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Romanian Police
Poliția Română

COA-Politia Romana.svg
Coat of arms of the Romanian Police

Common name Poliția
Abbreviation PR
Motto
Lex et Honor
Law and Honour
Agency overview
Formed 1990
Preceding agency
  • Miliția
Employees 45391 [1] (Romanian)
Jurisdictional structure
National agency ROU
Operations jurisdiction ROU
General nature
  • Civilian police
Headquarters 6 Mihai Vodă street, Bucharest

Agency executive

  • Chestor de poliție Bogdan Despescu[2], Secretary of State, General Inspector
Parent agency Ministry of Internal Affairs
Website
https://www.politiaromana.ro/

The Romanian Police (Romanian: Poliția Română, pronounced [poˈlit͡si.a roˈmɨnə]) is the national police force and main civil law enforcement agency in Romania. It is subordinated to the Ministry of Administration and Interior and it is led by a General Inspector with the rank of Secretary of State.[3]




Contents






  • 1 Duties


  • 2 Organization


    • 2.1 Central units


    • 2.2 Territorial units




  • 3 Facilities and equipment


  • 4 Ranks


  • 5 See also


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





Duties


The Romanian Police are 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 offences and their perpetrators

  • maintaining the public order and safety



Organization


General Inspectorate of Romanian Police is the central unit of police in Romania, which manages, guides, supports and controls the activity of the Romanian police units, investigates and analyses very serious crimes related to organized crime, economic, financial or banking criminality, or to other crimes which make the object of the criminal cases investigated by the Prosecutor’s Office attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice, and which has any other attributions assigned by law.




Romanian Volkswagen Police Cars


The organizational chart of General Inspectorate of Romanian Police includes general directorates, directorates, services and, offices established by the order of the Minister of Administration and Interior.


The General Inspectorate is under the command of a General Inspector appointed by the Minister of Administration and Interior. Since March 2015, the General Inspector of the Police is appointed by the Prime Minister and also holds the rank of Secretary of State.[4]



Central units




  • General Directorate for Countering the Organized Crime - with 5 central directorates (Anti-Drug Directorate, Directorate of Combating Human Trafficking, Cyber Crime Directorate, Directorate of Combating Terrorism Financing and Money Laundering, Special Operations Directorate) and 15 regional Brigades of Countering Organized Criminality. These Brigades are specialized units and have the mission to fight against organized crime, drug trafficking, human trafficking, illegal migration, cyber crime, serious financial frauds, financing terrorism and money laundering.


  • General Directorate for Criminal Investigations - with 3 central directorates: Fraud Investigations Directorate, Criminal Investigations Directorate, Directorate of Firearms, Explosives and Toxic Substances.


  • General Directorate for Public Safety Police - with 3 central directorates: Public Order Directorate, Traffic Police Directorate, Transport Police Directorate.


  • General Directorate for Administrative Police - with 4 central directorates: Forensics Institute, Directorate for Criminal Records, Statistics and Operational Registry, Directorate for Logistics Management, the Directorate for IT&C.


Under the command of the General Inspectorate of the Romanian Police operates a specialized intervention squad, The Independent Service of Special Interventions and Operations.




Uniformed police agents (agenți) from the Public Order Directorate



Territorial units


The Romanian Police is divided into 41 County Police Inspectorates, corresponding to each county (județ), and The Bucharest General Directorate of Police.


Each County Police Inspectorate has a rapid reaction unit (Detașamentul de Poliție pentru Intervenție Rapidă, Police Rapid Intervention Squad). The similar unit attached to the Bucharest Police is called Serviciul de Poliție pentru Intervenție Rapidă (Police Rapid Intervention Service).



Facilities and equipment


The Romanian Police has, altogether, roughly 9,500 intervention vehicles.[5] The fleet is mostly comprised by Dacia Logans and various Volkswagen vehicles. Mercedes Vito is yet another model in use, used by the special forces, border police and others. The Road/Traffic Police also has BMWs, Seat and Lotus vehicles, used for road chasing.[6]


The police also uses helicopters for air surveillance and immediate response.[7] The most common manufacturer is Eurocopter.


A policeman on duty carries a sidearm (usually a Pistol Carpați Md. 1974, Makarov PM or Glock semi-automated weapon), a pair of handcuffs, an expandable baton, a radio communication device and identification.



Ranks


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



  • Corpul ofițerilor de poliție (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 Shoulder insignia Translated as Military rank equivalent French police rank equivalent British Metropolitan Police rank equivalent

Chestor-general de poliție

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Police Quaestor-General
General

Directeur des services actifs
Commissioner

Chestor-șef de poliție

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Police Chief-Quaestor
Lieutenant General

Inspecteur général

Assistant Commissioner

Chestor principal de poliție

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Police Principal Quaestor
Major General

Contrôleur général

Deputy Assistant Commissioner

Chestor de poliție

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Police Quaestor
Brigadier General

Contrôleur général

Commander

Comisar-șef de poliție

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Police Chief-Commissioner
Colonel

Commissaire divisionnaire

Chief Superintendent

Comisar de poliție

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Police Commissioner
Lieutenant Colonel

Commissaire de police
Superintendent Grade I

Subcomisar de poliție

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Police Sub-Commissioner
Major

Commandant
Superintendent

Inspector principal de poliție

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Police Principal Inspector
Captain

Capitaine

Chief Inspector

Inspector de poliție

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Police Inspector
Lieutenant

Lieutenant
Inspector

Subinspector de poliție

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Police Sub-Inspector
Second Lieutenant

Lieutenant intern
Temporary/Probationary Inspector


  • Corpul agenților de poliție (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 Shoulder insignia Translated as Military rank equivalent French police rank equivalent British police rank equivalent

Agent-șef principal de poliție

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Police Principal Chief Agent
Sergeant Major

Brigadier-major
Station Sergeant

Agent-șef de poliție

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Police Chief Agent
Master Sergeant

Brigadier-chef
Station Sergeant

Agent-șef adjunct de poliție

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Police Deputy Chief Agent
Sergeant First Class

Brigadier
Sergeant

Agent principal de poliție

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Police Principal Agent
Staff Sergeant

Gardien de la paix
Acting Sergeant

Agent de poliție

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Police Agent
Sergeant

Gardien de la paix stagiaire
Constable


See also



  • Romanian Military Police

  • Gendarmerie (Romania)

  • Crime in Romania



References





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  2. ^ "Chestorul Bogdan Despescu, inspectorul şef al IPJ Constanţa, noul şef al Poliţiei Române" (in Romanian). Ziua de Constanța. 2015-12-10. Retrieved 2015-12-11.


  3. ^ http://polis.osce.org/countries/details?item_id=40 OSCE entry on Romanian police


  4. ^ "Iohannis promulgă legea prin care şeful Poliţiei are rang de secretar de stat şi e numit de premier" (in Romanian). 11 March 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2016.


  5. ^ "Deficit de aproape 7.000 de angajati in Politia Romana".


  6. ^ "Politia Romana a primit un bolid de lux care atinge 100 km/ora in 5 secunde".


  7. ^ "Poliţia supraveghează din elicopter traficul rutier şi amplasează radare "în cascadă"".




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