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Officers of port police forces are sworn in as "special constables" under section 79 of the 1847 Act, as incorporated by the individual local Act. As a result, officers have the full powers of a constable on any land owned by the harbour, dock, or port and at any place within one mile of any owned land.
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Police Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Poileas Alba), officially the Police Service of Scotland (Seirbheis Phoilis na h-Alba), [7] is the national police force of Scotland.It was formed in 2013, through the merging of eight regional police forces in Scotland, as well as the specialist services of the Scottish Police Services Authority, including the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency.
A constable may search the person and detain them for the purposes of searching them for temporary class drugs, if it does not appear to the constable that a power under section 23(2) applies to the case. Section 60 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982: Stolen property: Reasonable grounds to suspect a person is in possession of any ...
The number of special constables in Scotland in 2018 was 610. [2] Special constables are not the same as police community support officers (PCSOs), who are employed by police forces to provide operational support to regular officers. Special constables usually work for a minimum number of hours per month (depending on the force – the national ...
Central Scotland Police patch. Central Scotland Police was the territorial police force responsible for the Scottish council areas of Stirling, Falkirk and Clackmannanshire (the former Central region). The headquarters of the force were at Randolphfield House in Stirling. Chief Constable Derek Penman was appointed in 2011.
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