Oslo Police District (

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: ''Oslo politidistrikt'') is the largest police district in

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. The Police District of Asker og Bærum and Oslo Police District are from January 1, 2016 merged into one, Police Districts Asker and Bærum and Oslo are from 1 January 2016 merged into one, and kept the name Oslo Police District. The police district comprises three municipalities,

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and

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. It has a total population of around 800,000 people. Oslo Police District has seven police stations in charge of policing duties, including assignments in terms of order, prevention and investigation purposes in the surrounding areas. The Police Authority also has special sections for the investigation of serious crime. The investigation led formally by police lawyers, belonging to prosecutors. Serious drug cases and

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cases are investigated by the ''Section for organized crime'', homicide cases and cases involving sexual crimes investigated by the ''Division of Violence and sexual crimes'', while serious forms of economic crime investigation by the ''Financial and Environmental Crime Section.'' Traffic and sea buffet includes ''Trafikkorpset'' and Harbor Police and a specialist on criminal offenses related to the capital's traffic by land and sea. The Police is headquartered at Grønlandsleiret 44 at Grønland in Oslo.

Police stations

Western unit * Asker police station, located in Torvveien 20,

* Bærum police station, located in Kjørboveien 33,

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(Bærum) * Majorstuen police station, located in Sørkedalsveien 27 B at

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Unit of central Oslo * Grønland police station, located in the Oslo Police Headquarters at Grønlandsleiret 44, Grønland. * Sentrum police station, Hammersborggata 12, next door to

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in central Oslo. * There is also a smaller police office, located at the

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. Eastern unit * Manglerud police station, located in Plogveien 31 at

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. * Stovner police station, located in Aasta Hansteens vei 10 at

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Contact

Emergency telephone number is ☎ 112, non emergency calls at ☎ 02800 or ☎ (+47)22 66 90 50.

Common units

*Police Section for Immigration AdministrationSection for Immigration Administration
/ref> *Common unit for operational service *Common criminal unit *Common unit for intelligence and investigation *Common unit for prevention *Common unit for prosecution *Common unit for foreigners and administration *Joint unit for civil justice (namsfogd) *Common unit for national aid resources

Mobility

Oslo Police disposal units that move on land (

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in addition to patrols on foot, by car and motorcycle), sea (Harbor Police) and by air (helicopter).

Gallery

File:Politihuset Oslo.jpg, Oslo Police Headquarters File:Hammersborggata with Politidirektoratet and Oslo Sentrum Police Station - 2007.04.03.jpg, Sentrum Police Station File:08-09-19 Stovner politistasjon.jpg, Stovner Police Station File:Majorstua politistasjon 20100509-1.jpg, Majorstuen Police Station File:LN-OCP 010.jpg, Police Helicopter in Oslo File:Mounted policeman in Oslo (Norway).jpg,

Mounted police Mounted police are police who patrol on horseback or camelback. Their day-to-day function is typically picturesque or ceremonial, but they are also employed in crowd control because of their mobile mass and height advantage and increasingly in t ...

in Oslo File:Politibaaten klar.jpg, Harbour police in Oslo

References

External links

Contact information in English
Police districts in Norway Organisations based in Oslo Law enforcement agencies of Norway {{police-stub