Operations from the police control room in Inverness have been transferred to Dundee following its closure.

Control room functions were transferred to the North Area Control Room in Dundee and call handling to the Police Scotland Service Centre (PSSC) on Tuesday.

It follows a shake up of services by Police Scotland, which also led to the closure of the control room in Aberdeen.

Senior Responsible Owner for the C3IR Programme, John Hawkins, said: "At this time 95% of all 101 and 999 calls made in Scotland are answered in the PSSC.

"This means for the first time since the creation of Police Scotland, the whole country will be covered by a single police command and control system enabling a more effective response to critical and major incidents.

"Police commanders will be able to oversee incidents right across Scotland, replacing previous systems limited by the historic boundaries of the eight forces."

Local politicians say they will be monitoring the effectiveness of the new arrangements.