Romanian Police

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Romanian Police
Coat of Arms of the Romanian Police
Country	Romania
Type	Civil police
Formed	1990
HQ	Bucharest
Inspector-General	Chestor principal de poliţie Dan-Valentin Fătuloiu
Website	Poliţia Română

The Romanian Police (Romanian: Poliţia Română, IPA: [po.'li.tsi.a ro.'mɨ.nə]) is the national police force and main civil law enforcement agency in Romania. It is subordinated to the Ministry of Administration and Interior.

1 Organization
- 1.1 Central units
- 1.2 Territorial units
2 Ranks
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Organization

Officers (agenţi) from the Public Order Directorate

The General Inspectorate is the central structure of the Romanian Police under the command of a General Inspector appointed by the Minister of Administration and Interior.

[edit] Central units

Criminal Investigations Directorate
Fraud Investigations Directorate
Criminal Prosecution Directorate
Directorate of Firearms, Explosives and Toxic Substances
Independent Service of Special Interventions and Operations
"Organized Crime and Narcotics" Directorate
Public Order Directorate
Traffic Police Directorate
Transport Police Directorate
Institute for Crime Prevention and Research
Institute of Forensics
Directorate of Logistics
Independent Administration Service
Directorate of Criminal and Operational Records and Statistics

[edit] Territorial units

The Romanian Police is divided into 41 territorial inspectorates, corresponding to each county (judeţ), and the General Directorate of the Police in Bucharest.

Each county inspectorate has a rapid reaction unit (Detaşamentul de Poliţie pentru Intervenţie Rapidă, Police Rapid Intervention Squad). The similar unit attached to the Bucharest Police is called Serviciul de Poliţie pentru Intervenţie Rapidă (Police Rapid Intervention Service).

[edit] Ranks

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

Corpul ofiţerilor de poliţie (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	Translated as	Military rank equivalent	French police rank equivalent	British Metropolitan Police rank equivalent
Chestor-general de poliţie	Police Quaestor-General	General	Inspecteur général	Commissioner
Chestor-şef de poliţie	Police Chief-Quaestor	Lieutenant General	Inspecteur général	Assistant Commissioner
Chestor principal de poliţie	Police Senior Quaestor	Major General	Contrôleur général	Deputy Assistant Commissioner
Chestor de poliţie	Police Quaestor	Brigadier General	Contrôleur général	Commander
Comisar-şef de poliţie	Police Chief-Commissioner	Colonel	Commissaire divisionnaire	Chief Superintendent
Comisar de poliţie	Police Commissioner	Lieutenant Colonel	Commissaire de police	Superintendent
Subcomisar de poliţie	Police Sub-Commissioner	Major	Commissaire de police	Superintendent
Inspector principal de poliţie	Police Chief Inspector	Captain	Commandant	Chief Inspector
Inspector de poliţie	Police Inspector	Lieutenant	Capitaine	Inspector
Subinspector de poliţie	Police Sub-Inspector	Second Lieutenant	Lieutenant	Inspector

Corpul agenţilor de poliţie (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	Translated as	Military rank equivalent	French police rank equivalent	British police rank equivalent
Agent-şef principal de poliţie	Police Senior Chief Agent	Sergeant Major	Brigadier-major	Sergeant
Agent-şef de poliţie	Police Chief Agent	First Sergeant	Brigadier-chef	Sergeant
Agent-şef adjunct de poliţie	Police Deputy Chief Agent	Sergeant First Class	Brigadier	Sergeant
Agent principal de poliţie	Police Senior Agent	Staff Sergeant	Sous-brigadier	Constable
Agent de poliţie	Police Agent	Sergeant	Gardien de la paix	Constable