Calum Steele: Last News

Disruptive action by Police Scotland officers is set to continue after pay negotiations ended without a deal.

The First Minister has insisted his controversial hate crime law will not be axed like the failed legislation targeting football fans. Humza Yousaf said the law is “definitely” here to stay on the eve of it coming into force and claimed criticism was a Holyrood "bubble story". But he faced further criticism after former police union boss Calum Steele said the law risked turning officers into “societal prefects”. The hate crime law, passed by MSPs in 2021, creates a new offence of stirring up hatred based on protected characteristics like sexuality, disability and religion.

Police officers in Scotland will today take the "most overt demonstration of action" in more than 100 years by withdrawing their "goodwill" amid an ongoing dispute over pay.

Nicola Sturgeon has been told to "focus on what really matters" instead of pushing another referendum on Scottish independence.

Police Scotland officers are set to take industrial action for the first time in a row over pay. Union chiefs have said frontline officers have been treated with "utter contempt" as they embarked on the most disruptive action ever taken.

The Scottish Police Federation’s governing body has announced it has rejected the offer of a £565 pay increase.

A Scottish Government spending review has been branded a "good day for criminals" as spending on policing and the court system is set to be cut in real terms.

Covid-19 Committee he said there needs to be more testing for Police Scotland officers who attends house parties across the country every night.Asked by SNP MSP Stuart McMillan is he believed there was appropriate testing in place for those on the frontline, Calum Steele replied, "no".He is now calling for more frequent testing to allow cops to be safe they are not spreading the virus after attending gatherings.Steele said: "The expansion of testing to emergency control rooms seems to be a policy decision that has been taken by government across all of the emergency services."Whilst that is welcome, because, let's be honest, we can't afford for those who answer the telephones to go down like dominos.

Police Federation boss has launched a legal fight against disciplinary action over tweets about the Sheku Bayoh case.General secretary Calum Steele is understood to have made comments on a social media thread in November 2019 about the dad’s death in Kirkcaldy.They are alleged to have been accompanied by a “flippant” GIF.Police chiefs believe the tweets were inappropriate and began misconduct proceedings against him.

police should always be held in custody until appearing in court, frontline officers demand. The Scottish Police Federation want a crackdown on the minority of offenders trying to inflict “misery” on the public.