Less than two per cent of complaints made against Police Scotland officers led to management action, according to research by the Scottish Liberal Democrats. Just 63 out of more than 4,000 issues raised were resolved by action from seniors on the force.
Between October 2021 and 2022, there were 4,280 complaints about the behaviour of police officers, a freedom of information request revealed. Of those some 1,324 are still being investigated while 2,628 have been either abandoned, withdrawn or frontline resolved.
Of the remaining 328 complaints, of which 21 were criminal, 79 were either fully or partially resolved of which 63 were subject to management action. There were 249 complaints, including 18 criminal, not upheld.
