I find I haven’t said enough about that response from Police Scotland.
Who and what Murray Blackburn Mackenzie are in case you’ve forgotten (which I had, embarrassingly):
Established in late 2018, MurrayBlackburnMackenzie is an independent policy analysis collective, made up of Dr Kath Murray, Lucy Hunter Blackburn and Lisa Mackenzie. Between us, we have extensive experience in policy-making, research and communications.
How the police responded to their question about why they ask people about their gender identity but not their sex:
So they know that the gender [identity] of a person is a key factor which shapes people’s experiences of local policing…but they apparently don’t know that the sex of a person is a key factor which shapes people’s experiences … Read the rest