Grampian Police is the territorial police force of the northeast region of Scotland, covering the council areas of Aberdeenshire, the City of Aberdeen, and Moray (the former Grampian region). The Force area also covers some of the North Sea, giving Grampian Police the responsibility of policing the oil and gas platforms of the North East. The force is headquartered on Queen Street in Aberdeen.
The Police Authority has six representatives from Aberdeen City, six from Aberdeenshire, and four from Moray.
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 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 force produces a magazine called The Informer for its staff, which comes out every season, and, in 2009, launched a YouTube channel.
An Act of the Scottish Parliament, the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012, will create a single Police Service of Scotland with effect from 1 April 2013. This will merge 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. The Police Service of Scotland will have its headquarters at the Scottish Police College at Tulliallan in Fife.
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