More than 165,000 working days have been lost among Police Scotland staff suffering from mental health issues in the last two-and-a-half years.
Figures obtained through a Freedom of Information request reveal that in the same time period over 2,200 officers took time off work to deal with issues regarding their mental health.
While 68 cops in the nationwide service took early retirement on the same grounds. Since 2019-20 a total of 166,580 days were lost as a result of "psychological disorders".In 2020-21, 44,312 work days were lost among police officers, up from 43,413 the year before.The "psychological disorders" category takes into account staff or officers who are off with alcohol problems, anxiety, bereavement reaction, bipolar,