Professor John Robertson OBA Today’s latest ‘back-of-a-cigarette-packet‘ plan by the UK Labour Government to protect victims from released violent offenders has been criticised by probation officers for lack of consultation and for certain failure as England’s tiny number of probation officers is swamped by new workload. In February 2024,  Allan Dorans MP, the Scottish National Party’s then spokesperson on policing at Westminster and a former Detective Inspector with the Metropolitan Police, reported how a disclosure scheme in Scotland had been much more successful, as had wider efforts to reduce violent crime north of the border. Writing in Policing Insight, Dorans … Continue reading As effectiveness of new UK Labour government plan to protect victims from released prisoners is questioned, a Scottish MP and former senior police officer explained the better Scottish system more than a year ago