Glasgow must copy New York as former beat cop shocked at open criminality in wake of BBC documentary EXCLUSIVE: David Kennedy, general secretary of the Scottish Police Federation, has dismissed suggestions a recent Disclosure episode was unduly harsh on Scotland's biggest city A former police officer who spent years on the beat in Glasgow has said the depiction of the city in a recent BBC documentary was accurate, as he called on city bosses to learn from New York. David Kennedy, who is now general secretary of the Scottish Police Federation, said he counted five arrestable offences in a short walk down Union Street during a trip to the city centre this week. The lack of officers patrolling the streets had left the city a pale shadow of its former self, he suggested. It comes after the Disclosure episode shone a light on drug taking, violence and other anti-social behaviour after film crews spent a week recording there in June, leading to claims the city had become "lawless". The episode has been blasted by Scottish nationalists but Mr Kennedy told the Scottish Express that the scenes filmed were familiar to rank-and-file officers. He said claims that statistics show crime was down in the city didn't "show the full picture," adding: "What shows a true picture is when you look in walking the streets. "I was in Union Street in Glasgow at half past 11 in the morning on Monday, and I saw at least five people who, if I had been in uniform, they would have probably been arrested and given the jail. I was a cop on the beat in Glasgow and I would have absolutely went up, spoke to them, went over and dealt with them." Asked what they were doing, he replied: "Shouting, swearing, obstructing the pavement.