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(''Rigsadvokaten''), the regional

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s (''Statsadvokaterne'') and on the lowest level the chief

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s (''Politimestrene'').

Purpose

It is the duty of the Prosecution Service to attend to cases as quickly as possible. The Prosecution Service must make sure that offenders are called to account in accordance with the law, but must also ensure that innocent persons are not

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Structure

Director of Public Prosecutions

The Director of Public Prosecutions is head of the Prosecution Service, and he conducts prosecutions in

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cases before the

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Regional Public Prosecutors

Regional public prosecutors attend to criminal cases before the High Courts and superintend the chief constables. It is also regional public prosecutors who deal with complaints against the police and cases concerning compensation for decisions made by chief constables in criminal prosecutions. The Public Prosecutor for Serious Economic

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attends to cases involving serious

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crime, on a national basis. The Special International Crimes Office attends to crimes committed by foreigners outside

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Police Districts

Chief constables are prosecutors in the district courts in their respective

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s. As they are, at the same time, head of the police district, they are also responsible for police investigations of breaches of the law in the district. The local prosecution service is, in practice, attended to by the attorneys and police

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s of the police district. Law enforcement agencies of Denmark