Concerns have been raised over the shrinking numbers of Ayrshire police – after new statistics showed the regional division lost more than 10 per cent of its available officers in one year.
The stats come from Police Scotland’s quarterly report and reveal a drop of 458 cops covering Ayrshire between June 2021 and June 2022.
That’s a decrease from 4,384 to 3,926 and represents a reduction of 10.5 per cent.
