Boy, six, given special title after fundraising tour of 66 police stations

Chief Constable Jo Farrell made Anthony Green a ‘depute chief constable’ for raising more than £2,000 for the Scottish Police Benevolent Fund.

A six-year-old schoolboy with a fascination for police work has completed a tour of more than 60 police stations in Scotland, earning a special commendation from their highest-ranking officer.

Anthony Green paid his customary Friday afternoon visit to Glenrothes Police Station this week to round off his grand tour and met Police Scotland’s Chief Constable Jo Farrell.

Ms Farrell travelled to Glenrothes specially to praise Anthony for his efforts and for raising more than £2,000 for a police charity through his trips to a total of 66 stations since the start of July.

She presented him with a certificate to mark his achievement as well as the final piece of a jigsaw Anthony had been working on at the station linked to his charity challenge.

Officers tasked him to complete an investigation to track down all the missing pieces from the puzzle which were scattered across Scotland after “falling from Santa’s sleigh” last Christmas.

Anthony Green, six, with two men and a woman police chief — Anthony Green, six, meets Chief Constable of Police Scotland Jo Farrell, with his father William Green (centre) and community sergeant David McCabe (right), during a visit to Glenrothes Police Station in Fife (Jane Barlow/PA)

To top off the celebration Ms Farrell also “promoted” Anthony to the rank of depute chief constable, a title Anthony has been working towards since starting out as a “special constable” in 2022.

Proud dad William, who accompanied Anthony during his tour, explained his son’s fascination began one day after he left nursery and asked if he could be taken to see some police cars.

He opted to take Anthony to Glenrothes Police Station to view their vehicles and Anthony’s interest grew from there.

“A couple of days after that he said ‘can we go again?’ and it just snowballed from there,” said William.

Boy and police officer at a table with a large brown envelope — Anthony has travelled all over Scotland to visit all 13 police divisions for charity (Jane Barlow/PA)

“His involvement with Glenrothes Police Station has given him so much confidence.

“All the officers and staff have been absolutely fantastic with him the whole time.”

During his tour of Scotland Anthony was treated to time in police cars, a helicopter and a boat as well as tours around stations and the chance to pet station animals such as dogs and cats.

In return, Anthony raised a total of £2,051 for the Scottish Police Benevolent Fund, a charity which aims to help serving and retired police officers who are experiencing hardship.

Boy, police officer and boy's father sitting in chairs with a police banner next to them — Anthony has been interested in police work since he was at nursery (Jane Barlow/PA)

“We decided one of the best options was to raise money for a police charity and he picked the Scottish Police Benevolent Fund.

“We did about 12 different day trips to go to all 13 police divisions, encompassing 66 stations in total.”

Anthony has expressed an interest in joining the police when he is a older.

And Chief Constable Jo Farrell said she would be more than happy to write him a reference.

Boy and police officer at a table with a black balloon behind them with the words Well Done Anthony on it — Anthony has said he wants to join the police when he is older (Jane Barlow/PA)

“It’s obviously sparked some interest in him and we’ve been delighted to see him at each of the police stations.

“He’s also raised over £2,000 so it’s been a brilliant, brilliant effort by him and his dad, William.”