US President Donald Trump to visit Scotland in coming weeks
Sources told the broadcaster that Mr Trump will visit his Turnberry and Aberdeenshire golf courses as part of a trip that "could last more than a few days."
As many as 5,000 police officers could have to work 12 hour shifts as a result of the visit, sources added.
Police Scotland's assistant chief constable Emma Bond said: "Planning is under way for a potential visit to Scotland later this month by the President of the United States.
"While official confirmation has not yet been made, it is important that we prepare in advance for what would be a significant policing operation."
This would the first time Mr Trump has visited Scotland since his re-election as president last November.
A visit by Mr Trump in 2018 led to widespread protests in Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Aberdeen, as thousands gathered to jeer the American politican.
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The Scottish Greens have previously said Mr Trump is "not welcome" in Scotland and have called for him to be met with protests.
In February, Green co-leader Patrick Harvie MSP said: 'The threat Trump represents to global security, to democracy, to human rights and to our climate could not be clearer.
"To offer him such a warm welcome and the trappings of a state visit is a slap in the face to the millions of people across the US and beyond who are frightened for their friends and family who are having their rights eroded or removed."
While First Minister John Swinney has said he would meet with Mr Trump if he visits Scotland, he said in March that a planned royal visit should be reconsidered in the wake of the president's verbal attack on Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
He went on to meet Mr Trump's son, Eric, at Bute House in March.
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