The Caithness Business Index has posted the following article:

Scottish Government responds to announcement on armed policing plan

[IMG][/IMG] Police Scotland plans to enhance its armed policing capacity to deal with emerging threats have been welcomed by Justice Secretary Michael Matheson. Responding to plans to recruit a further 124 officers from across the service, Mr Matheson also told the Scottish Parliament that the move was not in response to a specific threat and that the uplift in numbers did not change how armed officers would be deployed. [Read Full Article]