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Calum Steele

Calum Steele is the general secretary of the International Council of Police Representative Associations

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Peat-stacking on Lewis: such old-fashioned resources would put today’s digital world to shame

Peat-stacking on Lewis: such old-fashioned resources would put today’s digital world to shame

Resilience is second nature in the Hebrides. The rest of you, take note

Scotland is facing its weakest police strength since 2001

Scotland is facing its weakest police strength since 2001

OK, Police Scotland may have been a good idea - but what a shame it isn't working

A tunnel in the Faroe Islands which has been held up as an example for development around the Shetland Islands

A tunnel in the Faroe Islands which has been held up as an example for development around the Shetland Islands

SNP must bite the bullet and work with Labour to boost our islands

Members of the rank and file greet Andy Burnham and his wife Marie-France Van Heel as they arrive at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool last month

Members of the rank and file greet Andy Burnham and his wife Marie-France Van Heel as they arrive at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool last month

My name is Calum, and I am an addict. I just can't get enough of party conferences

Police Scotland officers were sent to assist the PSNI in the Garvaghy Road operation

Police Scotland officers were sent to assist the PSNI in the Garvaghy Road operation

Wrong again, Maggie Chapman: police mutual aid is the right thing to do

Tackling drugs offences used to be a major aspect of policing, but no longer

Tackling drugs offences used to be a major aspect of policing, but no longer

If you really want to tackle drugs deaths, why not let the police do their job?

Assistant Chief Constable Catriona Paton, who

Assistant Chief Constable Catriona Paton, who

That's rich: how come we pay Police Scotland top brass so much for so little?

John Swinney and Rhun ap Iorwerth, First Minister of Wales, sign an agreement setting out plans for future collaboration between their two governments

John Swinney and Rhun ap Iorwerth, First Minister of Wales, sign an agreement setting out plans for future collaboration between their two governments

The SNP is obsessed with another referendum. Shame it has forgotten how to win one

Too wee, too poor, too stupid? The strange message behind Swinney’s big reform plan

Is there a lack of accountability in the operation of Police Scotland?

Is there a lack of accountability in the operation of Police Scotland?

The last thing Police Scotland needs is fewer people to scrutinise it