Analysis of official statistics shows just over half of all crimes were solved last year amid a sharp rise in the number of recorded cases.
Criminals are reaping the rewards of the SNP’s cuts to officer numbers and the police do not have the resources they require to solve these crimes.
SNP ministers in the Holyrood bubble have been disconnected for too long from the reality facing our police force. It is time they properly supported them with the resources they need to punish those responsible for these crimes.
