{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_ogbgjxsvi35wxndlr47q","title":"Police Scotland issue grovelling apology after 15,500 arrests wiped from records in blunder","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/police-scotland-issue-grovelling-apology-after-15-500-arrests-wiped-ogbgjxsvi3","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_ogbgjxsvi35wxndlr47q","seq":290344,"kind":"article","title":"Police Scotland issue grovelling apology after 15,500 arrests wiped from records in blunder","url":"https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/16870859/police-scotland-apology-15500-arrests-wiped-records","summary":"COPS issued a grovelling apology for a data blunder that wiped 15,500 arrests from records. Chief Constable Jo Farrell’s annual report wrongly stated there had been a 16 per cent year-on-year drop in suspects apprehended. Top brass belatedly spotted the wildly wayward stat — with the true reduction being 1.9 per cent. Police Scotland director...","published":"2026-09-27T18:21:07Z","seen":"2026-09-27T19:06:09Z","lang":"en","country":"GB","source":{"id":"kite-thescottishsun-co-uk-f30112","name":"thescottishsun.co.uk","domain":"thescottishsun.co.uk","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q110863831","name":"The Scottish Sun","type":"newspaper","designations":["daily newspaper","newspaper"]}},"via":"kite-thescottishsun-co-uk-f30112","topics":["scotland"],"authors":["Graham Mann"],"entities":[{"id":"Q7209499","name":"Police Scotland","type":"org"},{"id":"Q22","name":"Scotland","type":"place"}],"image":"https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2026%2F09%2Fmpgtm8-police-logo-along-side-849733443_50c446.jpg?quality%3D90%26","story":"st_ogbgjxsvi35wxndlr47q","category":"crime-law","category_p":0.8600000143051147,"sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.8299999833106995,"political":0.11999999731779099}]}