Tayside Police

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Tayside Police
Tayside Police
Tayside Police area
Coverage
Area Angus, Dundee, Perth & Kinross
Size 7,497
Population 388,000
Operations
Formed 1975 (merger)
HQ Dundee
Officers 1173
Divisions 3
Stations 71
Chief Constable John Vine QPM
Website http://www.tayside.police.uk/

Tayside Police is the police force covering the Scottish council areas of Angus, City of Dundee and Perth and Kinross (the former Tayside region). The total area covered by the force is 2,896 square miles with a population of 388,000.

The force has an establishment of 1173 police officers, 159 special constables and 683 support staff.

It was formed on May 16, 1975, with the region of Tayside, as an amalgamation of the Perth and Kinross Constabulary, Angus Constabulary and City of Dundee Police. [1]

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