"What’s happened is officers are encouraged not to arrest people. "That’s what’s happened, and with the amount of police offices and stations closed, the custody suites are no longer there. “They don’t have the capacity anymore to arrest the amount of people they used to arrest. "So it’s a self-fulfilling prophecy that’s happened because if they were to arrest continually, they can’t. (Image: Newsquest)Kennedy said the public should continue to have “faith” in individual Police Scotland officers, but “not necessarily” in the organisation itself.