Grand Ducal Police

Grand Ducal Police Police Grand-Ducale
Logo of the Grand Ducal Police.
Agency overview
Formed	January 1, 2000
Preceding agency	Grand Ducal Gendarmerie
Legal personality	Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
National agency	Luxembourg
Policing for the Grand Ducal Police is organised under six primary intervention centres, under which further secondary intervention centres operate
General nature	Law enforcement Local civilian police
Operational structure
Agency executive	Romain Nettgen, Director-General
Website
Official Site

Grand Ducal Police vehicle in Stolzembourg

TM-170, Grand Ducal Police armoured vehicle

The Grand Ducal Police (French: Police Grand-Ducale) is the primary law enforcement agency in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. The police is under the control of the Minister for the Interior of Luxembourg, although they operate in the name, and under the ultimate control, of the Grand Duke. Day-to-day executive control is exercised by the Director-General. The Grand Ducal Police has existed in its current form since January 1, 2000, when the Grand Ducal Gendarmerie was merged with the police.^[1]

The Grand Ducal Police is responsible for ensuring Luxembourg's internal security, maintaining law and order, and enforcing all laws and Grand Ducal decrees. It is also responsible for assisting the military in its internal operations, as prescribed by the Grand Duke.^[1]

Organisation

The Grand Ducal Police's operations are divided into six regions (circonscriptions régionales), which are under the command of a regional director. The director is responsible for primary intervention centres, secondary intervention centres, local police stations, and region-wide services. The region headquarters are in Capellen, Diekirch, Esch-sur-Alzette, Grevenmacher, Luxembourg City, and Mersch.

The primary intervention centres (Centre d'Intervention Primaire, abbreviated 'CIP') are the most capable and best equipped police stations to address emergencies. The CIPs also serve as the headquarters for the region, providing administrative support for the region's other operation centres. The CIPs' jurisdictions cover their respective regions (illustrated in different colours on the map, right).

Under the six CIPs are thirteen 'secondary intervention centre' (Centre d'Intervention Secondaire, abbreviated 'CIS'). As the CIPs perform the role of the CISs, as well as their own functions, there are seven dedicated CISs, located in Differdange, Dudelange, Echternach, Redange, Remich, Troisvierges, and Wiltz.

Local police stations (Commisariat de Proximité, abbreviated 'CP') operate separately from the CISs and CIPs, but are under the control of the regional director. In addition to the thirteen CIPs and CISs, which perform the role of CPs, there are thirty-eight dedictated local stations, distributed across the main towns and cities of Luxembourg. Eight of these dedicated CPs are in Luxembourg City, in addition to the CIP.

The regional police forces are also directly responsible for policing the roads, criminal investigation, and providing aid to victims of crime.

CIP		CIS	Communes	Population (As of 2005[update])	Area (km²)
	Capellen
		Capellen	Bertrange, Clemency, Dippach, Garnich, Hobscheid, Kehlen, Koerich, Kopstal, Mamer, Septfontaines, Steinfort, Strassen	43,134	208.17
	Diekirch
		Diekirch	Bettendorf, Bourscheid, Colmar-Berg, Consthum, Diekirch, Ermsdorf, Erpeldange, Ettelbruck, Feulen, Hoscheid, Medernach, Mertzig, Putscheid, Reisdorf, Schieren, Tandel, Vianden	33,090	320.71
		Troisvierges	Clervaux, Heinerscheid, Hosingen, Munshausen, Troisvierges, Weiswampach, Wincrange	12,625	316.80
		Wiltz	Boulaide, Esch-sur-Sûre, Eschweiler, Goesdorf, Heiderscheid, Kiischpelt, Lac de la Haute-Sûre, Neunhausen, Wiltz, Winseler	12,460	264.55
	Esch-sur-Alzette
		Differdange	Bascharage, Differdange, Pétange, Sanem	54,459	77.67
		Dudelange	Bettembourg, Dudelange, Frisange, Roeser, Weiler-la-Tour	36,104	102.17
		Esch-sur-Alzette	Esch-sur-Alzette, Kayl, Leudelange, Mondercange, Reckange-sur-Mess, Rumelange, Schifflange	57,824	99.14
	Grevenmacher
		Echternach	Beaufort, Bech, Berdorf, Consdorf, Echternach, Junglinster, Mompach, Rosport, Waldbillig	20,499	240.92
		Grevenmacher	Betzdorf, Biwer, Flaxweiler, Grevenmacher, Lenningen, Manternach, Mertert, Niederanven, Schuttrange, Stadtbredimus, Wormeldange	28,287	243.97
		Remich	Bous, Burmerange, Contern, Dalheim, Mondorf-les-Bains, Remerschen, Remich, Sandweiler, Waldbredimus, Wellenstein	20,605	125.63
	Luxembourg City
		Luxembourg City	Hesperange, Luxembourg, Walferdange	94,552	85.74
	Mersch
		Mersch	Bissen, Boevange-sur-Attert, Fischbach, Heffingen, Larochette, Lintgen, Lorentzweiler, Mersch, Nommern, Steinsel, Tuntange	26,886	233.40
		Redange	Beckerich, Ell, Grosbous, Préizerdaul, Rambrouch, Redange, Saeul, Useldange, Vichten, Wahl	14,499	267.49
Total				455,024	2,586

Director-General

The head of the Grand Ducal Police is the Director-General. There have been three Directors-General since the creation of the Grand Ducal Police in 2000.

Name	Start	End
Charles Bourg	2000	2001
Pierre Reuland	2001	2008
Romain Nettgen	2008	Present day

Emergencies

It is either the CISs or the CIPs that one contacts in the event of an emergency, as they are the only police stations that are open 24/7. The emergency telephone number for the police is 113, as opposed to 112 for all other emergency services.

Footnotes

1. ^ ^{a b} (French) "Mémorial A, 1999, No. 87" (PDF). Service central de législation. http://www.legilux.public.lu/leg/a/archives/1999/0870507/0870507.pdf#page=2. Retrieved 2006-08-28. 

External links

• Grand Ducal Police official website
• Musée International d'Effets de Gendarmerie et Police Luxemourg website