Originally Posted by
Little cloud
... one wonders what 50 officers could be working on ...
I believe that continuing part results from the Procurator Fiscal's duties under the Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths Inquiry (Scotland) Act 1976. Under the act, these deaths inevitably result in an FAI because the deceased persons were at work. I think it may be the REDL FAI that a questioner asked Finney about in parliament.
What I question is the police part in an SAR operation at sea. The new Police Scotland regime struggles to operate beyond the street lights on land, and as previously, often defers to the Coastguard in coastals ops, and in large inland waterways. We have the Coastguard for maritime SAR and the ARCC and RAF MRS for aeronautical. I am all for joint working and so on but what can they bring to the party at that stage?