Inverness Constabulary was a police

Police

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 force in Scotland

Scotland

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 that covered the entirety of the county of Inverness-shire

Inverness-shire

The County of Inverness or Inverness-shire was a general purpose county of Scotland, with the burgh of Inverness as the county town, until 1975, when, under the Local Government Act 1973, the county area was divided between the two-tier Highland region and the unitary Western Isles. The Highland...

.

It was created on 16 November 1968, as a merger of the Inverness Burgh Police

Inverness Burgh Police

The Inverness Burgh Police was the police force responsible for the Royal Burgh of Inverness, Scotland from 1847 to 1968.-History:Although law enforcement of a kind had been present in the Royal Burgh of Inverness since time immemorial, by 1827 the Inverness Courier complained of the lack of an...

 and the Inverness-shire Constabulary

Inverness-shire Constabulary

The Inverness-shire Constabulary, also called the Inverness County Police, was the police force of the county of Inverness-shire in Scotland.The force was established in 1840...

. Inverness Constabulary merged with the Northern Constabulary

Northern Constabulary

The Northern Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for Northern Scotland, covering the Highland council area along with the Western Isles, the Orkney Isles and the Shetland Isles, which comprise most of the Highlands and Islands area...

 and the Ross and Sutherland Constabulary

Ross and Sutherland Constabulary

The Police Forces of Ross and Cromarty and Sutherland merged on 16 May 1963 to form the Ross & Sutherland Constabulary. Appointed Chief Constable of the new Force was Kenneth Ross, BL, a native of Sutherland but who had served in the Renfrew & Bute Constabulary until his appointment as Chief...

 on 16 May 1975, as part of the creation of the regions of Scotland. The resulting force was also called the Northern Constabulary.

The force's only Chief Constable

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 was Andrew L. McClure, who had previously been Chief Constable of Inverness-shire Constabulary, and then went on to become Assistant Chief Constable

Assistant Chief Constable

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 of the new force.

Thomas Sorley had been Chief Constable of Inverness Burgh Police, and he was appointed Deputy Chief Constable

Deputy Chief Constable

Deputy chief constable is the second highest rank in all territorial police forces in the United Kingdom , as well as the British Transport Police, Ministry of Defence Police and Civil Nuclear...

of Inverness Constabulary. He was appointed Deputy Chief Constable of the new Northern Constabulary on its formation.