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Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary

Index Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary

Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary was the territorial police force responsible for the council area of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland until 1 April 2013. [1]

32 relations: Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, Act of the Scottish Parliament, BBC News, Chief constable, Compassionate release, David Strang (police officer), Deputy chief constable, Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Dumfriesshire, Fife, Galloway, George Esson, John Boyd (police officer), Kirkcudbrightshire, Local government areas of Scotland (1973–1996), Lockerbie, Lothian and Borders Police, Pan Am Flight 103, Police area, Police Scotland, Prostate cancer, Roy Cameron (police officer), Scottish Court in the Netherlands, Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency, Scottish Police College, Special constable, Subdivisions of Scotland, Territorial police force, Tulliallan, Wigtownshire, Willie Rae.

Abdelbaset al-Megrahi

Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi (عبد الباسط محمد علي المقرحي,; 1 April 1952 – 20 May 2012) was a Libyan who was head of security for Libyan Arab Airlines, director of the Centre for Strategic Studies in Tripoli, Libya, and an alleged Libyan intelligence officer.

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Act of the Scottish Parliament

An Act of the Scottish Parliament (Achd Pàrlamaid na h-Alba) is primary legislation made by the Scottish Parliament.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs.

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Chief constable

Chief Constable is the rank used by the chief police officer of every territorial police force in the United Kingdom except for the City of London Police and the Metropolitan Police, as well as the chief officers of the three 'special' national police forces, the British Transport Police, Ministry of Defence Police, and Civil Nuclear Constabulary.

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Compassionate release

Compassionate release is a process by which inmates in criminal justice systems may be eligible for immediate early release on grounds of "particularly extraordinary or compelling circumstances which could not reasonably have been foreseen by the court at the time of sentencing".

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David Strang (police officer)

David Strang is the current Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland and a former Chief Constable of the Lothian and Borders Police.

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Deputy chief constable

Deputy chief constable (DCC) is the second highest rank in all territorial police forces in the United Kingdom (except the Metropolitan Police, in which the equivalent rank is deputy assistant commissioner, and City of London Police, in which the equivalent rank is assistant commissioner, both of which wear the same insignia as a DCC).

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Dumfries

Dumfries (possibly from Dùn Phris) is a market town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Dumfries and Galloway

Dumfries and Galloway (Dumfries an Gallowa, Dùn Phrìs is Gall-Ghaidhealaibh) is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland and is located in the western Southern Uplands.

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Dumfriesshire

Dumfriesshire or the County of Dumfries (Siorrachd Dhùn Phris in Gaelic) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland.

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Fife

Fife (Fìobha) is a council area and historic county of Scotland.

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Galloway

Galloway (Gallovidia) is a region in southwestern Scotland comprising the historic counties of Wigtownshire and Kirkcudbrightshire.

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George Esson

George Albert Esson CBE, QPM, LLB (b. 30 March 1942) was Chief Constable of Grampian Police and Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary (1989-1994).

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John Boyd (police officer)

John MacInnes Boyd (born 14 October 1933) was HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland from 1993 to 1996.

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Kirkcudbrightshire

Kirkcudbrightshire, or the County of Kirkcudbright or the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the informal Galloway area of south-western Scotland.

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Local government areas of Scotland (1973–1996)

The local government areas of Scotland were redefined by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 and redefined again by the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994.

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Lockerbie

Lockerbie (Locarbaidh) is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, southwestern Scotland.

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Lothian and Borders Police

Lothian and Borders Police was the territorial police force for the Scottish council areas of the City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian, Scottish Borders and West Lothian between 1975 and 2013.

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Pan Am Flight 103

Pan Am Flight 103 was a regularly scheduled Pan Am transatlantic flight from Frankfurt to Detroit via London and New York.

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Police area

A police area is the area for which a territorial police force in the United Kingdom is responsible for policing.

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Police Scotland

Police Scotland (Poileas Alba; Polis Scotland) – legally named the Police Service of Scotland – is the national police force of Scotland.

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Prostate cancer

Prostate cancer is the development of cancer in the prostate, a gland in the male reproductive system.

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Roy Cameron (police officer)

Sir Hugh Roy Graham Cameron, QPM (born 14 April 1947) was HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland from 2002 to 2004.

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Scottish Court in the Netherlands

The Scottish court in the Netherlands was a special sitting of the High Court of Justiciary set up under Scots law in a former United States Air Force base called Camp Zeist in Utrecht, in the Netherlands, for the trial of two Libyans charged with 270 counts of murder in connection with the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on 21 December 1988.

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Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency

The Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency (SCDEA) was a special police force of Scotland responsible for disrupting and dismantling serious organised crime groups.

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Scottish Police College

The Scottish Police College is based at Tulliallan Castle, in Kincardine-on-Forth.

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Special constable

A special constable or special police constable (SC or SPC) is generally an auxiliary or part-time law enforcement officer.

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Subdivisions of Scotland

For local government purposes, Scotland is divided into 32 areas designated as "council areas", which are all governed by single-tier authorities designated as "councils".

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Territorial police force

The phrase territorial police force varies in precise meaning according to the country to which it is related, generally distinguishing a force whose area of responsibility is defined by sub-national boundaries from others which deal with the entire country or a restricted range of crime.

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Tulliallan

Tulliallan (Gaelic tulach-aluinn, 'Beautiful knoll') was an estate in Perthshire, Scotland, near to Kincardine, and a parish.

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Wigtownshire

Wigtownshire or the County of Wigtown is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in south-west Scotland.

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Willie Rae

Sir William "Willie" Rae,, is the former Chief Constable of Strathclyde Police, the largest police force in Scotland.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumfries_and_Galloway_Constabulary

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