Scotland's police at 'breaking point' over new hate law

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : The Scottish Police Federation has said that, since the Act was implemented on Monday, 40 officers a day have been required to work overtime to help tackle reports.
45% : What a mess...Over 3,000 hate crime complaints were submitted in the first 24 hours of the Act and the Scottish Tories have predicted that at this rate, over 1 million reports could be made in the first year of the new law - though Mr S rather doubts the rate of complaints will continue at the same pace.
40% : Though she voted in favour of it initially, Alba's Ash Regan is now calling for the law to be repealed while Labour's Anas Sarwar says he would amend the Act if he was first minister.
34% : As the furore around Scotland's Hate Crime Act extends into its sixth day, there are now fears about police spending as the force looks set to struggle with the sheer volume of complaints.

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