Polizia di Stato

State Police
Polizia di Stato
State Police; Polizia di Stato
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Common name	Polizia
Abbreviation	P.S.
Motto	Sub lege libertas; "Freedom under the law"
Agency overview
Formed	11 July, 1852
Employees	107,000 (2019)
Annual budget	€6.6 billion (2019)
Jurisdictional structure
National agency	Italy
Operations jurisdiction	Italy
General nature	Civilian police ;
Operational structure
Overseen by Department	Ministry of the Interior
Headquarters	Rome, Viminal Palace
Sworn members	104,000+
Civilians	6,000-
Agency executive	Vittorio Pisani, Chief of the Police, Prefect;
Child agencies	Polizia Stradale ; Polizia Ferroviaria ; Polizia Postale e delle Comunicazioni ; Polizia di Frontiera ;
Website
	poliziadistato.it

Last updated November 17, 2024

The Polizia di Stato (State Police or P.S.) is one of the national police forces of Italy. Alongside the Carabinieri, it is the main police force for providing police duties, primarily to cities and large towns, and with its child agencies it is also responsible for highway patrol ( autostrade ), railways (ferrovie), airports (aeroporti), customs (together with the Guardia di Finanza), as well as certain waterways, and assisting the local police forces.

It was a military force until 1981 when the Italian State Law 121 was passed. This converted the State Police to a civil force,^[1] which is in contrast to the other main police forces of Italy: the Arma dei Carabinieri , which is a military police (gendarmerie) force^[2]^[3] and the Guardia di Finanza, the Italian customs and border protection police that also falls in the military corps category.^[4]

The Polizia di Stato is the principal Italian police force for the maintenance of public security and as such it is run directly from the Dipartimento della Pubblica Sicurezza (Department of Public Security), and the keeping of public order (ordine pubblico). Interpol summarizes the primary focus of this force: "Its responsibilities include investigative and law enforcement duties, and the security of motorway, railway, and waterway networks."^[5]

History

While the modern Polizia di Stato was created in 1981 with the merger of the many civil police services of Italy, its roots date back to 1852 as the police force of the then Kingdom of Sardinia.

It is successor and heir to the traditions of military and civil police organizations under both monarchy and republic.

Before unification

On 11 July 1852, the King of Sardinia Victor Emmanuel II established the Public Security Guards, a prototype city police service created to serve Turin and Genoa for the protection of their citizens (Law no.1404), and also formed detachments of municipal police. This date is marked as the official anniversary of the State Police.

At that time there were a number of provincial National Guard and Municipal Militia battalions, plus cavalry platoons detached from the army and Carabinieri.

Unified Italy

In 1859, given the current situation in regards to the Unification of Italy, the Public Security Guards became the de facto national civil police of a unified Italian nation. Law 3570 (13 November 1859) officially introduced police inspectors into the growing force, and to ensure the security of the residents of a number of provincial capitals and other major cities, the questori, appointed by the leadership with Royal assent, were also introduced becoming the police chiefs of these areas.

On 9 October 1861, the General Directorate of Public Security of the Kingdom was formally established (Royal Decree 225) to serve as the central authority for civilian law enforcement.

Mission

Europol (the EU's law enforcement agency), provides this summary of the force's responsibilities: "protecting the state, safeguarding the rights and freedoms of citizens, supervising the maintenance of public order, maintaining public safety, providing assistance to public entities and private in the event of accidents and disasters as well as the peaceful resolution of disputes between private individuals. It also deals with the training and education, at its facilities, of members of other police bodies ... speciality departments include the Traffic, Railway, Communications Police, the Mobile Departments and the Scientific Police."^[6]

Strength

The State Police has an authorised strength by law of 115,000 people. However, there are approximately 110,000 people of which 16,000 are women. Just under 6,000 employees are civilian support personnel with technical skills who provide logistic and technical support. In 2005 the State Police contained 105,324 members as follows: 893 dirigenti (leaders/officers), 1,839 vice questori (Vice-Questors), 723 commissari capo (Chief Superintendents), 19,230 ispettori (Inspectors), 666 vice ispettori (Sub-inspectors), 13,677 sovrintendenti (Sergeants), 38,976 assistenti (Senior agents), and 29,320 agenti (Constables/Agents).^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]

Approximately 1,500 officers are assigned to the "neighbourhood police" service, the Polizia di Quartiere, which has a police presence on the streets and deters crime. Pairs of poliziotti (policemen) patrol areas of major cities on foot.

