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62-512: Grampian Police was, between 1975 and 2013 (replaced by Police Scotland ), the territorial police force of the northeast region of Scotland, covering, from 1996, the council areas of Aberdeenshire , the Aberdeen City , and Moray (the former Grampian region). The Force area also covered some of the North Sea, giving Grampian Police the responsibility of policing the oil and gas platforms of

124-403: A Heckler & Koch G36 carbine. Former Chief Constable Sir Stephen House 's founding policy decision was that ARV officers would be granted a standing authority to overtly carry their sidearm and, in addition, controversially allowed ARV's to be able to respond to routine incidents (non-firearms incidents) "to provide support to local policing through regular and tasked patrols". This policy

186-670: A 12-month period and have at least two years previous police service. Special constables undertake a standardised comprehensive training program which normally runs over a course of at least eight weekends with one full week spent at Scottish Police College in Tulliallan . When on duty, they wear the exact same uniform as their regular counterparts. There are no differences in their uniform and they are visually indistinguishable from their regular colleagues. Special constables can be used in time of need, usually working alongside regular officers on community policing or emergency response teams and in

248-653: A Gypsy, Roma, Irish or Irish Traveller background. The category does not comprise a single ethnic group; rather, it serves a means of identification for white individuals not represented by other white census categories. Consequently, the Other White group encompasses a diverse range of people, and includes those born in Britain and those born elsewhere. According to the 2021 United Kingdom census, those identifying as Other White in England & Wales enumerated 3,667,997, or 6.2% of

310-473: A chief superintendent. All divisional commanders are "people who came up through the ranks in that part of the country". Divisions are further split into Area Commands under chief inspectors. These are then managed by ward;under an inspector, mirroring the 353 wards used in local authority elections; every ward in Scotland has its own local policing team (response) and problem solving team (community). As of 2023,

372-663: A deputy chief officer and ten assistant chief constables. All force executive officers are based at Tulliallan Castle in Kincardine, Fife or Stirling Randolphfield. Police Scotland uses the same rank structure and insignia as other police forces in the United Kingdom. Local policing in Scotland is overseen by a deputy chief constable. The country is divided geographically into 3 regions – North, East and West, each headed by an assistant chief constable. There are 13 divisions, each covering one or more local authority areas and headed by

434-650: A diverse fleet of vehicles, including many varied high speed watercraft. In July 2020 Police Scotland in co-operation with Ultimate Boats Police Scotland arranged a 3 year contract to operate a purpose built fully recyclable high speed vessel. The boat can reach up to 50 knots with a range of 400 nautical miles and is based on the River Clyde in order to provide extra support to marine incidents. The vessel became operational in June 2022. The mounted branches of Strathclyde Police and Lothian and Borders Police were merged prior to

496-727: A single Police Service of Scotland - known as Police Scotland - with effect from 1 April 2013. This merged the eight regional police forces in Scotland (including Grampian Police), together with the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency , into a single service covering the whole of Scotland. Police Scotland has its headquarters at the Scottish Police College at Tulliallan in Fife . The former Aberdeen headquarters has remained in use, however, in October 2020 Police Scotland announced that

558-465: A standing authority or if they were secured in the vehicles. The operational functions and cover of the ARV's also varied including if they could be tasked for routine incidents and one legacy force did not have a regular ARV patrol. Police Scotland introduced ARV patrols in all 13 local policing divisions in Scotland with 275 dedicated officers. ARV officers carry a X26 or X2 Taser , a Glock 17 handgun and

620-571: A statutory duty to work with councils to shape local services. Establishing a single service aims to ensure more equal access to national and specialist services and expertise such as major investigation teams and firearms teams, whenever and wherever they are needed." The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Bill was published in January 2012 and was approved on 27 June 2012 after scrutiny in the Scottish Parliament . The bill received royal assent as

682-409: A substantial increase in stop and search activities and warned any police officers not meeting the higher targets would be subjected to a performance development review. Police Scotland has previously denied setting stop and search performance targets for individual officers. The next month, it was revealed that between April and December 2013, Police Scotland's officers stopped and searched members of

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744-1019: A total of three hull-loss accidents involving their aircraft, two of which resulted in fatalities. Police Scotland had access to a loan helicopter (also a Eurocopter EC135, registration G-CPSH , formerly of the Chiltern Air Support Unit ) from the National Police Air Service . This was removed from service with the formation of NPAS, due to budget cuts. Police Scotland received their own, new H135 (renamed EC135) in early 2017, registered G-POLS. The aircraft continues to be leased from Babcock, who also still provide pilots, maintenance and support. Police Scotland has two full-time units skilled in both underwater search and marine capability are based in Greenock (1 Sergeant and 11 Constables) and Aberdeen (dive supervisor and four Constables), as well as number of non-dedicated divers are retained across

