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Top cop set to leave over his strategy ‘polishamble’

SCOTTISH police staff union Unison accused Chief Constable Sir Stephen House yesterday of presiding over a “polishambles” after he revealed he would quit next year.

The Police Scotland chief said that he would not seek a further contract when his three-year term expired in September 2016.

Sir Stephen has come under intense pressure regarding his controversial policies of arming officers, stop-and-search procedures and targets.

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