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Police Scotland faces mental health crisis as half of officers experience work burnout

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frontline cops found that 29 per cent of officers were experiencing moderate burnout last year, with a further 16 per cent endured high levels.

A third of officers went to work when they were mentally unwell while half said they rarely got an uninterrupted break at work.

The findings were revealed in a welfare report commissioned by the Scottish Police Federation (SPF) and the Association of Scottish Police Superintendents.

Academics at Carleton University in Canada examined responses from more than 2,000 cops working in Scotland, with the survey carried out in October and November last year.The university's report said: “Many frontline officers at Police Scotland are suffering from chronic stress associated with their circumstances at.

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