The Romanian Police ( ro, Poliția Română, ) is the national

police The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state, with the aim to enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Their lawful powers include arrest and t ...

force and main civil law enforcement agency in

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

. It is subordinated to the

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and it is led by a General Inspector with the rank of Secretary of State.

Duties

The Romanian Police is responsible for: * policing in Romania * 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 The High Court of Cassation and Justice ( ro, Înalta Curte de Casație și Justiție) is Romania's supreme court, and the court of last resort. It is the equivalent of France's Cour de Cassation and serves a similar function to other courts of c ...

, and which has any other attributions assigned by law. The organizational chart of General Inspectorate of Romanian Police includes general directorates, directorates, services and, offices established by the order of the Minister of Internal Affairs. The General Inspectorate is under the command of a ''General Inspector'' appointed by the Minister of Internal Affairs. Since March 2015, the General Inspector of the Police is appointed by the

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and also holds the rank of Secretary of State.

Central units

*General Directorate for Countering the

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- with five central directorates (

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Directorate, Directorate of Combating Human Trafficking,

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Directorate, Directorate of Combating

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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

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drug trafficking A drug is any chemical substance that causes a change in an organism's physiology or psychology when consumed. Drugs are typically distinguished from food and substances that provide nutritional support. Consumption of drugs can be via insuffla ...

, human trafficking, illegal migration,

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, serious financial

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s, financing

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and money laundering. *General Directorate for Criminal Investigations - with three central directorates: Fraud Investigations Directorate, Criminal Investigations Directorate, Directorate of Firearms, Explosives and

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. *General Directorate for Public Safety Police - with three central directorates: Public Order Directorate, Traffic Police Directorate, Transport Police Directorate. *General Directorate for Administrative Police - with four 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.

Territorial units

The Romanian Police is divided into 41 county police inspectorates, corresponding to each county ('' județ''), and the

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General Directorate of Police. Each county police inspectorate has a rapid reaction unit (''

Detașamentul de Poliție pentru Intervenție Rapidă ''Detaşamentul Poliţiei pentru Intervenţie Rapidă'' (DPIR, Rapid Intervention Police Squad) is the common name in Romania for county-level police rapid intervention units. Structure Romania is divided into 41 counties ('' judeţe'') plus ...

'', Police Rapid Intervention Squad). The similar unit attached to the Bucharest Police is called ''

Serviciul de Poliție pentru Intervenție Rapidă The Serviciul Special de Poliţie pentru Intervenţie Rapidă (''Police Rapid Intervention Service'', SSPIR) was created in 1999,

'' (Police Rapid Intervention Service).

Equipment

Dacia Logan Romanian police vehicle - 2021

Vehicles

The Romanian Police has, altogether, roughly 10,500 intervention vehicles. The fleet is mostly comprised by

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s and Dacia Dusters, accompanied by older

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vehicles.

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is yet another model in use, used by the special forces, border police and others. The Road/Traffic Police also has BMWs (mostly motorbikes), Seat, Lotus and Alfa Romeo vehicles, used for road chasing. In 2020, the Ministry of Interior Affairs acquired 6,744 brand new vehicles which would also feature a new painting scheme, similar to those in

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. These were delivered in Autumn 2020 and had been produced at the local

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factory in Mioveni. A significant part of the acquired vehicles are

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(2018 model year), being the first time a crossover SUV is introduced in the force on a large, nationwide scale and

(2017 model year, newest at the time of acquisition). The police also uses helicopters for air surveillance and immediate response. The most common manufacturer is Eurocopter.

Weapons

In 2020, the Romanian Police acquired 25,000 Beretta Px4 pistols, they had entered regular service by the end of 2020. The special services units ( S.I.A.S. and S.A.S.) use Glock pistols and HK-MP5 submachine guns.

Ranks

Before 2002, the National Police had military status and a military ranking system (''see

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''). In June 2002 it became a civilian police force (the first police service in

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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,

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and

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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

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(''Police Nationale''). *''Corpul agenților de poliție'' (Police Agents Corps) - corresponding to the non-commissioned ranks of a military force, to the ''Corps d'encadrement et d'application'' in the French National Police or to the ranks of

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in a British-style police force.

References

External links

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