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Inverness-shire Constabulary
The Inverness-shire Constabulary, also called the Inverness County Police, was the police force of the county of Inverness-shire in Scotland. The force was established in 1840. On 16 November 1968 the Constabulary merged with Inverness Burgh Police to form Inverness Constabulary, which in turn became part of the Northern Constabulary in 1975, which was in turn succeeded by Police Scotland in 2013. Organisation The county was divided into four divisions, which would remain the same for 128 years: * Inverness *Lochaber (headquarters in Fort William) * Skye *Long Island, covering all the islands in the Outer Hebrides (North Uist, South Uist, Benbecula, Barra, and Harris) except Lewis, which was within Ross-shire The force was originally commanded by a Superintendent, who also headed the Inverness Division. The other divisions were commanded by Sub Inspectors. These officers were renamed the Chief Constable and Inspectors respectively in 1857. There were originally nine co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inverness-shire Constabulary Mountain Rescue Off-road Vehicle
Inverness-shire ( gd, Siorrachd Inbhir Nis) is a Counties of Scotland, historic county, registration county and Lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area of Scotland. Covering much of the Scottish Highlands, Highlands and Outer Hebrides, it is Scotland's largest county, though one of the smallest in population, with 67,733 people or 1.34% of the Scottish population. Definition The extent of the lieutenancy area was defined in 1975 as covering the local government areas of Scotland 1973 to 1996, districts of Inverness, Badenoch and Strathspey (local government district, Highland region), Badenoch & Strathspey, and Lochaber (local government district, Highland region), Lochaber. Thus it differs from the county in that it includes parts of what were once County of Moray, Moray and Argyll, but does not include any of the Outer Hebrides which were given their own lieutenancy area — the Western Isles. Geography Inverness-shire is Scotland's largest county, and the second la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
