All news on the topic: Police Scotland

A mum has blasted police and demanded an apology after her 11-year-old son with learning difficulties was Tasered following a stand-off with police in a caravan park

The bodies of a child and man were found by police at a home in Paisley, Scotland, on Monday evening, with Police Scotland confirming the deaths are currently "unexplained"

Keiran Nelson, 23, and Tianna Charite, 22, were found dead in a flat in Fife, Scotland on Tuesday - police are currently treating the deaths as not suspicious and it is unclear if they both died at the same time

David McLean's home was targeted after a Facebook post, in which he was wrongly branded a paedophile, resurfaced on social media and a vicious riot broke out

Jacqueline O'Neill, aged 49, hurled the missiles from her garden in Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire, which woke the married couple and "shattered" one of their windows

Police Scotland say a man's body believed to be that of David Yates was discovered in a reservoir in Mugdock Country Park near Glasgow on Thursday as detectives investigate the murder of Marelle Sturrock

Marelle Sturrock, 35, was pronounced dead at home in Glasgow on Tuesday shortly after 8.40am, and police have also said they are treating her death as suspicious

Police Scotland are believed to be searching for David Yates, the fiancé of pregnant teacher Marelle Sturrock, who was found dead in Glasgow on Tuesday morning in a flat

Police Scotland were called to the South Lanarkshire town of Uddingston on Saturday where the body of 15-year-old Taylor Malcom was found

PC Andrew Caulfield, of Police Scotland, subjected ex-girlfriend and colleague Amanda Watson to nine months of harassment after she dumped him - and has since been sacked

Former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she will "fully co-operate if required" with police after husband Peter Murrell was arrested and then released without charge

Emergency services were called to Leith in the north of Edinburgh after RV Petrel - a ship owned by late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen - collapsed at Imperial Dock leaving dozens injured

Reece Rodger was camping with friends near Loch Rannock in Perthshire when he disappeared overnight, with Police Scotland scrambling an urgent search

The infant's death is being treated as unexplained while officers carry out enquiries, with one person who lives nearby saying there was a heavy police presence in the area yesterday

The incident, which took place near Kirkcaldy High School in Fife, Scotland, on Friday March 3, is the latest in a sickening series of violent incidents involving kids in Scotland

A dad-of-three was shot a reported seven times in a home in the early hours of this morning and died a short time later with the gunman fleeing on an electric scooter

The tugboat capsized in the Firth of Clyde near Greenock in Inverclyde, Scotland, on Friday prompting and urgent rescue operation. It's understood two people were on board at the time

William Hogg, 75, was last seen in Stirling, Scotland, on Wednesday, October 5 - police and mountain rescue teams carried out extensive searches in the area following his disappearance

The schoolgirl, 11, was last seen in in Galashiels in the Scottish Borders at around 5.45pm on Sunday as police launched a huge multi-agency search operation

80-year-old transport magnate Dame Ann Gloag has reportedly been charged with crimes relating to trafficking and immigration alongside her husband and two others - she is said to strongly deny any wrongdoing

A 15-month-old baby girl was hit on the head with a brick and showered with glass when a brick was hurled through the window of a bus, as police arrested and charged a teenager

A 36-year-old mum-of-two was discovered dead by her dog walker at her house in the Scottish town of Renfrew on Tuesday after gamers became concerned for her safety

The three victims of a horror hotel fire in Scotland at the start of the year have been named by police as two sisters and a 'loving father', as tributes are paid

Three people and a dog have died in a hotel fire which broke out earlier this morning in Perth, Scotland, while other guests were evacuated from the scene of the tragedy