Originally Posted by jfman (Post 36173324)

The majority of complaints are against Humza Yousaf or JK Rowling. None of which are being pursued. Make of that what you will.

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter (Post 36173326)

If this is the case it sounds like the complaints system may be being used as a form of protest then.

Originally Posted by Sirius (Post 36173323)

So what public services will lose some of there funding to pay for all of the police time dealing with frivolous complaints potentially raised by bully's and lets face it trolls who are targeting people they just don't like or have some sort of grievance. I do understand some might be genuine but the police MUST release details of how many were not genuine or had no case to answer. Also how many police officers will be taken off front line duties to deal with the mess.

To highlight what i am getting at

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...hate-crime-law



https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...hate-crime-law



https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/...de-first-week/



https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...f-new-law.html



https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/202...ce-jk-rowling/



My point is that this is a charter for anyone to ether raise a complaint anonymously just to tie up the police or to target someone in a grudge action similar to the Swatting occurrences in America.

Maybe the SNP will introduce a blasphemy law next with weekly stoning in town centres :)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wciENFKUelY

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter (Post 36173328)

The police say that this has had little to no effect on their ability to carry out their other duties.

It sounds like they are sorting the wheat from the chat in order that those with a genuine complaints are dealt with.

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter (Post 36173328)

The police say that this has had little to no effect on their ability to carry out their other duties.

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter (Post 36173328)

The police say that this has had little to no effect on their ability to carry out their other duties.

It sounds like they are sorting the wheat from the chat in order that those with a genuine complaints are dealt with.

Originally Posted by jfman (Post 36173350)

So admin at the police are deciding whether stuff is a police matter or not?

Sounds like this is being taken super seriously. It still costs money.

Are people “abusing” the new law? They were told this is where to go to complain about objectionable content.

Originally Posted by TheDaddy (Post 36173356)

There are no admin staff, 23500 of them were sacked by the tories so they could say no front line staff had been lost after their brutal austerity cuts decimated actual officer numbers so it will be police officers deciding things, next time a jock calls them and they tell him no one is available the reason might be because they're all busy checking objectionable content

Originally Posted by Chris (Post 36173358)

You know the Tories haven’t had a say on police staffing levels in Scotland since they last ran the pre-devolution Scottish office in 1997, right … ?

Originally Posted by TheDaddy (Post 36173360)

So their admin staff leveld are the same or better as 14 years ago right