This week Chief Superintendent David Robertson welcomed nine new Probationary Police Constables to Edinburgh Division.
The Divisional Commander discussed some of the incidents they have already been in involved in in their first few shifts.
These included apprehending housebreakers, finding missing persons, enquiring into incidents of domestic abuse,
Officers also responded to a drugs death and other non suspicious deaths.
They also charged shoplifters, passed a death message, and help keeping people safe during the busy night time economy on #OperationNightGuard.
John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.