The numbers of chargesof assault on police officers reported to procurators fiscal in terms of the Police(Scotland) Act 1967 in each of the past five years, where court proceedings wereinitiated but the case was subsequently deserted or abandoned, are shown in thefollowing table.Charges : OffencesUnder Section 41(1)(a) of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967Cases Deserted orAbandoned Procurator Fiscal 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 Aberdeen 13 15 11 7 2 Airdrie 23 11 18 7 4 Alloa 1 2 3 0 2 Arbroath 1 0 1 2 0 Ayr 2 1 7 1 4 Banff 0 0 1 0 0 Campbeltown 0 0 0 2 0 Cupar 6 0 1 1 1 Dornoch 2 0 0 0 0 Dumbarton 11 9 19 10 14 Dumfries 2 7 2 1 4 Dundee 11 16 15 9 7 Dunfermline 2 3 4 9 15 Dunoon 4 0 1 2 2 Duns 0 0 1 0 1 Edinburgh 35 28 29 38 31 Elgin 3 3 1 2 1 Falkirk 1 2 8 1 2 Forfar 0 2 2 0 0 Fort William 0 0 0 0 4 Glasgow 182 191 162 91 45 Greenock 4 4 8 3 1 Haddington 1 2 1 2 2 Hamilton 16 19 11 9 8 Inverness 2 3 8 8 4 Jedburgh 1 0 3 2 2 Kilmarnock 14 6 3 13 3 Kirkcaldy 9 9 14 11 11 Kirkcudbright 1 1 1 0 0 Lanark 1 1 0 0 2 Lerwick 0 1 0 0 0 Linlithgow 15 3 6 6 10 Oban 0 0 0 1 0 Paisley 26...