Northern Constabulary
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The Northern Constabulary was the territorial police force responsible for Northern Scotland, covering the Highland council area along with the Western Isles, the Orkney Islands and the Shetland Islan
Northern Constabulary Range Rover with Battenburg markings, 2009
Northern Constabulary officer on the northern tip of Unst in the Shetland Islands, 1995
Police Scotland
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Police Scotland, formally the Police Service of Scotland, is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement and crime prevention in Scotland. It was formed in 2013, through the merging o
Northern Constabulary
…the size of Belgium, but was one of the smallest in terms of officers, with about 715 officers. The Constabulary was one of those amalgamated to form Police Scotland in 2013. This police force was formed on 16 May 1975 as a merger of the pre-existing Northern Constabulary, the Ross and Sutherland Constabulary (itself…
Scottish Crime Campus, Gartcosh
New administrative headquarters on the River Clyde at Dalmarnock, Glasgow
Police officers wearing uniform in Edinburgh
Monolingual (English) and bilingual (English and Gaelic) vehicle decals; both display a stylised Royal Badge of Scotland (a thistle surmounted by the Crown of Scotland) and the motto Semper Vigilo, Latin for "Always vigilant."