Organization

The headquarters of the Polizia di Stato are in Rome and its chief is referred to as the Capo della Polizia ( Chief of the Police ) with official Rank of Capo della Polizia – Direttore Generale della Pubblica Sicurezza (Chief of the Police – Director General of Public Security). The Chief of the State Police is also the Honorary President of the National Association of State Police (Associazione Nazionale della Polizia di Stato). Three vice chiefs/directors-general report to the chief and their main functions are:

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planning and coordination activity
Director of the Criminal Investigation Police

The force is organized on a regional and provincial basis.^[11] The territory of the Italian Republic is divided into 20 regions. They include 107 provincial commands—one each in the 14 metropolitan cities (città metropolitane), 80 provinces (province), 6 free municipal consortiums (liberi consorzi comunali, the formal provinces of Sicily), 4 abolished Friuli-Venezia Giulia provinces, 2 autonomous provinces—Bolzano – Alto Adige and Trento and 1 in Valle d'Aosta, which is an autonomous region with no provinces nor akin administrative subdivision at all. The administrative centre of each provincial command is the local headquarters, called Questura which is commanded by a Questore (that is also the highest State Police authority for the province – Autorità Provinciale di Pubblica Sicurezza – Provincial Authority of Public Security). The only exception is the recently created province of South Sardinia (established in and operational since 2016). The territory of each province is further divided into Public Security Offices (Commissariati di Pubblica Sicurezza), commanded by a Vice Questore Aggiunto or Commissario Capo (Chief Commissioner). The lowest public security authority is the police station or precinct (Stazione di polizia).

Headquarters organization

Italian policemen on duty in Piazza di Spagna, Rome, in 2007 Polizia.di.stato.arp.jpg — Italian policemen on duty in Piazza di Spagna, Rome, in 2007

Main Offices, Divisions and Specialties of the State Police (Uffici, Reparti e Specialità della Polizia di Stato):

State Police Band (Banda Musicale della Polizia di Stato)
Data processing and computer center (Centro Elaborazione Dati)
Interregional and Regional Collection Centers (Centri Raccolta Ragionale ed Interregionale)
Central Directorate for the Criminal Police (Direzione centrale della polizia criminale)
Central Anticrime Directorate (Direzione centrale anticrimine)
Central Directorate for the Anti-Terrorism Police (Direzione centrale della polizia di prevenzione)
Central Direction for the Instruction Institutes (Direzione Centrale per gli Istituti d'Istruzione)
General Inspectorate of Public Security for Civil Aviation and Ministry of Transportation (Ispettorato Generale di Pubblica Sicurezza preso il Ministero dei Trasporti e dell'Aviazione Civile)
General Inspectorate of Public Security for Ministry of the Economic Development (Ispettorato Generale di Pubblica Sicurezza preso il Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico)
General Inspectorate of Public Security for Ministry of Labor and the Social Politics (Ispettorato Generale di Pubblica Sicurezza presso il Ministero del Lavoro e delle Politiche Sociali)
General Inspectorate of Public Security for Palace of the Viminale (Ispettorato Generale di Pubblica Sicurezza presso il Palazzo del Viminale) The Viminale is the headquarters of the Italian Ministry of Interior;
General Inspectorate of Public Security for the Senate of the Republic (Ispettorato Generale di Pubblica Sicurezza presso il Senato della Repubblica)
General Inspectorate of Public Security for the Chamber of the Deputies (Ispettorato Generale di Pubblica Sicurezza presso la Camera dei Deputati)
General Inspectorate of Public Security for the Vatican City (Ispettorato Generale di Pubblica Sicurezza presso la Città del Vaticano)
General Inspectorate of Public Security for the Presidency of the Council of Ministers (Ispettorato Generale di Pubblica Sicurezza presso la Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri)
General Inspectorate of Public Security for the Presidency of the Republic (Ispettorato Generale di Pubblica Sicurezza presso la Presidenza della Repubblica)
Central Operational Core of Security (Nucleo Operativo Centrale di Sicurezza – N.O.C.S.)
Gaming and Betting police (Polizia dei Giochi e delle Scommesse)
Alpine Aid (Soccorso Alpino)
Postal and Communications Police (Polizia Postale e delle Comunicazioni)
Immigration and Border Police (Polizia dell'Immigrazione e delle Frontiere)
Air Border Police (Polizia di Frontiera Aerea)
Maritime Police (Polizia Marittima)
Railway Police (Polizia Ferroviaria)
Scientific Police (Polizia Scientifica)
Highway Police (Polizia Stradale)
Police Mobile Units (Reparti Mobili)
Mounted Divisions (Reparti a cavallo)
Artificers Units (Unità Artificieri)
K-9 Units (Unità Cinofili)
Superior School of Police (Scuola Superiore di Polizia)
Police Air Command (Reparti Volo)
Medical Service (Servizio Sanitario)
Gold Flames ( Fiamme Oro )

