Scottish Police Forces
Each police burgh had a police force originally, although many merged in the 19th century. The gradual process of amalgamation culminated with the creation of a single Police Service of Scotland in 2013.
- Abolished 1930
The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929 merged two pairs of county constabularies.
- Kinross-shire County Constabulary to Perthshire and Kinross-shire Constabulary
- Morayshire County Constabulary to Moray and Nairn Constabulary
- Nairnshire Constabulary to Moray and Nairn Constabulary
- Perthshire County Constabulary to Perthshire and Kinross-shire Constabulary
- Abolished 1931–1946
- Lerwick Burgh Police 29 May 1940 to Zetland Constabulary
- Zetland County Police 29 May 1940 to Zetland Constabulary
- Abolished under the Police (Scotland) Act 1946
- Aberdeenshire Constabulary 16 May 1949 to Scottish North Eastern Counties Constabulary
- Banffshire Constabulary 16 May 1949 to Scottish North Eastern Counties Constabulary
- Berwickshire Constabulary to Berwick, Roxburgh and Selkirk Constabulary
- Bute County Constabulary to Renfrew and Bute Constabulary
- Clackmannanshire Constabulary 1949 to Strling and Clackmannan Constabulary
- Dumfriesshire County Police 16 February 1948 to Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary
- Dunfermline City Police 16 May 1949 to Fife Constabulary
- East Lothian Constabulary to Lothians and Peeblesshire Constabulary
- Fife County Constabulary 16 May 1949 to Fife Constabulary
- Kincardineshire Constabulary 16 May 1949 to Scottish North Eastern Counties Constabulary
- Kirkcaldy Burgh Police 16 May 1949 to Fife Constabulary
- Midlothian Constabulary to Lothians and Peeblesshire Constabulary
- Moray and Nairn Constabulary 16 May 1949 to Scottish North Eastern Counties Constabulary
- Peeblesshire Constabulary to Lothians and Peeblesshire Constabulary
- Renfrewshire Constabulary to Renfrew and Bute Constabulary
- Roxburghshire Constabulary to Berwick, Roxburgh and Selkirk Constabulary
- Selkirkshire constabulary to Berwick, Roxburgh and Selkirk Constabulary
- Stewartry of Kirkcudbright Police 16 February 1948 to Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary
- Stirlingshire Constabulary 1949 to Strling and Clackmannan Constabulary
- West Lothian Constabulary to Lothians and Peeblesshire Constabulary
- Wigtownshire County Police 16 February 1948 to Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary
- Abolished 1950s
- Dumbarton Burgh Police 1959 to Dunbartonshire Constabulary
- Dunbarton County Constabulary 1959 to Dunbartonshire Constabulary
- Abolished 1960s
- Caithness Constabulary 1969 to Northern Constabulary
- Coatbridge Burgh Police 1967 merged into Lanarkshire Constabulary
- Greenock Burgh Police to Renfrew and Bute Constabulary
- Inverness Burgh Police 16 November 1969 to Inverness Constabulary
- Inverness-shire County Constabulary 16 November 1969 to Inverness Constabulary
- Kilmarnock Burgh Police to Ayrshire Constabulary
- Orkney Constabulary 1969 to Northern Constabulary
- Perth City Police 1964 to Perth and Kinross Constabulary
- Perthshire and Kinross-shire Constabulary 1964 to Perth and Kinross Constabulary
- Ross and Cromarty Constabulary 1963 to Ross and Sutherland Constabulary
- Sutherland Constabulary 1963 to Ross and Sutherland Constabulary
- Zetland Constabulary 1969 to Northern Constabulary
- Abolished 1975
The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 created new police forces based on the new regions and island areas from 16 May 1975.
- Aberdeen City Police to Grampian Police
- Angus Constabulary to Tayside Police
- Argyll County Police to Strathclyde Police, part to Northern Constabulary
- Ayrshire Constabulary to Strathclyde Police
- Berwick, Roxburgh and Selkirk Constabulary to Lothian and Borders Police
- City of Glasgow Police to Strathclyde Police
- Dunbartonshire Constabulary to Strathclyde Police
- Dundee City Police to Tayside Police
- Edinburgh City Police to Lothian and Borders Police
- Inverness Constabulary to Northern Constabulary
- Lanarkshire Constabulary to Strathclyde Police
- The Lothians and Peebles Constabulary to Lothian and Borders Police
- Northern Constabulary (name retained by its successor after merger)
- Perth and Kinross Constabulary most to Tayside Police to Central Scotland Police
- Renfrew and Bute Constabulary to Strathclyde Police
- Ross and Sutherland Constabulary to Northern Constabulary
- Scottish North Eastern Counties Constabulary to Grampian Police, part to Northern Constabulary
- Stirling and Clackmannan Police to Central Scotland Police, part to Strathclyde Police
- Abolished 2013
An Act of the Scottish Parliament, the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012, created a single Police Service of Scotland (and single Scottish Fire and Rescue Service) with effect from 1 April 2013. (The functions of the British Transport Police, the Civil Nuclear Constabulary and the Ministry of Defence Police within Scotland were not affected).
- Central Scotland Police to Police Service of Scotland
- Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary to Police Service of Scotland
- Fife Constabulary to Police Service of Scotland
- Grampian Police to Police Service of Scotland
- Lothian and Borders Police to Police Service of Scotland
- Northern Constabulary to Police Service of Scotland
- Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency to Police Service of Scotland
- Strathclyde Police to Police Service of Scotland
- Tayside Police to Police Service of Scotland
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“We’ll never know the worth of water till the well go dry.”
—18th-century Scottish proverb, collected in James Kelly, Complete Collection of Scottish Proverbs, no. 351 (1721)
“Now, honestly: if a large group of ... demonstrators blocked the entrances to St. Patrick’s Cathedral every Sunday for years, making it impossible for worshipers to get inside the church without someone escorting them through screaming crowds, wouldn’t some judge rule that those protesters could keep protesting, but behind police lines and out of the doorways?”
—Anna Quindlen (b. 1953)
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—Sigmund Freud (1856–1939)