http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=304782006
MICHAEL HOWIE
"A THIRD of police officers in Scotland think they are providing a 'poor' or 'very poor' service, a new survey has revealed. The poll of rank-and-file officers found that 34.4 per cent had a negative view of the role they were performing, while 39.5 per cent thought they were doing only an 'average' job. The Scottish Police Federation (SPF), which carried out the research, blamed under-staffing for the alarming results. They say chief constables are overloading backroom positions at the expense of vital 'frontline' staff. "
