Nearly 50 police officers in Scotland leave the force during complaints cases since 2019, BBC reveals
However, the Scottish Police Federation believe the rules should stay the same.
"If an officer is convicted of a crime, it would be normal that they may choose to resign as a police officer rather than endure misconduct proceedings to force them from the service. "Someone resigning gets the same result as any misconduct process would and is at much less cost to the public purse.Image caption,But Conservative MSP Russell Findlay, the party's shadow community safety minister, said the FOI figures were "further evidence of Scotland's dysfunctional system of police complaints and governance which fails the public and the majority of good officers".
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