806-615: A weekly basis in Aberdeen and comprises both police staff and civilians. The band launched its own design of tartan in 2007 and performed for Queen Elizabeth at Balmoral Castle to celebrate its unveiling. Grampian Racist Incident Partnership (GRIP) is a coalition of race equality groups led by Grampian Police officers. It was formed in May 2008 in response to a series of highly publicised racist assaults against Pakistani migrants and English travellers in Aberdeen. In 2008 Grampian Police took part in

868-486: Is a classification of ethnicity in the United Kingdom , used in documents such as the 2021 United Kingdom Census , to describe people who identify as white persons who are not of the English , Welsh , Scottish , Roma , Irish or Irish Traveller ethnic groupings. In Scotland, the term Other White is also used to refer collectively to those not of Scottish or Other British ethnicity, in which case it also includes those of

930-850: Is currently the head of roads policing. The Collision Investigation function sits within Road Policing division. Unlike many other forces, there is no dedicated Collision Investigation Unit. Instead investigating serious and fatal RTCs lies with specially trained officers who carry out the role beside their core road patrol functions. Six operational support units (OSUs) have been established to provide specially skilled officers trained in over ground search, public order and chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) response. When not used in their specialist roles OSU officers are deployed in local communities focusing on issues as directed by demand. OSUs are based in Aberdeen, Inverness and Dundee (North), Edinburgh and Alloa (East) and Glasgow (West). Across

992-584: The 101 telephone number and contact points which connect callers at police stations directly to officers, as reasons for the proposed closures. The plans were condemned by some opposition MSPs . In November 2016, it emerged that 58 further stations could close as part of an estates review. In 2014, the Scottish Crime Campus in Gartcosh was opened. This £73   million secure facility houses several specialist investigative and analytical departments of

1054-647: The 2021 United Kingdom census . In the 2001 UK Census, the majority of people living in England and Wales ticking the 'Other White' ethnic group specified their ethnicity as European. Four out of five of the 'Other White' category (i.e. not British or Irish) were born overseas. A third were born in a Western European country other than the UK, and one in seven were born in an Eastern European country. Outside of Europe , countries derived from former British colonies such as Canada , Australia , New Zealand , South Africa and

1116-586: The Aberdeen City Police . The North Eastern force had been formed on 16 May 1949, by the merger of Aberdeenshire Constabulary , Banffshire Constabulary , Kincardineshire Constabulary , and Moray and Nairn Constabulary . The headquarters were situated in a newly constructed building on Queen Street in Aberdeen. An Act of the Scottish Parliament , the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 , created

1178-507: The Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism at the Home Office . Major Investigation Teams (MITs) are located throughout Scotland and are responsible for leading the investigation of all murder inquiries and large-scale and complex criminal investigations. Although each MIT will be responsible for investigating cases within its own area, where required they will be able to be deployed anywhere in

1240-558: The Police National Computer and related databases; this unit was to share work with an existing department in Govan, a proposal which local council leaders claimed was not what was originally presented to them during the consultation process. That department was formally launched in May 2018. As of August 2023 , the force is led by an executive team that includes Chief Constable Jo Farrell , plus three deputy chief constables,

1302-597: The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 . In September 2012, chief constable Stephen House of Strathclyde Police was announced as the future first chief constable of Police Scotland. He was sworn into the post on 1 October 2012. The first chair of the Scottish Police Authority , Vic Emery (then the convener of the Scottish Police Services Authority ), was appointed in August 2012. As

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1364-581: The United Kingdom CTSFO Network , and are equipped with the SIG MCX carbine. In June 2016, it was announced there would be an additional 124 armed officers, of these, 90 officers would be dedicated to armed response vehicles and 34 would be trainers and specialist firearms officers, bringing the total number of armed officers to 365. The Dog Branch comprises 75 police dog handlers located throughout Scotland. Training has been centralised at

1426-579: The United States were among the top ten birthplaces (which included the UK itself). This suggested that, in 2001, significant numbers of Canadian Britons , Australian Briton , New Zealand Britons , American Britons and South African Britons , such as those born abroad to British parents and returned to the UK as minors, identified as White Other. It may also be that those who identify as white Canadians , white Australians , white New Zealanders , white Americans or white South Africans have migrated to

