Stephen Kerr: “The SNP have failed to give Scotland the police officers it requires and that situation is completely unsustainable.”

In a free and open society, people should ordinarily be able to see one another's faces.

This is what nearly two decades of SNP failure on justice looks like: rising crime, weaker sentences and a justice system that criminals can increasingly take advantage of.

The results of their cuts are plain to see and communities are living in fear of violent offenders.

Fewer officers on the streets puts public safety at risk and every officer cut is a gift to criminals who know Scotland's overstretched police force can no longer investigate every crime.