Romanian Police

Infobox Law enforcement agency
agencyname = Romanian Police
nativename = Poliţia Română
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motto = "Lex et Honor"
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preceding1 = Miliţia RSR
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country = Romania
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chief1name = Gheorghe Popa
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The Romanian Police ( _ro. Poliţia Română, IPA2|po.'li.tsi.a ro.'mɨ.nə) is the national police force and main civil law enforcement agency in Romania. It is subordinated to the Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform. [http://polis.osce.org/countries/details?item_id=40 OSCE entry on Romanian police]

Duties

The Romanian Police is responsible for:
* the protection of the fundamental rights and liberties of the citizens and of the private and public property
* the prevention and identification of criminal offenses and their perpetrators
* maintaining the public order and safety

Organization

The General Inspectorate is the central structure of the Romanian Police under the command of a "General Inspector" appointed by the Minister of Interior.

Central units

*Criminal Investigations Directorate
*Fraud Investigations Directorate
*Criminal Prosecution Directorate
*Directorate of Firearms, Explosives and Toxic Substances
*Independent Service of Special Interventions and Operations
*"Organized Crime and Narcotics" Directorate
*Public Order Directorate
*Traffic Police Directorate
*Transport Police Directorate
*Institute for Crime Prevention and Research
*Institute of Forensics
*Directorate of Logistics
*Independent Administration Service
*Directorate of Criminal and Operational Records and Statistics

Territorial units

The Romanian Police is divided into 41 territorial inspectorates, corresponding to each county ("judeţ"), and the General Directorate of the Police in Bucharest.

Each county inspectorate has a rapid reaction unit ("Detaşamentul de Poliţie pentru Intervenţie Rapidă", Police Rapid Intervention Squad). The similar unit attached to the Bucharest Police is called "Serviciul de Poliţie pentru Intervenţie Rapidă" (Police Rapid Intervention Service).

Ranks

Before 2002, the National Police had military status and a military ranking system ("see Romanian Land Forces#Ranks and insignia"). In June 2002 it became a civil police force (the first police service in Eastern Europe to do so) and its personnel was structured into two "corps":

*"Corpul ofiţerilor de poliţie" (Police Officers Corps) - corresponding to the commissioned ranks of a military force, to the ranks of Inspector, Superintendent and Commissioner in a British-style police force or to the both "Corps de conception et de direction" and "Corps de commande et d'encadrement" in the French National Police ("Police Nationale").

*"Corpul agenţilor de poliţie" (Police Agents Corps) - corresponding to the non-commissioned ranks of a military force, to the "Corps de maîtrise et d'application" in the French National Police or to the ranks of Constable or Sergeant in a British-style police force.

ee also

*Police
*"Poliţia Comunitară"

External links

* [http://www.politiaromana.ro/Engleza/index.htm Official site]

References