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32-557: Strathclyde Police was the territorial police force responsible for the Scottish council areas of Argyll and Bute , Glasgow City , East Ayrshire , East Dunbartonshire , East Renfrewshire , Inverclyde , North Ayrshire , North Lanarkshire , Renfrewshire , South Ayrshire , South Lanarkshire and West Dunbartonshire (The former Strathclyde local government region ) between 1975 and 2013. The Police Authority contained members from each of these authorities. Strathclyde Police had

64-497: A Police duty belt holding handcuffs ( Hiatts Speedcuffs or TCH-840 Rigid Handcuffs), a 21" Autolock baton with a Hindi cap (Mounted Unit officers were supplied with the longer 26" Autolock batons) and CS Spray. Also carried were a small first aid kit, torch, leg restraints, keys, utility pouch etc. Motorola MTH800 radio handsets, connected to the UK's Airwave TETRA radio network, were issued to officers when on duty. This style of uniform

96-460: A Chief Superintendent supported by 2 Superintendents who held various portfolios. These Divisions were further sub-divided into a number of Sub Divisions, which may have been further split into areas commanded by an Area Commander (A.C.) of Chief Inspector rank. There were 33 Area Commands within the Force. In 2005, Strathclyde Police established its groundbreaking Violence Reduction Unit (VRU). The unit

128-696: A contract basis by Bond Air Services . The Strathclyde Police Headquarters were located at Pitt Street in Blythswood Hill , Glasgow . The building was originally erected in 1934 as Glasgow and West of Scotland Commercial College, later the Scottish College of Commerce. In 1964 the Scottish College of Commerce combined with the Royal College of Science and Technology to form the University of Strathclyde . There were plans in place before dissolution to relocate

160-611: A drop height of 153 cm (60 in) and an ice pick with a 4 mm (0.16 in) diameter with a sharp tip with a 5.4 m/s (18 ft/s) terminal velocity in the test. The California standard did not include knife or cutting edge weapons in the test protocol. In this early phase only titanium and steel plate offerings were successful in addressing this requirement. These textile materials do not have equal performance with cutting-edge threats and these certifications were only with ice picks and were not tested with knives. The Police Scientific Development Branch (PSDB) work studied

192-413: A human attacker to deliver impact energy with their upper body. As was later shown, this test overstated the capacity of human attackers. The test used a drop mass or sabot that carried the ice pick. Using gravitational force, the height of the drop mass above the vest was proportional to the impact energy. This test specified 109 joules (81 ft·lbf) of energy and a 7.3 kg (16 lb) drop mass with

224-470: A terrorist incident in 2007 at Glasgow Airport which resulted in five members of the public being injured and the perpetrator himself dying later at hospital. Through replacing the City of Glasgow Police, Strathclyde Police inherited a competitive pipe band. This band drew on pipers and drummers from 5 other adjoining forces with existing pipe bands, and under the direction of Pipe Major Ian MacLellan BEM, became

256-608: A tighter weave than bulletproof vests and are sometimes reinforced with other laminates. Stab proof vests are standard issue to police officers in both the United Kingdom and New Zealand . They are also commonly worn by paramedics, security staff, traffic wardens, environmental wardens, customs officers, immigration officers, bailiffs, cash in transit officers, door supervisors/bouncers , or anyone who else may be under threat. Bulletproof vests are more commonly used by police in countries with greater firearms ownership, such as

288-744: Is also contracted to act as the territorial police force in Nunavut , Yukon and the Northwest Territories in addition to being the federal police force in those Canadian territories. A separate Sahrawi indigenous unit serving the Spanish colonial government was the Policia Territorial . This gendarmerie corresponded to the Civil Guard in metropolitan Spain . It was commanded by Spanish officers and included Spanish personnel of all ranks. In

320-554: The Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency , into a single service covering the whole of Scotland. The force was portrayed in the television series Taggart . The force was created on 16 May 1975 as part of the restructuring of local government in Scotland. The police area matched the boundaries of the new Strathclyde Regional Council , which was broken up on 1 April 1996. It was formed from, either in whole or in part: The Force

