Aberdeen City Council has taken action against police cars driving through a partially-pedestrianised street which they are banned from unless responding to emergencies.
Scotland’s police officers are tackling crime in “clapped-out bangers”, it has been claimed, after it emerged the force endures an average of almost one vehicle breakdown per day.
Police have been forced to pay out almost £54,000 in repair bills over the past three years after their vehicles were vandalised.
For the best part of 40 years Dave Connor has been researching the history of police in the north of Scotland and beyond.