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Contents 1 Someone has been messing with the pages 2 Question about US entry 3 Question about NZ entry 4 S.Korean MP 5 Brazil Federal Forces 6 Finnish MP powers in national emergency 7 Fair use rationale for Image:Shoulder-patch.gif 8 Fair use rationale for Image:Shoulder-patch.gif 9 Fair use rationale for Image:Shoulder-patch.gif 10 Fair use rationale for Image:Shoulder-patch.gif 11 Swedish MP and MP Rangers 12 Egypt

[edit] Someone has been messing with the pages

For example, when you go into edit for "Australia", you get the text regarding Australia, yet when you go into the page itself, well, I'll copy/paste for you here.

TEXT AS SEEN IN EDIT; In the Australian Army, the Royal Australian Corps of Military Police also performs the role of a secondary communications network in the front battle zone.

TEXT AS SEEN IN THE PAGE; In the Australian Army, the Royal Australian Corps of Military Police also performs the role of a secondary communications network in the front battle zone. Jacques Abucohon (crazy woman beating Canuck) Recieves anal pleasure from sean milan("shit-faced Sean) on a regular basis. In closing fuck canada.

So, someone may want to do something about this.

[edit] Question about US entry

• the Gendarmerie may be a militarized police force who serve as military police, but they are mostly used as civil police.--68.32.11.74 15:30, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
• In my understanding, being British:-

Gendarmerie are police that are army-ish, and they keep the general population in order.

Military police are police that keep the members of the army in order.

They are different. Anthony Appleyard 16:23, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Yes, someone more familiar with the subject should make this distiction a little more explicit in the article. ike9898 17:26, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Question about NZ entry

"The Military Police in New Zealand like to have crazy incest with their kangaroo cousins. Michael Floyd occasionally joins in on the festivities."

This passage may not be accurate or appropriate in this context.Glenn.robinson 05:18, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

You could have removed it yourself, you know! -- Necrothesp 17:08, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

Cheers, I've only just signed up - I didn't realise I had that power.

[edit] S.Korean MP

i'm surprised there is no article about south korean MP, i heard koreans have well-trained MPs due to their current status (in war with N.Korea) there are articles about NZ, singapore and even portuguese MP! i'm from NZ but i never knew we had MP here lol someone create an article regarding S.Korean MP, i think Korean topics are always overlooked on wikipedia. 139.80.123.34 23:05, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Brazil Federal Forces

What about the new Força Nacional de Segurança? --Pinnecco 17:08, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Finnish MP powers in national emergency

The powers of the various Finnish authorities are quite clearly listed in the Preparedness Act, in the Act on the State of Defence, and in various branch-specific acts. None of these includes any provision for the military police to have general jurisdiction over civilians, as far as I know. Of course, the military would use large areas as storage depots or deployment areas, and therefore, the military areas where the MP have jurisdiction even over civilians would expand hugely.

If the State of defence act is in force, the military would have control of areas which are used for defence against an imminent attack. However, even in this area, the military authority would not have total jurisdiction over civilian persons. It would only have competence to keep peace, commandeer material, industrial installations, buildings, destroy and alter real and removable property, and obligate any persons between 15 and 65 years of age to work in duties useful for the military for a period of no more than 24 days. Still, the military would not have the right to investigate crimes committed by civilians. The military police would only have the competence to investigate crimes committed by servicemen or by civilian persons employed by the military. (In normal situation, the military authorities lack the latter jurisdiction.)

It is well known that the need of public safety will increase in a national emergency. However, the force to be used to complement the police in such a situation is the täydennyspoliisi (lit. complementary police), consisting of volunteers. This force may be used to increase the police strenght by several thousand men if the Preparedness Act is in force. However, the police reservists may use force only if they are directed by a regular policeman. (See The decree on complementary police personnel (886/1997) and Police Act (493/1995), § 42, as in the act 525/2005) Thus, there is no need to use military police for purely civilian duties, as there is a separate civilian force for that purpose.

So, if there is a provision in the Finnish legislation that gives military police a general crisis-time-jurisdiction over civilians in areas not threatened by an imminent enemy attack or used by the military, I would be most interested to hear about it. As far as I see, the Finnish legislation has been carefully crafted to make sure that the military has powers only where they are militarily useful. --MPorciusCato 06:53, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Thinking over the the above discussion, I remembered that the MPs may be of course used in joint patrols with the civilian police, even in normal situation. In this case, the civilian policeman has the complete jurisdiction over civilians, and he may, at his discretion, temporarily ask any persons, including the MPs, to give him assistance in his duties. In such a situation, the military policemen (or any other persons authorized by the policeman) may use force towards any person under the direct supervision of the policeman in question. However, in this case, the jurisdiction over the civilians flows from the person of the policeman directing the operation. The military persons present have no independent authority and cannot act without the command of the civilian policeman. --MPorciusCato 07:42, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Shoulder-patch.gif

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BetacommandBot (talk) 20:17, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Shoulder-patch.gif

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BetacommandBot (talk) 20:20, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Shoulder-patch.gif

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BetacommandBot (talk) 06:59, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Shoulder-patch.gif

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BetacommandBot (talk) 05:43, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Swedish MP and MP Rangers

Under the Sweden category the Military Police Rangers are not called Livskadron they are under diffrent squadrons called Sigtuna Skvadron. The Military Police Rangers first objectives are in order: countersabotage, recon and sabotage and after that ordinaty MP duties. That is what differs the MP Rangers from the ordinary MP:s. The MP:s learn to ride a horse MP Rangers does not. At all the Swedish MP differs from the american MP:s since the Swedes has other brigades just for regimental security and guard duties. The Swedish MP and MP Rangers are supposed to most often conduct investigations of crimes commited in or towards the Armed Defence Force and are supposed to investigate the actions of the regimental guards and other guarding companies.

[edit] Egypt

and other arab countries.. huge and active military police forces and no mention here 86.18.207.227 (talk) 19:37, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

I guess we just don't know much about Egypt's et al military police forces. If you know some things, you can be bold and add them. -- Ynhockey ^(Talk) 19:52, 30 April 2008 (UTC)