352-437: The United Kingdom (UK) the phrase is gaining increased official (but not yet statutory ) use to describe the collection of forces responsible for general policing in areas defined with respect to local government areas. The phrase " Home Office Police" is commonly used but this is often inaccurate or inadequate as the words naturally exclude forces outside England and Wales , but include some special police forces over which

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384-496: The HQ to Dalmarnock on the outskirts of Glasgow. The Pitt Street headquarters of Strathclyde Police were demolished in early 2019. Between 2009 and 2010, Strathclyde Police focussed their resources on certain strategic areas: Murder reduced by 26%, attempted murder reduced by 15% and 45,000 fixed penalty notices for disorder were issued. 134 members of serious organised crime groups were arrested, 82 firearms were recovered and £294,955

416-572: The Home Secretary has some power. The police forces referred to as "territorial" are those whose police areas are defined by: Members of territorial police forces have jurisdiction in one of the three distinct legal systems of the United Kingdom – either England and Wales , Scotland or Northern Ireland . A police officer of one of the three legal systems has all the powers of a constable throughout their own legal system but limited powers in

448-646: The Roads Policing Unit also had a white cover. Footwear was not prescribed except for those in a few specialist roles such as Public Order. Stab vests were introduced in the early 2000s and the NATO jumpers were changed to black around the same time. A trial uniform was trialed in K division in February 2002; a light blue shirt worn with or without a tie with body armour worn on top. Cargo trousers and fleeces were introduced at this time. This uniform proved unpopular and

480-491: The UK. This updated standard introduced a more stringent testing procedure with more drops than the previous standard plus the introduction of the P1/B Blade which is found to be more aggressive that the older P1/A Blade. In the UK there are no standalone ratings for spike resistance. For stab resistant armor to carry a spike resistance (SP) rating in the UK, it must first pass minimum knife resistance (KR) performance tests. In

512-731: The UN from time to time. These were usually formed from police personnel on loan from member countries. A recent example is the use of such a force in East Timor in substitution for Indonesian National Police . Stab vest A stab vest or stab proof vest is a reinforced piece of body armor , worn under or over other items of clothing, which is designed to resist knife attacks to the chest , back and sides. Stab vests are different from bulletproof vests , which offer protection against firearms but are ineffective against stabbing attacks. They are constructed using high-strength synthetic fibers with

544-628: The US, the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) has established a stab-resistant body armor test standard ( NIJ STD 0115.00 ), based on the work in the UK, which defines two threat types: spike and edged blade. Manufacturers of body armor can voluntarily submit armor models for compliance testing through the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center in Rockville, Maryland. Through

576-456: The United States and Canada; but dual-purpose armor plates that protect against both stab and firearms attacks are fairly widely available for police and also security applications. In the mid-1980s the state of California Department of Corrections issued a requirement for a body armor using a commercial ice pick as the test penetrator. The test method attempted to simulate the capacity of

608-575: The back. There were several attachments for handcuffs and other equipment. A black fleece with the Strathclyde Police logo was worn over body armour before November 2009, when they were replaced by microfleeces. There is also a fluorescent 'bomber style' jacket with similar reflective markings to the stab vests, which they were normally worn over. Also issued were black waterproof trousers and black (Constables and Sergeants) or brown (Inspectors and above) leather gloves . Personal equipment consisted of

640-579: The band still competed as the Glasgow Police Pipe Band until 2021. Territorial police force The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP/GRC) is the federal-level police service. It also acts as the provincial police service in every province except for Ontario , and Quebec , which operate provincial police services, as well as Newfoundland and Labrador , which is served by the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary . The RCMP

672-546: The introduction of new body armour with pockets. A stab vest was worn over the T-shirt top on all operational duties. The stab vests that were issued until 2008 looked like a sleeveless NATO jumper and were supplied by Highmark. New stab vests were issued from 2000 that featured blue and white chequered reflective bands across the front and back, force insignia sewn on the left breast, and a blue and white reflective (or occasionally black and white embroidered) 'POLICE' patch sewn onto