1488-638: The Air Support Unit was inherited from Strathclyde Police , the only police force in Scotland to possess such a unit at amalgamation in April 2013. The majority of calls the helicopter is tasked with are missing persons incidents, however it also supports the likes of vehicle pursuits, command and control for events as well as mutual aid for other police services. The helicopter crew consists of one civilian pilot and two police officer observers. The Police Scotland and Strathclyde Police Air Support Units have suffered

1550-600: The Domestic Abuse Investigation Units. Another unit within the division is the Force Flexible Policing Unit (FFPU, or "Flexi Teams" as they are known locally), based in all three command areas (North, East, West). This unit's primary function is to act upon specific geographical intelligence relating to spikes in crime trends (particularly involving violence, alcohol, antisocial behaviour or other high volume crime), and carrying out taskings in

1612-505: The Grampian and Highlands Regions. The RPAS unit use two types of drones, being the DJI M210 and DJI Phantom . The drones are transported via 4x4 vehicles and are operated by two specially trained police officers. The RPAS unit is primarily used in urban areas at events as well as missing person searches, road traffic collisions (RTCs) and post incident investigations. The helicopter element of

1674-854: The Metropolitan Police and National Crime Agency also have some jurisdiction in Scotland. In regard to the Metropolitan Police this is due to their national responsibilities for the protection of the Royal Family and other prominent persons, such as the Prime Minister, and for counter-terrorism . After a consultation process, the Scottish Government confirmed on 8 September 2011 that a single police service would be created in Scotland. The Scottish Government stated that "reform will safeguard frontline policing in communities by creating designated local senior officers for every council area with

1736-568: The National Dog Training Centre in Glasgow. The Air Support Unit consists of three Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) teams based at Glasgow, Aberdeen and Inverness as well as one helicopter based at Glasgow City Heliport which is owned and operated by Babcock Mission Critical Services Onshore under contract. RPAS became operational in May 2019 at Aberdeen and Inverness due to the high amounts of search for persons incidents in

1798-562: The North East. The force was headquartered in Aberdeen . The Police Authority had six representatives from Aberdeen City, six from Aberdeenshire, and four from Moray. The force produced a quarterly magazine called The Informer for its staff, and, in 2009, launched a YouTube channel. Grampian Police was formed on 16 May 1975, when Grampian Region was created, a merger of the previously formed Scottish North Eastern Counties Constabulary and

1860-564: The North Sea, irrespective of which police area the installation is situated. This arrangement exists due to Grampian's extensive experience in dealing with the offshore industry. The railway stations and lines in the area are the responsibility of the British Transport Police , and a number of Ministry of Defence installations in the region are policed by the Ministry of Defence Police . However, as with all territorial police forces,

1922-564: The Other White category does not appear in Northern Ireland , where only one "White" classification was presented to respondents. Year of arrival (2021 census, England and Wales) According to 2016 ONS Estimates, Other Whites enumerated 4,167,000, or 6.3% of the population in the United Kingdom. However, their numbers, in line with a slight population decline in Polish and Romanian citizens in Britain, fell to 3,667,997 in England & Wales at

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1984-665: The Scottish public at a rate of 979.6 per 10,000 people, a rate three times higher than that of the Metropolitan Police and nine times higher than that of the New York Police Department . It was also revealed that the Scottish Police Authority, the body tasked with overseeing Police Scotland, had removed criticism of the force's use of stop and search powers from a report it had commissioned. Also removed from

2046-606: The Secret Intelligence Service ( MI6 ), the Security Service ( MI5 ), and many other police forces in the UK. Police Scotland has limited responsibilities in relation to counter terrorism, with the Metropolitan Police being the main force behind counter terrorism operations throughout the UK. However, the SCD does have counter-terrorism in its remit, and relies on daily support from several UK agencies, including MI5 and

2108-554: The Specialist Crime and Operational Support Divisions e.g. Dog Unit and Roads Policing. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic , at the request of Police Scotland, Special Constables with the organisation increased their hours. Completing more than 90,000 duty hours from the months of March 2020 to April 2021, with A & D Division's each volunteering over 10,000 hours. Other White The term Other White, or White Other ,

2170-559: The branch obtains any intelligence they shall pass on the information to the security service (MI5) or the service / agency appropriate to the current situation. The Special Branch also gathers intelligence on political and animal rights extremist activity, and any environmental extremism. In addition the Special Branch provides personal protection to VIPs or certain individuals who may be vulnerable to potential terror attacks or other types of attacks. The Special Branch works very closely with

2232-410: The building would be vacated the following year. Staff will move to other offices in Aberdeen and the area is set to be redeveloped. The public counter for the police will move to Marischal College . Grampian Police covered the local authority areas of Aberdeen City , Aberdeenshire and Moray . In addition to this, Grampian have a lead role in incidents on offshore installations in Scottish areas of

