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Scotland's justice and social affairs magazine. Published online on the first Tuesday of every month at www.1919magazine.co.uk
@1919magazine.bsky.socialPolice are being called to almost 700 mental health-related incidents every day. Can a nationwide rollout of mental health triage cars finally ease the pressure?
@1919magazine.bsky.social“Leaving doesn’t mean the abuse ends, it just changes.” Nicole escaped years of coercive control. She says her abuser then found another way to exert control: the civil courts. Read her story 1919magazine.co.uk/october2026/...
@1919magazine.bsky.socialA stolen vehicle. An ATM raid. Months of disruption for the business left behind. Alison Foster’s story reveals the human cost of Scotland’s £4.3m rural crime problem.
@1919magazine.bsky.socialFrom just 10 drivers being fined for breaking Edinburgh’s 20mph limits to public backing for police biometrics – catch up on these stories and more in this month’s Notebook
@1919magazine.bsky.socialNearly three decades. Two murder convictions. But Arlene Fraser’s body has never been found. What happened after she waved her children off to school on April 28 1998? Read the full story 👇
@1919magazine.bsky.socialTens of thousands of Scottish drivers could soon take speed awareness courses instead of receiving fines and points.
@1919magazine.bsky.socialWhen a fleet vehicle was stolen for use in a cash machine raid in the Scottish Borders, it led to months of stress for the business owner left to pick up the pieces.
@1919magazine.bsky.socialPolice officers are following colleagues in the NHS and government by choosing to live in England, new data has suggested. Read more in this month’s 1919.
@1919magazine.bsky.socialMore children are being sent into shops by adult gangs to steal. Police, retailers and politicians are all concerned. Read the details in this month’s 1919.
@1919magazine.bsky.social“Officers put themselves in harm’s way to keep people safe, but without proper support and equipment, their safety is needlessly compromised.”
Police have again called for wider access to Tasers, amid a rise in criminals carrying weapons.
@1919magazine.bsky.socialPolice are now catching kids with stolen property once every two days, and rates have almost doubled in the space of four years. Read more here
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@1919magazine.bsky.socialFrom Edinburgh’s rarely enforced 20mph limits to public backing for police biometrics – catch up on these stories and more in this month’s Notebook. 1919magazine.co.uk/october2026/...
@1919magazine.bsky.socialThe Scottish Police Federation has cautiously welcomed the mental health triage car expansion as the “embryo of a different response”. But chair David Threadgold warns 24/7 investment is needed 1919magazine.co.uk/october2026/...
@1919magazine.bsky.socialA domestic abuse conviction isn’t automatically known to Scotland’s family courts.
1919 examines concerns over “legal system abuse” and how civil proceedings can become another means of coercive control.
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@1919magazine.bsky.socialThe disappearance of Arlene Fraser remains one of Scotland’s biggest mysteries. Despite a successful murder conviction, her body remains undiscovered. Jane Hamilton revisits a complex and sinister case. 1919magazine.co.uk/october2026/...
@1919magazine.bsky.socialThe Scottish Government is rolling out mental health triage cars nationally. The move aims to ease the massive burden on frontline police officers, who currently face around 700 mental health callouts every day. Full story 1919magazine.co.uk/october2026/...
@1919magazine.bsky.socialScotland set to follow the rest of the UK in implementing awareness courses for drivers caught just over the speed limit 1919magazine.co.uk/october2026/...
@1919magazine.bsky.socialMore Scottish police officers are registering their main address in England. Is the tax regime driving them away, or are Scots actually better off? 1919magazine.co.uk/october2026/...
@1919magazine.bsky.socialThe cost of rural crime in Scotland reached almost £4.3 million in 2025 – but why are remote communities becoming such a target for organised crime gangs? 1919magazine.co.uk/october2026/...
@1919magazine.bsky.socialPolice are now catching kids with stolen property once every two days, and rates have almost doubled in the space of four years. Read more in 1919.
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