East Division
East Division serves the communities of Inverness, Badenoch, Strathspey & Nairn. The Division is led by Superintendent Stevie Mackay.
The Area Commander for Inverness is Temporary Chief Inspector Graeme Murdoch with Chief Inspector Jim Neil (Head of the Public Protection Unit, Inverness) acting as line management for Badenoch, Strathspey & Nairn alongside localised Inspector teams.
The Division operates a single business management unit and provides 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).