Lothian and Borders Police

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Lothian and Borders Police was the former territorial police force responsible for law enforcement in Edinburgh and the surrounding Lothian and Borders regions of Scotland until national restructuring created Police Scotland.

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Lothian and Borders Police canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct police force
territorial police force
country United Kingdom
dateDissolved 1 April 2013
dateFormed 16 May 1975
dissolutionDate 2013-04-01
dissolvedInto Police Scotland NERFINISHED
emblem Lothian and Borders Police crest NERFINISHED
employerType public sector
formationDate 1975-05-16
foundedByMergerOf Berwick, Roxburgh and Selkirk Constabulary NERFINISHED
East Lothian Constabulary NERFINISHED
Edinburgh City Police NERFINISHED
Midlothian County Constabulary NERFINISHED
West Lothian Constabulary NERFINISHED
governedBy Chief Constable of Lothian and Borders Police
hadSpecialistUnit Criminal Investigation Department NERFINISHED
community policing teams
traffic policing unit
headquartersCity Edinburgh NERFINISHED
headquartersLocation Fettes Avenue, Edinburgh NERFINISHED
jurisdiction City of Edinburgh NERFINISHED
East Lothian NERFINISHED
Midlothian NERFINISHED
Scottish Borders NERFINISHED
West Lothian NERFINISHED
legalBasis Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 NERFINISHED
mergedInto single national police service for Scotland
motto “Law and Order” NERFINISHED
operatedIn Borders NERFINISHED
City of Edinburgh NERFINISHED
Lothian NERFINISHED
Scotland NERFINISHED
oversightBody Lothian and Borders Police Board NERFINISHED
participatedIn creation of Police Scotland
partOf Scottish police forces NERFINISHED
patrolledArea Borders region
Lothian region NERFINISHED
primaryLanguage English
reasonForDissolution creation of a single national police force in Scotland
regionServed south-east Scotland NERFINISHED
replacedBy Police Scotland NERFINISHED
responsibility crime prevention
criminal investigation
law enforcement
public order
status disbanded
typeOfLawEnforcement civilian police

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Police Scotland replaced Lothian and Borders Police
Police Scotland formedByMergerOf Lothian and Borders Police