Police officers worked more than one million hours of overtime last year – more than double the figure from the previous 12 months, new data shows.
A freedom of information request by the Scottish Conservatives found Police Scotland officers worked 1,074,545 hours of overtime in 2021-22 – 3.1% of all hours worked during the year.
This compares to 464,049 hours of overtime worked the previous year, which was 1.3% of all hours worked.
