Orkney Area Commander retires

Police Scotland’ s Area Commander for Orkney, chief inspector Les Donaldson performed his final formal duty with the police service this afternoon, marking the winding up of a career spanning almost 30 years.

Following today’s meeting of the Orkney Islands Council’s police and fire subcommittee, Ch Insp Donaldson will be retiring later this week, with Orkney-based inspector, Gordon Deans, temporarily taking on the role of Chief Inspector while Police Scotland find a more permanent successor.

Brought up in Orkney, Les joined Northern Constabulary in 1985. He served as Area Commander for Orkney since 2011, having served as Inspector since 2009.

For more on this story see this week’s edition of The Orcadian.