The Scottish Government has been urged to establish a whistleblowing hotline for police officers to allow them to air grievances.
Conservative justice spokeswoman Margaret Mitchell issued the call following claims that staff were overworked during the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
She has written to Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill to argue that pressures facing staff would have been identified earlier if a hotline was in place.
Ms Mitchell claimed many MSPs had received complaints about what some policemen and women had to endure during the games this summer as well as concerns over how these grievances were handled.
She said: “If the whistleblower helpline is good enough for the NHS, it should be good enough for our police force too.
“Since the merger to form Police Scotland, it’s all the more important staff have somewhere to take their concerns where they’ll be treated seriously and anonymously.
“It’s very much in the public interest for police to be able to voice legitimate concerns, because if they are stifled it will ultimately lead to a poorer quality of policing across the board.”
A spokeswoman for Police Scotland said there was already provision in place to allow officers and civilian staff to raise concerns via trade unions.
“In addition there is ‘safecall’ which is an independent company that provides a confidential, external reporting ‘hotline’ which can be utilised to report any wrongdoing or concerns,” she added.