A former senior police officer has broken ranks and launched a devastating attack on the management of Police Scotland.
Angela Wilson, a former assistant chief constable with Tayside Police, said Chief Constable Sir Stephen House should stand down sooner rather than later, for the good of the
service.
She accused the first chief constable of the national force of dictating the way policing is run across Scotland and of sidelining those who disagree with him.
In an unprecedented interview, Ms Wilson, the former head of operational policing in Dundee, said she had chosen to retire from Police Scotland at the age of 52 three years before the normal retirement because of the way Police Scotland is run.
She said of the chief constable: “He has a saying that everybody knows: ‘You’re either on his bus or you’re under it’.
“What’s happened is anybody who’s not been 100% on that bus has found themselves marginalised and in many cases they’ve been encouraged to leave the service.
“I would have remained until I was 55 years old but I can’t work with the current regime. It’s not what I joined to do.
“I’m going to be honest and say for the good of the service I hope he moves on soon.”
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