Trump's Scotland visit will be biggest police op since Queen's funeral
Protests are expected but police do not know where or by how many people yet.
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President Trump is expected to visit his golf resort in Aberdeenshire and possibly Turnberry in Ayrshire.
As well as the locations he will visit, police are planning for the possibility of large protests in cities including Glasgow.
ACC Emma Bond, Gold Commander for the operation, was asked if it was the biggest operation since the Queen's funeral in 2022.
She said: 'I think it probably is.'
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The officer said she has been focused on delivery but said it was a significant operation involving officers from across the UK.
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ACC Bond was not prepared to go into the exact number of officers or the cost of policing the visit.
She said: 'It is a large-scale complex operation.
'We will use a combination of local officers, officers from our national divisions, we are also making use of our special constables as part of our deployments and for some of the specialisms we have also asked for support from wider UK policing colleagues.
'The key is to make sure the President of the United States can come and enjoy a peaceful and safe visit to Scotland and ensure that Police Scotland is able to maintain delivery of services to the rest of the communities in Scotland over the period of his visit.'
Operation Unicorn, the Scottish element to the Queen's funeral was deployed because she died at Balmoral, cost more than £15m and 15,000 officers were deployed in the days between the late Queen's death and the funeral, which involved events in Scotland.
She said there are multiple venues factored into the policing plan.
ACC Bond added: 'This will become a significant cost and we are working with Scottish and UK Government colleagues.'
'Specifics of the schedule are for the White House to determine. I'm confident we have a plan in place to balance peaceful protest and manage disruption to the wider public.'
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