People of Glasgow share their thoughts on the local police force

Police forces across the country have been under fire recently for their failures. We find out what Glaswegians have to say about Police Scotland.

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00:00I would say pretty confident. I see police a hell of a lot across Glasgow

00:05and for me, as a business owner in the city centre, I think they're very visible.

00:11I'm fairly confident in our local police policies and also our police resource.

00:16There's always more resource that can happen. I think they have a really hard job when it comes

00:20to all the different elements that they have to deal with. I'm currently happy with it but

00:24that could change in an instant and the riots that we spoke about earlier are a fine example of it.

00:29Scotland has the police has great communication and great relationships with diverse ethnic

00:34communities so the fact that nothing touch wood has happened here shows that they're willing to

00:40act in the right way and efficiently and that's why I've got great faith in them.

00:43We are our own country, we are our own entity and that's why I would say I'm not interested

00:48in what's going on in London or Wales. Let's focus on what's going on in Glasgow, our city.

00:53I can't really say that I come into contact a lot with the police but when we do

00:57and a business capacity and a welfare capacity for my business,

01:00I think that they're always visible and they're always there.