1949 to Scottish North Eastern Counties Constabulary Peeblesshire Constabulary to Lothians and Peeblesshire Constabulary Renfrewshire Constabulary to Renfrew and Bute Constabulary Roxburghshire Constabulary to Berwick, Roxburgh and Selkirk Constabulary Selkirkshire constabulary to Berwick, Roxburgh and Selkirk Constabulary Stewartry of Kirkcudbright Police 16 February 1948 to Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary Stirlingshire Constabulary 1949 to Strling and Clackmannan Constabulary West Lothian Constabulary to Lothians and Peeblesshire Constabulary Wigtownshire County Police 16 February 1948 to Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary Abolished 1950s Dumbarton Burgh Police 1959 to Dunbartonshire Constabulary Dunbarton County Constabulary 1959 to Dunbartonshire Constabulary Abolished 1960s Caithness Constabulary 1969 to Northern Constabulary Coatbridge Burgh Police 1967 merged into Lanarkshire Constabulary Greenock Burgh Police to Renfrew and Bute Constabulary Inverness Burgh Police 16 November 1969 to Inverness Constabulary Inverness-shire County Constabulary 16 November 1969 to Inverness Constabulary Kilmarnock Burgh Police to Ayrshire Constabulary Orkney Constabulary 1969 to Northern Constabulary Perth City Police 1964 to Perth and Kinross Constabulary Perthshire and Kinross-shire Constabulary 1964 to Perth and Kinross Constabulary Ross and Cromarty Constabulary 1963 to Ross and Sutherland Constabulary Sutherland Constabulary 1963 to Ross and Sutherland Constabulary Zetland Constabulary 1969 to Northern Constabulary Abolished 1975 The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 created new police forces based on the new regions and island areas from 16 May 1975. Aberdeen City Police to Grampian Police Angus Constabulary to Tayside Police Argyll County Police to Strathclyde Police, part to Northern Constabulary Ayrshire Constabulary to Strathclyde Police Berwick, Roxburgh and Selkirk Constabulary to Lothian and Borders Police City of Glasgow Police to Strathclyde Police Dunbartonshire Constabulary to Strathclyde Police Dundee City Police to Tayside Police Edinburgh City Police to Lothian and Borders Police Inverness Constabulary to Northern Constabulary Lanarkshire Constabulary to Strathclyde Police The Lothians and Peebles Constabulary to Lothian and Borders Police Northern Constabulary (name retained by its successor after merger) Perth and Kinross Constabulary most to Tayside Police to Central Scotland Police Renfrew and Bute Constabulary to Strathclyde Police Ross and Sutherland Constabulary to Northern Constabulary Scottish North Eastern Counties Constabulary to Grampian Police, part to Northern Constabulary Stirling and Clackmannan Police to Central Scotland Police, part to Strathclyde Police Abolished 2013 An Act of the Scottish Parliament, the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012, created a single Police Service of Scotland – better known as Police Scotland – and a single Scottish Fire and Rescue Service with effect from 1 April 2013. (The functions