2294-495: The chief officer of Grampian Police is ultimately responsible in statute for all law and order in Grampian police area, irrespective as to whether a special police force is present. Grampian Police had a number of specialist departments and units, with officers joining them and undertaking this as their primary role. Amongst others, these included: The Grampian Police Pipe Band , established in 1907, often played at events and competitions throughout Scotland. The group rehearses on

2356-422: The country as adults. The Other White group is largely of working age, with only one in ten aged over 65 and one in seven under 16 at the time of the 2001 census. This does vary according to the stated country of birth, with people born in the UK being disproportionately young. Polish and Italian respondents had a larger proportion of over 65s, which reflects the migration of Poles and Italians to Britain after

2418-468: The country to provide additional support. The dive and marine unit supports several kinds of operations such as missing persons, counter terrorism, evidence recovery event patrols, etc utilising a range of vehicles and equipment. All Police Scotland divers are specially trained and must participate in an eight week dive course in co-operation with other specialist units, all with a varied background in policing and experience. The dive and marine unit boasts

2480-628: The country to respond to need and demand. The National Anti Corruption Unit is the first of its kind in UK policing and works in partnership with the public sector to prevent corruption in publicly funded organisations. The unit also offers a specialist investigative capability. The unit is split into two teams, one focused internally within Police Scotland whilst a second team focuses on other publicly funded organisations. The existing Scottish Intelligence Coordination Unit and Strathclyde Police Vice and Trafficking Unit combined on 1 April 2013 to form

2542-580: The date of formation approached, it was widely reported that the new chief constable and the Scottish Police Authority were in disagreement over the control of backroom staff. Police Scotland officially came into being on 1 April 2013 under the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012, merging the following police forces around Scotland: This merger also included the: In June 2014, a leaked Police Scotland internal email to police managers in Dunfermline ordered

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2604-473: The divisional structure is as follows: As of September 2023 : The Specialist Crime Division (SCD) provides access to national investigative and intelligence resources for matters relating to major crime, organised crime, counter terrorism, intelligence, covert policing and public protection. SCD comprises more than 2000 officers and targets individuals that pose the most significant threat to communities. Officers from Border Policing Command operate in

2666-595: The exchange of information and intelligence between Police Scotland and the Scottish Prison Service . The unit also develops and supports policy, procedure, planning, research, technology development, advice and communication between Police Scotland and the Scottish Prison Service. The Licensing and Violence Reduction Division (LVRD) contains a number of miscellaneous functions including the titular alcohol licensing and violence reduction teams. One of

2728-460: The first GRIP campaign, designed to increase awareness in the bars and pubs of Aberdeen with an eye towards to protecting patrons from racist assaults. In 2010 it launched a campaign in conjunction with GRIP called 'RACISM – Report it Now!' The campaign involved putting up posters and stickers in shops, bars, restaurants, and post offices throughout the region urging people to report racist incidents. GRIP had mixed results in its first two years. While

2790-533: The force area the OSU comprises a total of 6 Inspectors, 18 Sergeants and 172 Constables. Armed Policing provides Armed Response Vehicles (ARV), the Specialist Firearms Unit and Armed Policing Training. Prior to the inception of Police Scotland, the routine tasking and visibility of ARV officers varied widely across Scotland with deployment models varying for matters such as if officers carried side arms with

2852-621: The form of high visibility patrols and public reassurance. The City of Glasgow was one of the first in Scotland to successfully trial a specialist Violence Reduction Unit . Policing of Scotland's roads network is the responsibility of the Roads Policing Unit. The unit is split into three areas, west, east and north which cover their respective Local Police Divisions. The departments aim is to achieve casualty reduction and wider operational objectives. There are roughly 500 road policing officers in Scotland, Chief Superintendent Louise Blakelock

2914-487: The formation of Police Scotland. The combined branch now provides mounted support throughout Scotland. The mounted branch is based in Stewarton , East Ayrshire , and has a strength of 22 horses. Police Scotland operate three mountain rescue teams (Grampian, Strathclyde & Tayside), which provide search and rescue capabilities to those in need. Police Scotland also holds responsibility for search and rescue provision across

2976-566: The higher-profile units within the LVRD is the Domestic Abuse Task Force (DATF). The DATF has a presence in each of the command areas as DATF (West), DATF (East) and DATF (North). The DATF (North) is unique amongst the three in having sub-offices in N Division (Highlands and Islands), A Division (North-East) and D Division (Tayside). The DATF has national responsibility for pro-actively addressing domestic abuse. Its divisional equivalents are

