Highlands & Islands Branch

The Branch covers the Local Authority Region of Highland and the Island Authorities of Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles. Highland is made up of the former Counties of Inverness-shire, Ross & Cromarty, Nairn, Caithness and Sutherland. Also involved within Highland are parts of:
Argyllshire – Ardnamurchan and Glencoe
Morayshire – Grantown-on-Spey and Cromdale

Until 2013, this area was policed by the Northern Constabulary and the bulk of the Branch members are from this Force or the separate Forces within the area prior to amalgamations and Regionalisation in 1975. Membership of the Branch is, however, open to any police pensioner from any force in the country who is now resident in the Highlands and Islands.

It is worth noting that the Northern Constabulary area – now the Highlands and Islands Division of Police Scotland – covers an area bigger than Belgium and an idea of the sheer size of the area can be judged by the fact that The Divisional ( former Northern Constabulary ) Police HQ in Inverness is nearer to Leeds than its Police Station in Lerwick, Shetland Isles!

The RPOAS-Highlands & Islands Facebook Group
Our Facebook Group, whilst open to the public, is aimed at members of RPOAS and serving officers nearing retirement, looking to join RPOAS. It’s an online way to keep in touch, share useful information and highlight activities organised by RPOAS. There are frequent additions to our media library, photographs and video clips from both past & present.