'It was a decade ago, but I remember it like it was yesterday'
WHEN Chief Superintendent Mark Sutherland was patrolling the beat on one of Scotland’s busiest streets 10 years ago today, he knew that something was about to change forever.
“It has been a quick 10 years, but we’ve made immense progress. Every department, from community policing right through to the Major Investigations Team that deal with the most serious of crimes, now works closer with each other than ever before. Because of that, and stronger partnership working with key agencies like Glasgow City, we are more aware of what is going on in our communities and what people expect from us than ever before.
He said that the bin lorry crash in 2014, which devastated Glasgow’s George Square and claimed the lives of six people, and an arrest in one of the city’s most notorious cases both remain fresh in his mind. CS Sutherland added: “Emma’s death haunted Glasgow and I remember working on the case as a young detective and it was one that stayed with me. To make an arrest almost 17 years on from when the investigation was launched proved that Police Scotland as an organisation never gives up. No matter how historic the“The police response to the bin lorry crash in George Square also stands out in my mind. It was a huge operation, right in the heart of the city, and something that united Glasgow in grief.
CS Sutherland said that the public are right to demand officers and those who lead them continue to utilise every tool at their disposal to make our streets safer and told how shifts in technology are helping the force more than ever before.He added: “It is important that we keep taking advantage of technological advances, but also that they are used in a proportionate manner. Things now are very different in that regard from when Police Scotland was formed.
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