Interregional organization

The Interregional Directorates (Direzioni Interregionali), organized since 2007, are:

Piedmont, Aosta Valley and Liguria (HQ: Turin);
Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna (HQ: Milan);
Veneto, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol and Friuli-Venezia Giulia (HQ: Padua);
Tuscany, Umbria and Marche (HQ: Florence);
Lazio, Sardinia and Abruzzo (HQ: Rome);
Campania, Molise, Basilicata and Apulia (HQ: Naples);
Sicily and Calabria (HQ: Catania).

Questure

There is a Questura in each of the 105 Italian provincial capitals. It is responsible for all the activities carried out by the Polizia di Stato within the province.

Commissariati di Pubblica Sicurezza

In major cities and highly populated towns, there are police stations named Commissariati di Pubblica Sicurezza (Public Security Offices). Each Commissariato di Pubblica Sicurezza is under the Authority of a Questura. Their task is to control, prevent and fight crime in their jurisdiction, and to deal with paperwork as to, among other things, requests for gun licences, passports, permits, and regularization of foreigners.

Polizia di Quartiere is the Quarter Police. Pairs of Poliziotti (Policemen) patrol areas of major cities on foot.

Special operations

About 24,000 officers, that is almost a quarter of police personnel, work within the Highway Patrol ( Polizia Stradale ), Railroad Police (Polizia Ferroviaria), Postal and Telecommunications Police (Polizia Postale e delle Telecomunicazioni) and Border and Immigration Police (Polizia di Frontiera).

Highway patrol

The Polizia Stradale, or PolStrada for short, is a highway patrol organization. PolStrada police public roads all over the country, including the 7,000 kilometres (4,300 mi) of motorways (autostrada), the main highways and arterial roads outside towns. Their duties are the prevention and detection of driving offences, car accident reports, planning and carrying out of services to regulate traffic, providing escorts for road safety, protection and control of the road network, rescue operations and cooperation in the collection of traffic flow data.

Railway Police

The Polizia Ferroviaria, or PolFer for short, ensure the security of travellers and their belongings on trains and at stations plus the safety and control of dangerous goods. Railroad Police officers patrol, in particular, long-distance and night trains, and at stations in big cities where vagrants often accumulate. Rete Ferroviaria Italiana and other Ferrovie dello Stato companies co-operate fully with the railroad police in dealing with railway security for passengers.

Post and telecommunications

The Polizia Postale e delle Comunicazioni , or Polizia Postale for short, investigates all crimes that use communications as part of its modus operandi such as computer hacking, online child pornography, credit card fraud, spreading computer viruses or software copyright violations.

Immigration and Border Police

To control the flow of migrants into Italy, the Department of Public Security set up the Immigration and Border Police Service (Polizia di Frontiera), to enforce regulations concerning the entry and stay of aliens in Italy. The service operates at both central and local level with many land, air and maritime border police offices.

The service is also responsible for passport control, the issuing of residence permits, as well as the prevention and control of illegal immigration. Although due to the Schengen Agreement the land borders have disappeared, the division is still present on all borders to do systematic or random checks. In airports, the border police are in charge of security (hand baggage searches are done by airport companies or private security companies but are supervised by the Polizia di Frontiera and by the Guardia di Finanza) and immigration checks.

