The Scottish Governmentwill deliver on its commitment through the recruitment of additional new officers,improved retention of skilled and experienced officers, and the reinvestment ofefficiency gains to redeploy officers to strengthen operational policing in ourcommunities.On top of the increasesto police GAE that will form part of the budget announcement on 14 November, the Scottish Government will invest an additional £54 million over the spending reviewperiod to build police capacity and to support as a first step the recruitment of500 new officers.