Grampian Police
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Logo of the Grampian Police
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| Motto | Semper Vigilo |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1975 (merger) |
| Dissolved | 2013 |
| Superseding agency | Police Service of Scotland |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction* | Area of Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Moray, UK |
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| Map of Grampian Police's jurisdiction. | |
| Size | 8,737 km2 |
| Population | 525,936 (2001 census) |
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| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Aberdeen |
| Sworn members |
As of 2008/2009:
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| Agency executive | Colin McKerracher CBE QPM, Chief Constable |
| Divisions |
Three
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| Facilities | |
| Stations | 46 |
| Website | |
| www.grampian.police.uk | |
| Footnotes | |
| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
As of 2008/2009:
Grampian Police was, between 1975 and 2013 (replaced by Police Scotland), 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 covered some of the North Sea, giving Grampian Police the responsibility of policing the oil and gas platforms of the North East. The force was headquartered on Queen Street in Aberdeen.
The Police Authority had 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 produced a magazine called The Informer for its staff, which came out every season, and, in 2009, launched a YouTube channel.
An Act of the Scottish Parliament, the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012, created a single Police Service of Scotland - known as Police Scotland - with effect from 1 April 2013. This merged 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. Police Scotland has its headquarters at the Scottish Police College at Tulliallan in Fife.
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