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  2. City of Glasgow Police - Wikipedia

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    The City of Glasgow Police or Glasgow City Police was the police organisation covering the city and royal burgh of Glasgow, from 1800 to 1893, and the county of city of Glasgow, from 1893 to 1975. In the 17th century, Scottish cities used to hire watchmen to guard the streets at night, augmenting a force of unpaid citizen constables .

  3. Police Scotland - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. James Smart (police officer) - Wikipedia

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    James Smart (22 March 1804 – 27 May 1870) was a British police officer who served as head of the City of Glasgow Police from 1848 until his death in 1870, first as chief superintendent before being designated as Glasgow's first chief constable in 1862.

  5. Glasgow Police Museum - Wikipedia

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    The museum was created by the Glasgow Police Heritage Society, a group of retired police officers from the former City of Glasgow Police. [4] The Society had helped establish the Strathclyde Police Museum, but as this collection was not open to the public, it decided to open a museum that was free for the public in 2002 so that it could share the history of the city and country's first police ...

  6. Battenburg markings - Wikipedia

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    In this regard, the pattern was reminiscent of the Sillitoe tartan black-and-white or blue-and-white chequered markings first introduced by the City of Glasgow Police in the 1930s, which were subsequently adopted as a symbol of police services throughout the United Kingdom; they are also used by the Chicago Police Department, Australia, [5] and ...

  7. Glasgow Police Act 1800 - Wikipedia

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    The Glasgow Police Act 1800 was an act of Parliament passed by the Parliament of Great Britain, which established a professional police force for the city of Glasgow. Under the act, this police force was placed under the control of the Lord Provost, three magistrates and nine elected commissioners. [1] The force was supported financially by a ...

  8. Criminal Justice Information Services - Wikipedia

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    Criminal Justice Information Services is a department of the Scottish Police Services Authority.Previously called the Scottish Criminal Record Office (SCRO), it established in 1960 with a mission statement "To manage information for the Scottish Police Service, wider Criminal Justice Community and the public to assist in the prevention and detection of crime and enhance public safety."

  9. List of police museums - Wikipedia

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    Bow Street Police Museum; Glasgow Police Museum, Scotland (entry free); Hampshire Police and Fire Heritage Trust, housed in the Solent Sky Museum; Kent Police Museum, Chatham, Kent, England