Article: Gay rights police chief now on an 'equality crusade'; Diversity drive: David Strang, Lothian and Borders police chief.

Article: It's safe as houses if you stay on David's street \~ OOD ...
Evening News - Scotland;  January 12, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... his third bravery award by Lothian and Borders Police. Forty-year-old Mr Blair ... Officer Maurice Gibb, of Lothian and Borders Fire Brigade ... dog died. A spokesman for Lothian and Borders Police confirmed that Mr Blair had ...

Article: THE BILL? pounds 120,000; Cash-strapped Lothian & ...
The Mirror (London, England);  February 21, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... it from critics who say it's a waste of cash. Lothian and Borders Police are ditching their old crest after deciding the ... ideas and new relationships." But last night one Lothian and Borders source claimed: "Senior officers have ...

Article: Leader: 'Lothian and Borders police will be ...
Evening News - Scotland;  September 22, 2006 ;     690 words ... ... behaviour. The council is to be congratulated for funding this initiative to the tune of GBP 500,000 as it means Lothian and Borders police will be able to take on extra officers, rather than divert resources from suburban neighbourhoods to bolster ...

Article: Widening the net: live webchat with Paddy Tomkins of ...
The Scotsman;  February 25, 2006 ;     488 words ... ... for the police to comment on sentencing, as this is a matter for the courts. Q: I went to my local police station in East Lothian and nobody was present. A phone outside directed me to the "local" station ten miles away, and I was given an e-mail ...

Article: I told police they had the wrong man.. but no one would listen; ...
Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland);  September 14, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Byline: By PAUL THORNTON A DISABLED man was arrested and driven 110 miles in a prison van to court before police found out they had the wrong man. Officers investigating a mortgage fraud swooped on wheelchair-bound John Taylor, 59, while looking for the real suspect, John Alexander Taylor. Baffled

Article: Borders Police praised for G8 contribution.
Berwickshire Advertiser (Berwick upon Tweed, England);  July 14, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... played by our officers,' said Mr Common. For Lothian and Borders Police G8 started on July 2 with the largest gathering ... was the biggest operation in the history of Lothian and Borders Police and I'm proud of the part played by my officers ...

Article: Borders police achieve crime solving record.
Berwickshire Advertiser (Berwick upon Tweed, England);  May 5, 2005 ;     608 words ...BORDERS Police have achieved the highest solved crime figures in the Lothian and Borders Police area, it was announced this week. E'G Division' solved 3,763 of the 6,016 crimes recorded in the year ending March 31, three per cent up on ...