SCOTLAND’S top police officer raised “concerns” about the Scottish Government’s plan to publicise its misconduct probe into Alex Salmond, newly-released evidence confirms. A witness statement released by the Holyrood inquiry into the Salmond affair shows Chief Constable Iain Livingstone was unhappy with the plan in August 2018. The statement, by Detective Chief Superintendent Lesley Boal, who went on to lead the criminal investigation into Mr Salmond, shows she also baulked at the idea. The police were concerned about anything which could compromise any future investigation of their own. However the Government pressed on regardless. The misgivings were conveyed to the Crown Agent David Harvie, the lead civil servant at the Crown Office, when he met the two police officers to inform them about the case on 21 August 2018.