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complained of the lack of an efficient police. The Town Council from then on made use of the services of the Town Serjeants to enforce the law. In 1843 there was one Serjeant in overall charge and two more who patrolled the town during the day. A body of six watchmen patrolled the burgh at night.
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The first Superintendent of Inverness Burgh Police was David Anderson, appointed on 4 September 1847. The force merged again with Inverness-shire Constabulary on 16 November 1968 to form the
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This arrangement existed until 1847, when the Royal Burgh set up its own police force, authority to do so being contained in a local
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for the Inverness District (including Inverness Burgh), with additional watchmen being appointed for the Burgh and Landward area.
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Although law enforcement of a kind had been present in the Royal Burgh of Inverness since time immemorial, by 1827 the
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William Paterson was the only member of the force to rise through the ranks within the force to Chief Constable.
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Eyre John Powell (Superintendent, Inverness-shire Constabulary), 3 May 1841–24 August 1841
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William Paterson, 15 March 1950–18 August 1962 (acting 16 May 1949–14 March 1950)
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Andrew Meldrum, 11 August 1946–16 May 1949 (acting, 7 August 1944–10 August 1946)
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John MacBean (Superintendent, Inverness-shire Constabulary), 24 August 1841–1 May 1847
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The Chief Officer was called the Superintendent until 1892, when he was renamed the
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Alasdair MacBean (acting), 19 August 1962–3 February 1963
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William J. Dalgleish (acting), 1 May 1942–10 January 1943
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Alexander Neville, 26 January 1936–19 October 1942
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Alexander Grant (Town Serjeant), ?–2 May 1841
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Thomas Sorley, 4 February 1963–15 November 1968
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John MacNaughton, 4 June 1908–31 December 1935
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John MacDonald, 25 February 1880–30 April 1908
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James Stewart, 11 January 1943–10 August 1946
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