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Police Scotland
The
Police Service of Scotland
(
Scottish Gaelic
:
Seirbheis Phoilis na h-Alba
, operationally shortened to
Police Scotland
) is the
territorial police force
of
Scotland
. It was formed in 2013 with the merger 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
. Although not formally absorbing it, the merger also resulted in the winding up of the
Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland
. The Scottish Government plans to merge the
British Transport Police
's Scotland Division into Police Scotland sometime after 2015.
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