Mobile units

There are 13 mobile units of "Reparto Mobile" located in the main Italian cities. These can be deployed throughout the country to maintain public order with crowd-control equipment and vehicles or perform rescue services in areas affected by natural disasters. These units employ personnel that are trained and equipped for their task.

The P.d.S.'s bomb disposal units, mounted detachments, canine units, air support squadrons and maritime and river police units all fall under the mobile unit HQ.

Anti Terrorism Police

The Anti Terrorism Police is a specialist body made up of the Central Directorate for the Anti Terrorism Police and of the Branches for General Investigations and Special Operations Division (DIGOS – Divisione Investigazioni Generali e Operazioni Speciali), located in the questure at the local level. The Directorate for the Anti Terrorism Police has two departments: one is mainly responsible for information collection and analysis while the other develops and coordinates investigations aimed at preventing and fighting terrorism. The Nucleo Operativo Centrale di Sicurezza (Central Operational Core of Security) is the State Police's elite police tactical unit.

Training

Recruit training is carried out at the police academy and at an advanced school for senior police officers. There are schools for basic training of cadet officers and technical operators, for teaching police specialities, for instructors, pilots, dog handlers and mounted police officers and the community police school.

Weapons

Weapon	Origin	Type
Beretta 92FS	Italy	Standard issue sidearm
HK MP5	Germany	Submachine gun
Beretta PM 12	Italy	Submachine gun, to be retired
Beretta PMX	Italy	Submachine gun, to replace the M12
Beretta AR70/90	Italy	Assault rifle
Benelli	Italy	Shotguns
Franchi GL-40/90	Italy	Riot control weapon made under license by Heckler & Koch. ^[12]

Vehicles

The State Police use Italian vehicles ranging from 1994 Fiat Puntos to the Alfa Romeo 159 2,4 JTD, and the Alfa Romeo 155 8v and foreign makes such as the Subaru Legacy SW and Subaru Forester, BMW E46 and E91, and the Volvo XC70. In May 2004 the PdS received two Lamborghini Gallardos equipped with V10 engines and 520 bhp (390 kW) in the classic blue white livery with accessories such as a container for transporting organs and a defibrillator. The cars are used on the A3 Salerno-Reggio Calabria and the A14 Bologna-Taranto motorways.^[13]

On 29 November 2009, one of the two Gallardos was severely damaged in an accident while returning from a public display in Cremona: it crashed into some parked cars while avoiding another car which crossed the road illegally.^[14] The Gallardo was fully insured, and is currently being repaired by Lamborghini itself.^[15]

On 30 March 2017 the PdS received the second Lamborghini Huracán equipped with V10 engines and 520 bhp in the classic blue-white livery with accessories such as a container for transporting organs and a defibrillator.^[16]

Rank structure and insignia

Directors of Police

The directors of police are not sworn police officers, but senior civil servants, and are not uniformed.

Capo della Polizia – Direttore Generale della Pubblica Sicurezza (Chief of Police – Director General of Public Security) is the chief of the Polizia di Stato, and head of the Department of Public Security in the Ministry of Interior and as such in charge of coordinating all Italian police forces.
Vice capo vicario della polizia di Stato (Deputy Chief of Police)
Vice Direttore generale – Direttore Centrale Polizia Criminale (Deputy Director General – Director of Central Criminal Police)
Vice Direttore generale (Deputy Director General), in charge of planning and coordination.

Executive Officers

Rank	Technical Rank	Medical Rank	Insignia	Cap band	Promotion notes
Dirigente Generale (General Director)	Dirigente Generale Tecnico	Dirigente Generale Medico
Dirigente Superiore (Superior Director)	Dirigente Superiore Tecnico	Dirigente Superiore Medico

