A sex attack victim had to give an officer who visited her a lift back to his station because of a shortage of police cars.
The embarrassing situation arose in Clydebank where 10 staff in a Police Scotland rape unit and domestic abuse unit share two cars.
The complainer took him in her own car so she could pick up a personal protection alarm.
A Scottish Police Federation report also highlights chaotic conditions in Argyll and Dunbartonshire.
It reveals L division’s offender management unit has just one dedicated vehicle to monitor more than 100 registered sex offenders.
The report said: “Quite simply, this presents considerable risk for the Police Service of Scotland and the wider public.”
It claims officers have been forced to salvage office chairs out of skips to replace broken ones.
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The SPF made inspections at stations and officer accommodation in the division. Officers at Oban Police Station were covering numerous holes in damp walls with sheets of paper to try to improve its appearance.
Several “ligature points” were identified in cell area raising fears people in custody could harm themselves.
Accommodation rented by the Scottish Police Authority was compared to that “supplied by
slum landlords”.
Mushrooms were growing on shower room towels and fabrics used to mop up water leaking from radiators.
Fire equipment in Dunoon’s male accommodation, known locally as “the barracks”, was out of date.
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Officers in Campbeltown were advised to declare themselves homeless in order to get priority on the council housing list.
The police station at Lochgilphead has had an ongoing rat infestation despite the problem first being highlighted in 2017. The SPF is now calling on the SPA to shut down the crumbling accommodation in Argyll.
Scottish Labour justice spokesman Daniel Johnson demanded an urgent investigation.
He said: “This report is absolutely damning. Police Scotland has one of the lowest proportional capital spending budgets for the whole of the UK.”
But the SNP’s Michael Russell, MSP for Argyll and Bute, appeared to suggest senior officers were responsible.
He said: “It is shocking the Oban Police Station has been allowed to deteriorate in this way and I would expect an urgent response from Police Scotland at the most senior level.”
Police Scotland’s deputy chief constable Fiona Taylor said: “Work was undertaken immediately to remedy a number of concerns raised by the Scottish Police Federation last week, as the safety and wellbeing of our staff is a priority for Police Scotland.”
