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The Northern Constabulary is the police
Police

Police are agents or agencies, usually of the executive , empowered to enforce the law and to ensure public and social order through the legitimized use of force....
 force responsible for Northern
Northern Scotland

Northern is an administrative division of Scotland used for police and Fire fighting services. It consists of Highland , the Orkney Islands, the Shetland Islands and the Western Isles....
 Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
, covering the council areas of Highland
Highland (council area)

The Highland Council areas of Scotland area is a local government area in the Scottish Highlands and the largest local government area in both Scotland and the United Kingdom as a whole....
, Na h-Eileanan Siar (the Western Isles), the Orkney Isles and the Shetland Isles, which comprise most of the Highlands and Islands
Highlands and Islands

The Highlands and Islands of Scotland are broadly the Scottish Highlands plus Orkney, Shetland and the Hebrides.The Highlands and Islands are sometimes defined as the area to which the Crofters' Holdings Act, 1886 of 1886 applied....
 area. It is the police force covering the largest geographical area in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
, equivalent to the size of Belgium
Belgium

* A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
, but is one of the smallest in terms of officers, with about 715 officers.

The current police force was formed on 16 May 1975 as a merger of the pre-existing Northern Constabulary, the Ross and Sutherland Constabulary
Ross and Sutherland Constabulary

The Police Forces of Ross and Cromarty and Sutherland merged on 16 May 1963 to form the Ross & Sutherland Constabulary. Appointed Chief Constable of the new Force was Kenneth Ross, BL, a native of Sutherland but who had served in the Renfrew & Bute Constabulary until his appointment as Chief Constable of Sutherland in 1962....
 (itself a merger of Ross and Cromarty Constabulary and Sutherland Constabulary) and the Inverness Constabulary
Inverness Constabulary

Inverness Constabulary was a police force in Scotland that covered the entirety of the county of Inverness-shire.It was created on 16 November 1968, as a merger of the Inverness Burgh Police and the Inverness-shire Constabulary....
 (a merger of Inverness Burgh Police
Inverness Burgh Police

The Inverness Burgh Police was the police force responsible for the Royal Burgh of Inverness, Scotland from 1847 to 1968....
 and Inverness-shire Constabulary
Inverness-shire Constabulary

The Inverness-shire Constabulary, also called the Inverness County Police, was the police force of the counties of Scotland of Inverness-shire in Scotland....
), along with the northernmost portion of the Argyll County Police area, and the Nairn part of the Scottish North East Counties Constabulary.






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The Northern Constabulary is the police
Police

Police are agents or agencies, usually of the executive , empowered to enforce the law and to ensure public and social order through the legitimized use of force....
 force responsible for Northern
Northern Scotland

Northern is an administrative division of Scotland used for police and Fire fighting services. It consists of Highland , the Orkney Islands, the Shetland Islands and the Western Isles....
 Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
, covering the council areas of Highland
Highland (council area)

The Highland Council areas of Scotland area is a local government area in the Scottish Highlands and the largest local government area in both Scotland and the United Kingdom as a whole....
, Na h-Eileanan Siar (the Western Isles), the Orkney Isles and the Shetland Isles, which comprise most of the Highlands and Islands
Highlands and Islands

The Highlands and Islands of Scotland are broadly the Scottish Highlands plus Orkney, Shetland and the Hebrides.The Highlands and Islands are sometimes defined as the area to which the Crofters' Holdings Act, 1886 of 1886 applied....
 area. It is the police force covering the largest geographical area in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
, equivalent to the size of Belgium
Belgium

* A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
, but is one of the smallest in terms of officers, with about 715 officers.

The current police force was formed on 16 May 1975 as a merger of the pre-existing Northern Constabulary, the Ross and Sutherland Constabulary
Ross and Sutherland Constabulary

The Police Forces of Ross and Cromarty and Sutherland merged on 16 May 1963 to form the Ross & Sutherland Constabulary. Appointed Chief Constable of the new Force was Kenneth Ross, BL, a native of Sutherland but who had served in the Renfrew & Bute Constabulary until his appointment as Chief Constable of Sutherland in 1962....
 (itself a merger of Ross and Cromarty Constabulary and Sutherland Constabulary) and the Inverness Constabulary
Inverness Constabulary

Inverness Constabulary was a police force in Scotland that covered the entirety of the county of Inverness-shire.It was created on 16 November 1968, as a merger of the Inverness Burgh Police and the Inverness-shire Constabulary....
 (a merger of Inverness Burgh Police
Inverness Burgh Police

The Inverness Burgh Police was the police force responsible for the Royal Burgh of Inverness, Scotland from 1847 to 1968....
 and Inverness-shire Constabulary
Inverness-shire Constabulary

The Inverness-shire Constabulary, also called the Inverness County Police, was the police force of the counties of Scotland of Inverness-shire in Scotland....
), along with the northernmost portion of the Argyll County Police area, and the Nairn part of the Scottish North East Counties Constabulary. The previous Northern Constabulary had been created in 1969 by the merger of the Caithness Constabulary, Orkney Constabulary and Zetland Constabulary.

The new Northern Constabulary was created at the same time as local government
Local government of Scotland

Local government in Scotland is organised through 32 unitary authority consisting of councillors elected every four years by registered voters in each of the Council Areas of Scotland....
 reorganisation created the Highland regional
Regions and districts of Scotland

The local government areas of Scotland were redefined by the Local Government Act 1973 and redefined again by the Local Government etc Act 1994....
 council and the islands councils of the Western Isles, the Orkney Isles and the Shetland Isles. The rest of the Argyll County Police was merged into the Strathclyde Police
Strathclyde Police

Strathclyde Police is the police force for the Scotland subdivisions of Scotland of Argyll and Bute, City of Glasgow, East Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, North Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire and West Dunbartonshire....
, and the rest of the Scottish North East Counties Constabulary into the Grampian Police
Grampian Police

Grampian Police is the Policing in the United Kingdom for the north east of Scotland, covering the council areas of Aberdeenshire, City of Aberdeen and Moray ....
.

The Northern Constabulary area is also the area covered by the Highlands and Islands Fire and Rescue Service
Highlands and Islands Fire and Rescue Service

The Highlands and Islands Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory Fire Services in Scotland for northern Scotland, covering the council areas of Highland , Orkney, Shetland, and the Western Isles, and so covering a major part of the Highlands and Islands area....
.

In order to help keep decision-making as local as possible, Northern has been at the forefront nationally in Devolved Resource Management (DRM) for many years. The Chief Constable
Chief Constable

Chief Constable is the title given to the chief police officer of every territorial British Police except the two responsible for Greater London, as well as the chief officers of the British Transport Police, Ministry of Defence Police, Civil Nuclear Constabulary, and Isle of Man Constabulary....
 allocates one-line budgets to each of his Area Commanders, closely monitoring progress across a range of indicators, over the year, through regular Performance Review and Performance Review Boards.

Uniform

The uniform consists of a white shirt, black tie and a stab-proof vest. Northern Constabulary is the only police force in Scotland that is still using shirts and ties.

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