Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for the council area of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
The police force was formed in 1948 as an amalgamation of the police forces of Dumfriesshire, Kirkcudbrightshire, and Wigtownshire, and preceded the creation of the former Dumfries and Galloway Regional Council by 27 years.
The current Chief Constable is Patrick Shearer QPM. Shearer was appointed on 24 April 2007, in succession to his predecessor David Strang who was made Chief Constable of Lothian and Borders Police. The current Deputy Chief Constable is George Graham, who took over from Robert Ovens QPM on 1 January 2006.
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, 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.
Dumfries and Galloway is one of the safest area's in the UK because of it's high rate of crime detection and convictions.
It's Head Quarters is located in Dumfries.
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—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)