Verification checks for lone cops were used just twice in six months in Scotland
in October following what the force called "understandable public concern" surrounding the "appalling circumstances" of what happened.
On duty officers operating on their own were told to start proactively offering to carry out a verification check for anyone they came across who appeared to be concerned for their safety - and a member of the public can also request that a check be done. But the Scottish Conservatives Shadow Justice Secretary Jamie Greene thinks there may be a lack of awareness of the scheme.
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