Central Division Central Division serves the communities of Ross & Cromarty, Lochaber, Skye & Lochalsh and the Western Isles. The Division is led by Superintendent John McDonald.
The Division's Area Commanders are Chief Inspector John Chisholm (Lochaber, Lochalsh & Skye), Chief Inspector Gordon Macleod (Western Isles) and Chief Inspector Mike Coats (Ross & Cromarty), supported by their localised Inspector teams.
The Division will operate a single business management unit and will provide set thresholds of policing capability including protective services, intelligence co-ordination and pro-active capabilities. These capabilities include:
Divisional Public Protection Unit (co-ordinating and catering for divisional requirements in respect of child protection, sex and violent offender management, domestic abuse, vulnerable adults and community safety policing initiatives and responses).
Divisional NIM (National Intelligence Model) Co-ordination Unit (co-ordinating intelligence briefing, management of crime, identification of crime patterns or trends, identification of investigative opportunities and analysis.
Divisional Proactive Unit (providing both uniform and plain clothes pro-active policing responses throughout the Division.
Divisional Business Management Unit (made up by Police staff who provide the full range of business support, services and co-ordination on behalf of the Division).