National Police Corps (Noordenstaat)
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| National Police Corps Korps Rijkspolitie | |
|---|---|
 Rijkspolitie logo | |
 Rijkspolitie badge | |
| Common name | Rijkspolitie |
| Abbreviation | NSPOL |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1921 |
| Preceding agency |
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| Jurisdictional structure | |
| National agency | Noordenstaat |
| Operations jurisdiction | Noordenstaat |
| Size | 1,149,700 km2 |
| Population | 127,224,534 |
| Governing body | Ministry of Justice and National Security |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Koninstad, Noordenstaat |
| Officers | 260,500 |
| Civilians | 20,000 |
| Departments | 10
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| Regions | 12 |
| Facilities | |
| Stations | 2400 |
| Website | |
| rijkspolitie.gov.ns | |
The National Police Corps (Dutch: Korps Rijkspolitie) is the national police force of Noordenstaat. The National Police Corps was founded in 1921 after the dissolution of the Commonwealth of Noordenstaat-Scanonia and disbanding of the preceding Royal Commonwealth Constabulary. The Corps is organised in 12 regional units (Regiokorpsen) with several departments serving on a national level. Ministry of Justice and National Security is the governing body of the National Police Corps.
History
Organisation
Noordenstaater police was, from 1921 to 1970 organised in regional constabularies (Dutch regiokorpsen) as operational units, and the National Constabulary (Dutch: Korps landelijke politiediensten) which served as a central administrative unit without its own operational units. Since 1970 reform, the National Police Corps is centralised under the Ministry of Justice and National Security, with 10 departments and 12 provincial units (Dutch: provinciale eenheid) which are further divided into municipal units (Dutch: gemeente eenheid).
Departments
National Police Corps departments are divided by various tasks they do, and their size and division in smaller provincial units depends on their scale of work. They're commanded by the Commissioner (Dutch: Kommissaris) and all 10 department commissioners, together with the High Commissioner form the National Police Corps Executive Council.
The department and their scope of work are as follows:
- National Crime Squad - armed police unit tasked with helping regular officers with catching potentially dangerous criminals
- Police Intelligence Service - tasked with intelligence gathering and dissemination of information through public CCTV network, plain-clothes officers and other special means
- National Criminal Investigation Unit - together with its forensic units, it represents the main criminal investigation unit in the country. Collects, processes and keeps evidence of crime scenes, has DNA and fingerprint database and cooperates with other departments.
- Special Anti-terrorist Unit - elite special operations unit which employs special weapons and tactics against terrorists, dangerous criminals, resolves hostage crisis and participates in vessel seizures together with the Coast Guard.
- Traffic Police Department - enforces traffic safety laws on all public roads in Noordenstaat, does regular and extraordinary speed, alcohol and drugs controls, educates drivers on safe driving techniques, participates in driving license exams, ensures road safety.
- Water Police Service - enforces law on all inland waterways, lakes and canals, provides support to the Coast Guard, issues boat permits, ensures safety of voyage on all waterways in Noordenstaat.
- Communication and Operational Support Service - operates 25 dispatch centres throughout Noordenstaat, provides communications support between the operational units, communicates on behalf of the National Police Corps with the public through public announcements, press releases, media campaigns, social media posts and other.
- Police Aviation Service - operates aircraft in National Police Corps's inventory, cooperates with other departments with helicopters equipped with IRST cameras, participates in search and rescue operations.
- Mounted and Police Dogs Service - employs K9 units and horseback mounted officers as support to regular officers in special tasks.
- Diplomatic Protection Unit - provides protection to diplomatic missions in Noordenstaat, during high ranking visits and provides convoy protection.
Tasks
Equipment
Personal equipment
Personal equipment of a regular police officer are as follows:
- TGI 610 Handcuffs
- Xerton 7, 51cm expandable baton
- Motorola MTP6650 TETRA radio
- SIG Sauer P320 handgun
- Pepper spray
Police trainees are equipped with taser instead of a handgun until they pass the weapons handling course. Armed support units and Special Anti-terrorist unit uses Heckler & Koch UMP as their primary weapon.
Vehicles
The Noordenstaater National Police Corps utilises vehicles of several Astyrian car manufacturers for its everyday operations.