High Constabulary of the Port of Leith

The Leith High Constables continue in their own society with selected members, convened by a moderator [citation needed] for ceremonial attendance at events, raising charitable donations through annual dinners and other fundraising.

Prior to a formal police service, Constables were expected to take control during any rioting, disorder, or in cases of bloodshed or even murder, on the streets within their jurisdiction.

[12] They are also part of the procession for the Honours of Scotland being presented to King Charles III and Queen Camilla at St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh on 5 July 2023.

[13] The use of the Leith High Constables' ceremonial batons (being under 100 years old) was raised with Knife Crime Consultation Unit of the Scottish Executive, in July 2005, regarding the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Scotland) Order 2005 (SSI 2005/483) paragraph 1(q) of the schedule, by the High Constables of Edinburgh requesting an amendment of the law to permit their use in the streets of the city.

[17] In 2019 & 2020 the Leith High Constables Officer bearers [citation needed] and members, had their annual dinner on the Royal Yacht Britannia.

[20][21] The High Constables were collaborating to resolve criminal and civil disorderly behaviour in the streets of the capital or the nearby burgh of Leith, and the in-between areas, for some two hundred years before the establishment of the current statutory Police Services.