Scotland's constabulary main has been accused of 'virtue-signalling nonsense' aft apologising to the LGBTQI+ assemblage for enforcing laws which 'criminalised love'.
Chief Constable Jo Farrell said she was atrocious for 'recent and humanities injustices' suffered by 'lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer oregon questioning, and intersex' people.
In societal media posts, she said she was 'sorry for the superior and long-lasting carnal and intelligence symptom and harm caused' by policing which 'contributed to… mistreatment and prejudice'.
Police Scotland main constable Jo Farrell has been accused of 'virtue-signalling nonsense'
But erstwhile elder officers accused Ms Farrell of engaging successful a bizarre publicity stunt and said her apology had 'further alienated officers and staff'.
In a clip posted connected Facebook and societal media level X, Ms Farrell said: 'I privation radical from each communities to spot policing arsenic a imaginable career.
'It is simply a substance of heavy regret that these principles, implicit a play of decades, person not ever applied to the LGBTQI+ community.
'As Chief Constable, I apologise for the injustices and favoritism that members of the LGBTQI+ assemblage successful Scotland person faced.' Ms Farrell added: 'Laws which criminalised emotion and individuality were wrong. Policing indispensable recognise and bespeak upon our relation successful enforcing them.'
Her comments travel aft erstwhile main constable Sir Iain Livingstone said Police Scotland was institutionally racist and discriminatory – a presumption backed by Ms Farrell erstwhile she replaced him.
Members of the nationalist called Ms Farrell's apology an 'absolute joke' and 'pathetic'.
Commenting connected Facebook, erstwhile main superintendent Dave Marshall dismissed the apology arsenic 'predictable virtue-signalling nonsense from a poorly performing Chief Constable'. He aboriginal told the Mail: 'Rather than engaging successful this benignant of hollow virtue-signalling, the Chief Constable should absorption connected making Scotland's communities harmless from transgression and anti-social behaviour.'
Martin Gallagher, a erstwhile superintendent with Police Scotland, said: 'I americium astatine a nonaccomplishment to recognize the timing of this apology oregon what the contented was expected to achieve.'
Writing connected X, Roddy Dunlop, dean of the Faculty of Advocates, said the Chief Constable was 'apologising for past laws', adding: 'The work of the constabulary is and ever has been to enforce the instrumentality – not to question oregon apologise for it.'
Last December, a watchdog disclosed that imaginable constabulary recruits had withdrawn their occupation applications aft Sir Iain's claims.
Craig Naylor, His Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary successful Scotland, said Sir Iain's connection had near galore officers feeling 'disenchanted'.
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