Yes, absolutely. I have had the benefit of working in two different divisions since Police Scotland started up. I was in Tayside before I was in Fife, and it is very much for the divisional commander and the command team within an area to deploy their resources where they see fit and where demand is.
In Fife, for example, we have a really strong community engagement system. We had that prior to Police Scotland, and it still exists. We have regular contact at a local level, and local people are able to tell us their concerns. That forms part of what were our ward plans and are now our local area plans. That emphasises the local flexibility, in that Fife moved to area plans to fit with the seven council areas. That was a better fit for us.
I would say that I have only very seldom come across a local issue that does not in some way fit with a national priority. For me, there has never really been that rub about whether a local priority can be serviced.
Certainly, we flex our own resources locally, and I know that my colleagues do the same. If we have a particular issue in an area—for example, we had a ward that experienced an increase in antisocial behaviour and violence—we have the flexibility to bring in national resource to assist us where and when we need it. I certainly feel that I am able to flex my resources locally, and my local area commanders, at chief inspector level, are able to do so, too.