Community is the key, says isles new top cop

Community is the key, says isles new top cop

​He’s not long in the job, but Ross McCartney, the new Area Commander of Police Scotland for the Western Isles, is already an enthusiastic convert to island life. The early part of his career was spent in and around the wider Glasgow area, but over the last few years he has become no stranger to rural policing and now finds himself commanding a force with vastly different challenges to the inner city.