Romanian Police
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| Romanian Police Poliţia Română |
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 Coat of Arms of the Romanian Police |
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| Country | Romania |
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| Type | Civil police |
| Formed | 1990 |
| Motto | Lex et Honor |
| HQ | Bucharest |
| Inspector-General | Chestor principal de poliţie Gheorghe Popa |
| Website | Poliţia Română |
The Romanian Police (Romanian: Poliţia Română, IPA: [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.[1]
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[edit] 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
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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
[edit] 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).
[edit] 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).
| Rank | Insignia | Shoulder insignia | Translated as | Military rank equivalent | French police rank equivalent | British Metropolitan Police rank equivalent |
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| Chestor-general de poliţie |  |
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Police Quaestor-General | General | Inspecteur général | Commissioner |
| Chestor-şef de poliţie |  |
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Police Chief-Quaestor | Lieutenant General | Inspecteur général | Assistant Commissioner |
| Chestor principal de poliţie |  |
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Police Principal Quaestor | Major General | Contrôleur général | Deputy Assistant Commissioner |
| Chestor de poliţie |  |
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Police Quaestor | Brigadier General | Contrôleur général | Commander |
| Comisar-şef de poliţie |  |
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Police Chief-Commissioner | Colonel | Commissaire divisionnaire | Chief Superintendent |
| Comisar de poliţie |  |
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Police Commissioner | Lieutenant Colonel | Commissaire de police | Superintendent |
| Subcomisar de poliţie |  |
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Police Sub-Commissioner | Major | Commissaire de police | Superintendent |
| Inspector principal de poliţie |  |
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Police Principal Inspector | Captain | Commandant | Chief Inspector |
| Inspector de poliţie |  |
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Police Inspector | Lieutenant | Capitaine | Inspector |
| Subinspector de poliţie |  |
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Police Sub-Inspector | Second Lieutenant | Lieutenant | Inspector |
- 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.
| Rank | Insignia | Shoulder insignia | Translated as | Military rank equivalent | French police rank equivalent | British police rank equivalent |
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| Agent-şef principal de poliţie |  |
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Police Principal Chief Agent | Sergeant Major | Brigadier-major | Sergeant |
| Agent-şef de poliţie |  |
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Police Chief Agent | First Sergeant | Brigadier-chef | Sergeant |
| Agent-şef adjunct de poliţie |  |
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Police Deputy Chief Agent | Sergeant First Class | Brigadier | Sergeant |
| Agent principal de poliţie |  |
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Police Principal Agent | Staff Sergeant | Sous-brigadier | Constable |
| Agent de poliţie |  |
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Police Agent | Sergeant | Gardien de la paix | Constable |
[edit] Historical secret police organizations
- Departamentul Securităţii statului (Securitate) (Department of State Security)
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- (English) Official site
[edit] References
- ^ http://polis.osce.org/countries/details?item_id=40 OSCE entry on Romanian police
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