Police Scotland

Police Scotland (official title the Police Service of Scotland) is the single police force covering all of Scotland from 1 April 2013.

It replaced the following forces, which were based on the previous regions and island areas:


 * Central Scotland Police
 * Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary
 * Fife Constabulary
 * Grampian Police
 * Lothian and Borders Police (covering the Lothian and Borders regions)
 * Northern Constabulary (covering the Highland region and the Western Isles, Orkney and Shetland island areas
 * Strathclyde Police
 * Tayside Police
 * Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency

LGBT history
In 2012 the Gay Police Association protested at the proposed issuing of bibles to Scottish police officers.