‘RELENTLESS’ IS NOW LIVE! Police officers in Scotland face violent attacks, make split-second life-or-death decisions and carry the emotional weight of every call they respond to. This film tells the story the headlines don’t. They aren’t fictional scenarios – for many

“Policing in Scotland is at a crossroads. The combination of falling officer numbers, real terms pay cuts, rising demand, and underinvestment in capital budgets has created an unsustainable situation" https://t.co/IZUvWd0tE8

Remembering PC Kevin Lowe, of Strathclyde Police, who died on duty on this day in 2006 #LestWeForget @Police_Memorial

The bereaved former wife of a police officer who took his own life after being arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office – an offence he strongly denied – said officers were being “ostracised and thrown to the wolves”. https://t.co/5odO6WpIwF

Linsey Dempsey was just two when her armed response officer father was killed on duty by a drunk driver. Three decades later, she is a police officer herself – and has ended up following closely in her dad’s footsteps by becoming a firearms officer

Powerful short film highlights reality faced on the frontline by Scotland’s police officers: https://t.co/WkUgHQJfO2 #Relentless #ThinBlueLine

COPS is a #PoliceCharity providing peer support to the surviving family members of police officers who have died on duty. It holds a Survivors Weekend every year in July, where loved ones are remembered and the Police Unity Tour concludes. More here https://t.co/l75lLfwyaw

The Scottish Police Federation said some officers were spending up to 60% of their time dealing with Scots’ health issues due to failings in the NHS. https://t.co/V6IjZi9Vae @AConstance23

17,752 officers were signed off work over the past year due to stress, depression, anxiety or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Public ‘at risk’ unless policing budget grows, Federation warns https://t.co/CQjXqdYq4e

More than a decade later, and ‘It’s What We Do’ still resonates. Maggie and a colleague attend a domestic call that quickly turns life-threatening when her partner is critically harmed. She must make split-second decision, balancing her own safety with the urgent need to assist.

The Police Children’s Charity is a registered Charity which aims to support Police families by helping to ease the financial pressures of bringing up children in the face of life-changing circumstances https://t.co/NuDTZ54cHh

SPF Chair David Threadgold: “Colleagues tell me that the challenges that are presented within the health sector mean that police officers are picking up between 40%, 50%, 60% of our operational capacity, which is taken up by dealing with health calls.” https://t.co/XhKJDR3AkE

#GreatPoliceWork from our members as these offenders are #BroughtToJustice: https://t.co/RiRreEDR5H

“I grew up a lot quicker than most kids because of the experiences I’d had. And I always said I was going to be a police officer as well”

Police becoming 'security guards' for A&E is 'crippling' national force. Community safety minister Siobhian Brown said officers attending health calls is ‘unacceptable’. https://t.co/V6IjZi9Vae

David Threadgold, SPF Chair, said: "What I would like to see is a UK-wide set of criteria by which a police officer suicide is recorded" https://t.co/i1HfVCaLKH

The environment in which police are expected to operate is becoming more intense, placing performance “under pressure”, the Chief Constable has warned https://t.co/RuqUlpiZWB

Police have been called to Scotland’s airports to make hundreds of arrests over the last three years, new figures have shown. https://t.co/RuqUlpiZWB #Relentless

General Secretary David Kennedy noted that the upsurge in aggression at smaller football fixtures - spreading beyond the big derbies - is piling pressure on a force already short of around "1,200 officers across the country". https://t.co/k6JW9K2J0f

Elgin man ‘with slashed arm’ taken to hospital by police as no available ambulances