The former head of traffic policing in Tayside Police central division, Chief Inspector William Brown, has died aged 77 after a long illness.
Bill, as he was known to his family, friends and colleagues, had a long and distinguished career with Tayside Police, serving as both a foot officer and in the traffic division.
The youngest of four siblings, he was born in Dundee and educated at Harris Academy.
In 1952 he was called up for national service with the Black Watch, seeing action in the Korean War and immediately afterwards in Kenya during the Mau Mau uprising.
Upon demob in 1954 he joined British Rail but later the same year he signed up to the City of Dundee Police. He left shortly afterwards, but during his spell away he met his wife, Doreen, and rejoined the police in 1957.
He moved to the traffic division in 1963, later working with patrol cars and road safety and became a qualified police driving instructor.
During a period in which he was promoted to sergeant in 1972, then inspector six years later, he moved back and forth between foot patrols and traffic.
In 1983 he was again promoted, this time to chief inspector, becoming head of traffic for central division.
Well respected among his colleagues during his 30 years of service, he became chairman of Tayside Police Benevolent Fund and also chairman of the Tayside Police Federation joint branch board.
He was also elected to the joint central committee of the Scottish Police Federation (Inspector branch).
He retired in 1987 but continued with his love of driving, working with the Guide Dogs for the Blind and haulage firm PS Ridgeway.
In 1991 he officially became the safest driver in the country when he won the Norwich Union Safe Driver of the year Competition for Scotland.
A keen golfer, he scored a hole-in-one at Kirriemuir Golf Club, where he was a member, during the 1990s.
Mr Brown is survived by Doreen, son Craig, daughter Hilary and five grandchildren.