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.
Scottish Conservative justice spokesman on public safety
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Ordinary Scots who play by the rules will be astonished that they are helping to pay the legal costs of a man who admitted embezzling more than £400,000.
After nearly 20 years in government, crime is soaring, while the number of police officers continues to be slashed.
The SNP's savage cuts to police budgets have weakened frontline policing, yet they still expect them to do their jobs with one hand tied behind their backs.
The SNP have weakened deterrence, piled pressure on to our police and repeatedly put the interests of offenders ahead of victims.
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