Northern Constabulary – New Divisional Commander for North Division

NORTHERN Constabulary’s North Division, which includes Caithness, Sutherland, East Ross, Orkney and Shetland, has a new Divisional Commander. Newly promoted Superintendent Julian Innes takes over from Superintendent Ian Arnott who is now heading up the East Division.

Supt Innes, previously Chief Inspector and Area Commander for Northern Constabulary’s busiest beat, Inverness, joined Northern Constabulary in 1986 and was first stationed in Inverness. After four years he moved to the small one officer station of Boat of Garten, working and living in the community for two years, where he played an active role in running the youth club and primary school football team.

Julian then moved back to Headquarters, Inverness in the the role of HOLMES (Home Office Large Major Enquiry System) manager, working on many notable incidents, including the Orkney murder.

After a short spell in Portree as CID officer for the Syke and Lochalsh area, Julian was promoted in1998 to Detective Sergeant to the Scottish Crime Squad in Glasgow, where for the next four years he took part in proactive operations targeting the top ten percent of criminals in Scotland. He also became a surveillance instructor and taught at the Scottish Police College in Tuilliallan.

Julian returned from Glasgow in 2002, taking up the post of Detective Sergeant for the Caithness and Sutherland Command Area, before moving to Headquarters, Inverness in the role of Director of Intelligence, with responsibility for the Force Intelligence Bureau and Special Branch. During this period he led on the introduction of the Scottish Intelligence Database (SID). During his time at Headquarters, Julian also had roles with responsibility for Child Protection, Offender Management, HOLMES and the Scientific Support Unit and then staff office supporting the Chief Constable and other executive officers and performing the role of ACPOS Diversity Secretariat.

Julian was promoted to Chief Inspector Area Commander for Inverness in 2008 with responsibility for community and response policing across the city as well as the Divisional Traffic Wardens.

Promoted to Superintendent in June this year, Julian has moved to Wick on taking up the role of Divisional Commander for the North Division. He said:

“I am looking forward very much to working with my new team, getting to know the communities in the North of the Highlands and the North Isles and building on excellent policing work in this region. Having worked as a Detective Sergeant in Caithness and Sutherland during my career, I know the area and am aware of the local issues. The Highlands and Islands enjoy the reputation of being one of the safest places to live in the UK and this is a reputation I am keen to uphold. The area, however, is not without crime and I will be taking a proactive stance in targeting criminal activity which blights our communities.”

He went on to say: “Police cannot work in isolation and I aim to build on the good relationship that we have with members of the public and other agencies in our communities.”

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