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−	The '''Police Service of Scotland''' will be the single police force covering all of [[Scotland]] from April 2013.	+	[[File:Police Scotland revised logo.svg.png|thumb|Police Scotland logo]]'''Police Scotland''' (official title the '''Police Service of Scotland''') is the single police force covering all of [[Scotland]] from 1 April 2013.
−	It will replace the following existing forces, which were based on the previous regions and island areas:	+	It replaced the following forces, which were based on the previous regions and island areas:
	*[[Central Scotland]] Police		*[[Central Scotland]] Police
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	*[[Tayside]] Police		*[[Tayside]] Police
	*[[Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency]]		*[[Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency]]
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		+	==LGBT history==
		+	In 2012 the [[Gay Police Association]] protested at the proposed issuing of bibles to Scottish police officers.<ref>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/04/23/gay-police-association-concern-over-scottish-forces-badged-bibles/</ref>
		+	In Dec 2021 author J K Rowling raised questions about the approach of Police Scotland to gender self identification after Police Scotland confirmed that it would record rapes by offenders with a penis as carried out by a woman if they identified as female, regardless of whether they had legally changed gender <ref> The Times 13 December 2021 JK Rowling attacks ‘Orwellian’ transgender rape policy https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/jk-rowling-attacks-orwellian-transgender-rape-policy-hxs7mw76h </ref>.
		+	==References==
		+	<references>
	[[Category:Scotland]]		[[Category:Scotland]]
	[[Category:Police]]		[[Category:Police]]

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Latest revision as of 14:47, 14 December 2021

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.^[1] In Dec 2021 author J K Rowling raised questions about the approach of Police Scotland to gender self identification after Police Scotland confirmed that it would record rapes by offenders with a penis as carried out by a woman if they identified as female, regardless of whether they had legally changed gender ^[2].

References

1. ↑ http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/04/23/gay-police-association-concern-over-scottish-forces-badged-bibles/
2. ↑ The Times 13 December 2021 JK Rowling attacks ‘Orwellian’ transgender rape policy https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/jk-rowling-attacks-orwellian-transgender-rape-policy-hxs7mw76h