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704-640: The largest numbers of staff and served the largest population and the second largest area of the eight former Scottish police forces, after the Northern Constabulary . An Act of the Scottish Parliament , the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 , created a single Police Service of Scotland—known as Police Scotland —with effect from 1 April 2013. This act merged the eight regional police forces in Scotland (including Strathclyde Police), together with

736-407: The most successful competing pipe band in history, having won 12 World Pipe Band Championships in the premier grade. The band was notable for having senior leadership directly employed by the police force, with former pipe sergeant John Wilson having commanded a division of Strathcylde's police force not long after retiring from pipe band competition. Although Strathclyde Police was disbanded in 2013,

768-624: The other two legal systems. Certain exceptions where full police powers cross the border with the officer are when officers are providing planned support to another force such as the G8 Conference in Scotland in 2005 or COP26 officers of the Metropolitan Police who are on protection duties anywhere in the United Kingdom and when taking a person to or from a prison . The United Nations (UN) has operated territorial police forces in those parts of countries which have been under control of

800-401: The program, manufacturers certify that their armor will defeat the specified threat at one of three threat levels. Threat levels 1, 2 and 3 are based on impact energies of 24 J (18 ft⋅lbf), 33 J (24 ft⋅lbf), and 43 J (32 ft⋅lbf) joules respectively. This article incorporates work from https://peosoldier.army.mil/newpeo/Equipment/Temp.asp?id=SPE_CSPBA , which is in

832-459: The type of weapons that are commonly used in stabbing attacks and the levels of impact energy fit young men are capable of generating during such an attack. The study resulted in minimum performance ratings for armour used in the UK, as defined under PSDB publication 6/99. The PSDB standard was replaced in 2007 with the current Home Office Scientific Development Branch (HOSDB) publication No. 39/07/C which governs stab resistant body armor performance in

864-446: Was changed again in 2003, replacing shirts and ties altogether with a black short sleeved Under Armour -style 'wicking' T-shirt with 'POLICE' (or 'STRATHCLYDE POLICE' on early shirts) displayed in white on both sleeves. Headgear and epaulettes showing Divisional identifier number and rank insignia were unchanged from previous uniforms. Cargo trousers continued to be issued until 2008, after which trousers came without cargo pockets due to

896-416: Was commanded by a Chief Constable, who as of 2012 was supported by a Deputy Chief Constable (DCC) and 3 Assistant Chief Constables (ACC). From 23 October 2007 until abolition, the Force was organised into 8 Territorial Divisions (designated A,B,G,K,L,N,Q & U Divisions), a Headquarters Division (H), a Support Services Division (V) and a Road Policing Division (T). The Territorial Divisions were commanded by

928-510: Was later adopted by all police forces in Scotland, with slight insignia variations, and subsequently by Police Scotland . The Strathclyde Police Air Support Unit operated Scotland's only police helicopter ; a Eurocopter EC 135T2+ (G-SPAO) based at the Glasgow City Heliport . This helicopter was painted in PSDB highly conspicuous colours of dark blue and yellow. The aircraft was supplied on

960-410: Was phased out by 1995 in favour of a blue woollen NATO-style pullover and utility belt which was introduced a few years earlier. Headgear consisted of a peaked cap for males or a round reinforced bowler style for females. Both types of hat featured Sillitoe tartan design and the standard Scottish Police cap badge in metal for Constables and Sergeants or embroidered for Inspectors and above. The caps of

992-431: Was seized from organised crime groups. 15,000 drug seizures of Class A and B drugs took place and 2,500 kg worth of drugs including amphetamines, cocaine and heroin were seized and destroyed. The UK as a whole remains at a heightened state of alert with regards to terrorism following continuing threats from terrorist groups Al-Qaida , dissident IRA groups and domestic extremist groups. Strathclyde Police dealt with

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1024-491: Was set up to bring together communities and agencies to tackle the root causes of violence. The work of the VRU has now been extended throughout the whole of Scotland. From the formation of Strathclyde Police in 1975, uniform was similar to the uniform previously used by the antecedent City of Glasgow Police , albeit with white shirts instead of blue shirts. This was an open-necked tunic and trousers, white shirt and black tie. The tunic

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