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21 June 2007
POLICE CHIEFS WARN: "BELT UP AND SLOW DOWN!"

SCOTLAND’S drivers – especially young drivers - and their passengers are being urged today to belt up and slow down ..MORE INFO »

24 May 2007
SCOTLAND'S CHIEF POLICE OFFICERS LOOK TO MEETING THE DEMANDS OF AN EVER-CHANGING SOCIETY AS POLICING IS REFORMED AND MODERNISED

In his end-of-term address to Scotland’s senior police officers, Northern Constabulary Chief Constable Ian Latimer, out-going president of the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland (ACPOS), called upon his colleagues to continue their efforts in reforming and modernising the 16,000 member-strong Scottish Police Service. ..MORE INFO »

24 April 2007
POLICE CHIEF CALLS FOR DEBATE ON DRIVING RESTRICTIONS FOR YOUNG DRIVERS AND FOR LIMITING THEIR ENGINE SIZES.

Twenty-seven drivers under the age of 26 were caught speeding by Scottish police forces yesterday and 58 were detected for not wearing seatbelts.

Tragically, one incident resulted in a passenger being fatally injured.

Disappointingly, this equates to almost one-third of all drivers and passengers detected not wearing seatbelts being under the age of twenty-six. ..MORE INFO »

23 April 2007
'DAY OF ACTION' ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGN AIMED AT SCOTLANDS'S YOUNGER DRIVERS

27 young Scots killed in first three months of 2007

YOUNG SCOTTISH DRIVERS and their passengers will be the focus of a 'day of action' on Monday, April 23 as Scottish police forces support the United Nation's "Global Road Safety Week" campaign during the last week in April.

"The United Nations Global Road Safety Week will be an important opportunity for the Scottish Police Service and its partner agencies to raise awareness of important road safety issues, particularly to young road users," said Chief Constable John Vine, Chair of the Road Policing Business Area for the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland (ACPOS). ..MORE INFO »