The Inverness-shire Constabulary, also called the Inverness County Police, was the police force of the county of Inverness-shire in Scotland. [1]
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. [2] [3]
The county was divided into four divisions, which would remain the same for 128 years:
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 constables in the Inverness division, three in Lochaber, one in Skye, and two in Long Island, for a force of only nineteen men.
Between 1841 and 1847 the force also policed the Royal Burgh of Inverness, absorbing for that period the Town Officers and Watchmen of the Burgh, until the Inverness Burgh Police was set up as a separate force.
Throughout the existence of the Force, its headquarters were in Inverness Castle, an exclave of Inverness-shire within the boundaries of the Royal Burgh of Inverness.
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