§ Mr. Dempseyasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many complaints were made against police officers by members of the public in each of the last three years; how many were substantiated; and how many police man hours were involved in the investigations.
§ Mr. RossIn 1966 763 complaints were made against police officers of which 353 were found to be groundless and 126 were withdrawn by the complainer; in 1965 there were 721 complaints of which 358 were found to be groundless and 126 were withdrawn; figures for 1964 are not readily available. I am not in a position
County 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 (up to 30th September, 1967) Aberdeen … … 84 69 45 46 26 9 Angus … … 124 51 33 32 66 7 Argyll … … 3 4 — — 12 5 Ayr … … 6 1 3 2 2 2 Banff … … 10 3 230 16 35 6 Berwick … … 15 29 19 21 23 4 Bute … … — — 1 — 3 — Caithness … … 8 18 23 4 4 44 Clackmannan … … 1 — — 3 1 — Dumfries … … 1 2 1 1 1 23 Dunbarton … … 4 3 — 6 — 1 East Lothian … … 20 73 21 14 6 4 Fife … … 66 78 47 14 14 7 Inverness … … 2 1 3 14 3 5 Kincardine … … 14 9 3 7 2 1 Kinross … … 11 1 — 1 1 — Kirkcudbright … … 5 6 1 — 5 4 Lanark … … 8 6 7 11 40 — Midlothian … … 7 8 10 98 7 7 Moray … … 3 1 5 7 — 6 Nairn … … — 4 — 1 — — Orkney … … 3 — 1 2 1 — Peebles … … 1 5 1 — 7 1 Perth … … 77 32 37 21 14 53 Renfrew … … — 2 3 — — 12 Ross … … 2 1 — 3 — — Roxburgh … … 43 55 25 2 60 8 Selkirk … … 4 1 2 1 2 1 Shetland … … — — — — — — Stirling … … 59 3 18 2 2 2 Sutherland … … — — — — — 1 West Lothian … … 8 6 5 2 4 1 Wigtown … … 8 2 7 10 2 — Total … … 597 474 551 341 343 214