Polizia Stradale

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The Polizia Stradale is the national highway patrol of Italy and is a sub-directorate of the Italian State Police.

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The Polizia Stradale patrols the 7,000 kilometres of motorways ( autostrada ) in Italy and the main highways and arterial roads outside towns. Missions include the prevention and detection of driving offences, traffic accident reporting, planning and carrying out services to regulate traffic, providing escorts for road safety, protecting and controlling the road network, rescue operations and cooperation in the collection of traffic flow data.

Between the several activities, it carries out also services of supply and regulation of the traffic. Under the profile of the communication verification the news on the practicability then comes diffuse from the Center coordination information on street emergency (Centro Addestramento Polizia di Stato) (C.C.I.S.S.). It also promotes the initiatives and campaigns of sensibilities of the citizens, in particular young people, on street emergencies.

History

During the reconstruction after World War II the number of automobiles on the roads began to increase. In order to respond to the increasing requirements of this traffic, highway patrol sections were formed at 72 police headquarters with the employment of 2600 men and numerous motorcycles of various origins, mostly military surplus, in the first months of 1946.

The PS was established by a decree issued on 26 November 1947 signed by the former Temporary Head of the State, Enrico De Nicola. He established the tasks of the service and its organization, attributing some of the management not to the Ministry of the Public Works but to the Interior.

Subsequently the Polizia Stradale was organized into departments with regional responsibility and sections with local competence with subordinate sub-sections and detachments. The necessity of centralized control has increased with the passing of the years.

Organization

The PS is managed by the Central Directorate for Police, Railway, and Communications and the Special Police Departments of State Police, a part of Department of Public Security at the Ministry of the Interior.

The Traffic Police is divided into:

Equipment

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Polizia Stradale BMW 850's
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Lamborghini Gallardo

The PS uses high-powered cars and motorcycles with some van and other specialised vehicles as needed.

Cars

 Impreza (police car without livery)

Motorcycles

Others

Sidearm

See also

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