With a decade of budget cuts and officers forced to deal with issues like mental health problems, new demands imposed on Police Scotland...

This is the subject of my latest Scotsman column, published in today's paper (14th May 2024). The widespread, casual use of high-strength...

Rishi Sunak's ‘shock and anger’ over clumsy comments by a police sergeant about an anti-semitism campaigner added to a hysterical...

When the first wave of heroin hit Scotland in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the decision to concentrate on prosecutions, rather than...

My latest interview, with the Los Angeles based podcast Ill Repute (which is a history podcast that supports women’s rights but more...

I'm delighted that ‘Ruxton‘ is my publisher's bestseller in 2023 for the third year running. Hoping for a repeat in 2024 as the six part...

Humza Yousaf’s efforts to make Scotland ‘Tory-free’ sit uneasily alongside legislation designed to tackle intolerance and bigotry. This...

Former police officer Tom Wood says prioritising which crimes to investigate has always been part of the job This is the topic of my...

I made the front cover of this month's 1919 Magazine, with my article which reveals the bizarre tales of my early days as a beat cop in...

With many demands on officers’ time, it’s time to think about how much we are asking the police to do This is the subject matter of my...

Air quality might be a pressing issue – but where is the ground-level approach to dealing with the state of the roads? This is my latest...

I have written an interesting article for Scotland's 1919 magazine in their recently published February '24 issue. Police Scotland has an...

Police tactics like stop and search can help but a long-term resolution requires social interventions, support for troubled families,...

The vital ingredients of success in any endeavour – good people and good systems – went missing from the Post Office Read what I have to...

'Boris Johnson's Downing Street wallpaper a cruel distraction from plight of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and persecuted postmasters' To...

Safety concerns were one of the main reasons why Edinburgh’s original Hogmanay street party was set up 30 years ago Happy New Year to you....

I was delighted to be given a copy of Professor Dame Sue Black's latest best seller book 'Written In Bone: Hidden Stories In What We...

After a challenging year for Scottish justice, 2024 could be even worse for some in the sector This is my latest Scotsman column...

missed the real scandal The fact that there were only two traffic cars on duty for the whole of Lothian and Borders shows just how...

‘Violence reduction’ approach has had a dramatic effect on the number of murders and other killings in Scotland and those responsible are...