime Minister...

“Stay in you fecking idiots”

This might be my favourite part from our chat with @persie_official. The advice he gave to his 13 yr old son to take control - and the reaction he got! Relevant to all of us.

A 25-year-old man has been arrested and charged after two police officers were seriously assaulted in #Wishaw. He is due to appear at Hamilton Sheriff Court tomorrow. Chief Inspector Mark Leonard praised the two officers involved. Read more: ow.ly/y0LR50A81Lf

TEENAGER VOLUNTEERS OVER 1,000 HOURS AS A SPECIAL CONSTABLE “For me, if I was just in a 9-5pm job in an office there would be so many things that I wouldn’t get to do or see or experience.” Read more about Fabienne’s story here: ow.ly/f6bY30rkA6D

A custody peer mentoring scheme aims to break the cycle of addiction and reoffending. bit.ly/3dmuDNz

Today marks the first anniversary of Greater Glasgow Division's drugs strategy. Read more about how we are trying to support the public health led approach with partners here: ow.ly/wDfa50DIws4 #OpParabole Glasgow City HSCP Aid & Abet 🎬 👇

Really enjoyed working on this as part of my secondment. Rare opportunity to show UK forces coming together and voices (great accents! 🇬🇧) from the frontline. Grateful to everyone who supported the idea & took part

🚨 Police forces across the country took part in a national intensification week against #CountyLines. What is county lines? Read more: news.npcc.police.uk/releases/over-… Here are some results from forces across England, Wales and Scotland 👇

📽️ Watch the NPCC lead for #CountyLines, Deputy Assistant Commissioner Graham McNulty, speak about the latest intensification week and the work being carried out by police forces across the country to tackle the problem Home Office No.10 Press Office British Transport Police

📸 with our mutual aid staff as part of team 2 #COP26 Great to meet comms professionals from other forces (Metropolitan Police Avon and Somerset Police West Midlands Police Warwickshire Police & Surrey Police) Biggest revelations: 🍕🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Existence of a pizza crunch 🍽🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Roast dinners just aren’t the same up here

Can you help? We’re reinvestigating the murder of Marion Hodge who disappeared from the #Lockerbie area in July 1984. Detectives from the Unresolved Homicide Investigation Team are appealing for information. Read more here: ow.ly/WhtC50I6fvz Watch and share 🎥👇

Police Dog Tilly has been busy searching the stands and surrounding areas keeping people safe for #TheOpen Help us keep you safe by reporting anything that doesn't seem right #ProjectServator You can read more about our policing operation here: ow.ly/P2uO50JUElx ⛳

Over 1,000 officers are now trained to carry Taser as part of efforts to better protect police officers and the public from violence. To understand more, watch our video below 👇 or visit our website: scotland.police.uk/about-us/how-w… #NotPartOfTheJob

Big smiles! #PDBen and PC Fulton won National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) Dog Team of the Year, presented at #Crufts 🏆 The pair saved a vulnerable missing woman in South Lanarkshire, despite PC Fulton suffering a broken heel bone and torn ligaments. Read more here: ow.ly/WgUv50NgqYi

We engaged with hundreds of thousands of people and worked in partnership to ensure 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships was delivered safely. The inaugural event ended today after 11 days of competition in Glasgow and across Scotland. There were only nine arrests. Read more ow.ly/Mb9650Pyb9q