3038-488: The largest territorial police force in terms of its geographic area of responsibility. The chief constable is answerable to the Scottish Police Authority , and the force is inspected by His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland . Scotland is also policed by the Ministry of Defence Police , British Transport Police , and the Civil Nuclear Constabulary within their respective jurisdictions. Both

3100-472: The major airports in Scotland and undertake examinations and searches of passengers under the Terrorism Act 2000 . The Special Branch - note that "special branch" is not the official term used by Police Scotland - is a covert part of the service, which may consist of various units. The Special Branch's primary role is to gather intelligence on terrorist operations and all terrorist-related incidents, and when

3162-430: The nation, a responsibility it often delegates to mountain rescue or HM Coastguard . Special constables are unpaid volunteers who have the same police powers as their full-time counterparts when on or off duty. They must spend a minimum of 96 hours per year on duty. Although they are unpaid a "Recognition Award Scheme", remodelled in 2016, awards a payment of £1,100 to Special constables who achieve 180 hours service in

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3224-403: The new National Human Trafficking Unit (NHTU). The investigation of rape and other sexual offences is a key priority for Police Scotland. National Rape Taskforce units are located in Glasgow and Aberdeen and work alongside Divisional Rape Investigation Units. They provide a national investigative capacity and a case review function. The Prison Intelligence Unit (PIU) provides an interface for

3286-519: The number of racist assaults against Pakistanis has been declining, there was a dramatic spike in 2009 in the number of assaults against people classified as " Other White " and " White British ". Lewis Macdonald , the Labour member for Aberdeen Central, said the spike shows that "police are getting much better at recording a racial incident." Robert Brown , the Liberal Democrat member for Glasgow, said

3348-517: The officers based there transferred to a new £24   million office in the Dalmarnock district of the city, although some operational functions, such as the control room for Ayrshire and Renfrewshire , moved to the regional communications facility in Govan . In October 2013, it was announced that the number of police control rooms and call handling service centres in Scotland was under review, with

3410-581: The police including forensic services , and is also the base for other law enforcement-related agencies such as the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service , HM Revenue and Customs and the National Crime Agency . Police Scotland was responsible for the security of the 2014 Commonwealth Games . In 2015, the former Strathclyde Police headquarters in Pitt Street, central Glasgow were closed and

3472-509: The population. The largest represented ethnic groups in the Other White category were Poles (614,000 people) and Romanians (343,000 people). In Scotland, the largest represented ethnic groups classed as Other White were Poles (61,000 people) and Irish (54,000 people). In 2011, the Scottish Government introduced the category White Polish as a means of identifying the Polish diaspora in Scotland. Along with White British and White Irish,

3534-657: The possibility of seven out of ten such offices closing. Control rooms considered for closure included Dumfries , Aberdeen and Inverness ; the Dumfries control room closed in May 2014, with the workload absorbed by existing facilities in Glasgow and Motherwell . The facilities in Glenrothes and Stirling soon followed, with all their calls and dispatching moved to a single site for the east of Scotland at Bilston, Midlothian . Closures in Aberdeen and Inverness (with control functionality moving to Dundee and call handling across

3596-414: The report were calls for a review of stop and search on children and for clarification of the policy's primary aim. In October 2013, Police Scotland announced proposals to close 65 out of 215 police station public counters and reduce opening hours at others. The force cited a drop in the number of people visiting public counters and the development of new ways for the public to contact the police, including

3658-406: The spike was "truly shocking." Grampian Police were involved in many high-profile cases throughout Scotland, either as the investigating force, reviewing investigations on behalf of other forces, or providing specialist support. Police Scotland Police Scotland is the second-largest police force in the United Kingdom (after the Metropolitan Police ) in terms of officer numbers, and by far

3720-500: The three sites in the Central Belt ) were delayed until 2017 as a result of a Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland (HMICS) review of the service, following a July 2015 incident in which two persons died after their vehicle had crashed off the M9 motorway ; the matter had been reported to the police just after the crash but was not investigated further at the time as the call

3782-521: Was made without proper consultation provoking both political and public debate. In October 2014, the policy was changed so that an ARV can only be tasked to an incident involving firearms or a threat to life. The Strategic Firearms Unit (formerly the Tactical Firearms Unit), which was inherited from Strathclyde Police , consists of Specialist Firearms Officers (SFO) and Counter Terrorist Specialist Firearms Officers (CTSFO), who form part of

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3844-501: Was not properly logged onto the computer systems due to inefficient interim procedures in place following the recent restructuring in the eastern region. The Aberdeen control room and service centre closed in March 2017, and Inverness followed in February 2018, with staff at the latter location invited to re-train in a dedicated unit performing criminal record checks and other enquiries via

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