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- Police Scotland arrested 43 people in the first month of the new dispersal zone.
- Since March 20, dispersal powers have been invoked 438 times, about 14 per day.
- The zone allows banning groups of two or more for 24 hours if safety is threatened.
- Some arrests also involved drug possession or sexual assault.
- Police Scotland says the powers are effective; concerns about long-term impact persist ahead of July's Commonwealth Games.
