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Police Records
Colin WallerArchivist
(Highland Archive Service)
Highland Archive Centre, Inverness
• Official documents eg local authority recordsThe Highland CouncilHighland Region CouncilCounties, Burghs and Parishes etc.
• Privately deposited records Businesses, Societies, Estates, IndividualsNHS HighlandPolice Scotland (Northern Constabulary)
• Charge and superintendence records Church Records, Customs and Excise Records
Highland Archive ServiceTypes of Records
Northern Constabulary records [HCA/R91]
•Records cover:County and burgh police forces,1832-2000
•Main record series:Chief Constable’s annual reports, returns and letterbooksPolice station daily occurrence booksSome incident reports e.g. Aircraft CrashesPersonnel records
•Access restrictions:Enquiries may need to be referred to the Police Scotland Freedom of Information Officer
Potential Users
•Family Historians
•Creative Writers
•Local and Social Historians
Case Study 1Family Historians
Donald and Margaret Sutherland,Wonthaggi, Australia
Inverness-shireConstabulary Personal Record and Defaulters Book,1882-1911[HCA/R91/D/9/3]
Foyers StationDaily Occurrence Book, P. C. Campbell andP. C. Sutherland1908 - 1911[HCA/R91/D/B/5/7/1]
Inverness-shireConstabulary,1899-1901[HCA/R91/D/9/3]
P.C. William Sutherland
Case Study 2Creative Writers
andLocal and Social Historians
Gold theft in KildonanThe story of an unlucky thief
(or a lucky policeman)
Ordnance Survey map3rd Edition, 1911
Sheet 109 - Auchintoul
Sutherland Estate Gold Miner’s License, 1869 [HCA/D1359/1/2]
Kildonan Station Daily Occurrence Book - 4 September 1869[HCA/R91/B/5/10/1]
Crime scene: Baile an Òr
Helmsdale[HCA/R91/B/5/10/1]
From Helmsdale to Dornoch[HCA/R91/B/10/5/1]
Dornoch Station Daily Journal of Inspector G. Bridgeford[HCA/R91/B/5/5/2]
Dornoch
Register of parties accused of crimes and offences, Dornoch, 1863-1873
[HCA/R91/B/2/a]
Sutherland Constabulary Record Form A , 1867-1874[HCA/R91/B/2/b]
Account Book
Sutherland County ConstabularyCash Book
[HCA/R91/B/7/5]
Thank You
Ian Murray
Chief Executive
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