Cops are at risk of burnout as they struggle to cope with the soaring demand of mental health callouts, MSPs have been warned.
Around 80 per cent of yearly calls to Police Scotland are from vulnerable people making “last resort” emergency calls.
John Hawkins, assistant chief constable of local policing, told Holyrood's justice committee today that fewer than 20 per cent of calls to the national constabulary resulted in a crime being recorded.