Director Officers

Rank	Technical Rank	Medical Rank	Promotion notes
Primo dirigente (First Director)	Primo dirigente tecnico	Primo dirigente medico	Promotion to Primo dirigente through selection after 5 years as Vice Questore.
Vice Questore (Deputy Chief)	Direttore tecnico superiore	Medico superiore	Promotion to Vice Questore through selection after 5 years as Vice Questore aggiunto.
Vice Questore Aggiunto (Assistant Deputy Chief)	Direttore tecnico capo	Medico capo	After 6 years service as Commissario capo: 80% of the promotions going to direct entry officers after scrutiny. 20% of the promotions going to internal entry officers with a master's degree after a promotional exam.
Commissario Capo (Chief Commissioner)	Commissario capo tecnico	Medico principale	Direct after graduation from the police academy for those who entered through direct entry. For others, after 5 years service as Commissario.
Commissario (Commissioner)	Commissario tecnico	Medico	After two years service as Vice commissario for internal entry officers.
Vice Commissario (Deputy Commissioner)	Vice Commissario tecnico		Direct entry: 80% from candidates with a Master's Degree and not over 30 years old. 20% are reserved for serving policemen with a Master's Degree, and not over 40 years of age; half of them from the Ispettori, half from the other ranks. They are holding the rank of Vice commissario at the academy. Internal entry: 80% from Ispettori with a bachelor's degree, 5 years of service, not over 35 years of age. 20% from Sostituto Commissari not over 55 years old. They are promoted to the rank of Vice commissario after graduation from the academy.

Inspectors

Rank	Technical rank	Promotion notes
Sostituto Commissario Coordinatore (Station Inspector Coordinator)	Sostituto Commissario Coordinatore tecnico	Promotion to Ispettore Superiore Sostituto Commissario Coordinatore after 4 years of service as Ispettore Superiore Sostituto Commissario.
Sostituto Commissario (Station Inspector)	Sostituto Commissario tecnico	Promotion to Ispettore Superiore Sostituto Commissario based on scrutiny and at least 8 years of service as Ispettore Superiore.
Ispettore Superiore (Senior Inspector)	Ispettore Superiore tecnico	Promotion to Ispettore Superiore based on scrutiny and at least 9 years of service as Ispettore Capo, as well as the possession of a Bachelor's degree.
Ispettore Capo (Chief Inspector)	Ispettore Capo tecnico	Promotion to Ispettore Capo after scrutiny.
Ispettore (Inspector)	Ispettore tecnico	Promotion to Ispettore after 5 years of service as Vice ispettore
Vice Ispettore (Sub-inspector)	Vice Ispettore tecnico	50% are recruited through direct entry from civilian life; 50% are recruited from lower ranks with at least 5 years of service. For both recruitments a secondary school diploma qualifying for university studies are required.

Superintendent

Rank	Technical rank	Promotion notes
Sovrintendente Capo Coordinatore (Chief Sergeant Coordinator)	Sovrintendente Capo Coordinatore tecnico	Promotion to Sovrintendente capo coordinatore after 8 years of service as Sovrintendente capo
Sovrintendente Capo (Chief Sergeant)	Sovrintendente Capo tecnico	Promotion to Sovrintendente capo based on scrutiny and at least 5 years of service as Sovrintendente
Sovrintendente (Sergeant)	Sovrintendente tecnico	Promotion to Sovrintendente after 5 years of service as an Vice sovrintendente
Vice Sovrintendente (Sub-Sergeant)	Vice Sovrintendente tecnico	70% are recruited through selection from Assistente Capo; 30% from Agenti and Assistenti with at least 4 years of service through an examination.

Agent and Assistant

Rank	Technical rank	Promotion notes
Assistente Capo Coordinatore (Chief Assistant Coordinator)	Assistente Capo Coordinatore tecnico	Promotion to Assistente capo coordinatore after 8 years of service as an Assistente capo
Assistente Capo (Chief Assistant)	Assistente Capo tecnico	Promotion to Assistente capo based on scrutiny and at least 4 years of service as an Assistente
Assistente (Assistant)	Assistente tecnico	Promotion to Assistente based on scrutiny and at least 5 years of service as an Agente scelto
Agente Scelto (Senior Constable)	Agente Scelto tecnico	Promotion to Agente scelto based on scrutiny and at least 5 years of service as an Agente
Agente (Constable)	Agente tecnico	Civilians and 1- and 4-year volunteers of the Italian Armed Forces are eligible to take part in the exam to become an Agente

Decorations awarded to the State Police

1 Knight's Cross of the Military Order of Italy
17 Gold Medals of Civil Valour
14 Gold Medals of Civil Merit
3 Silver Medals of Civil Merit
1 Bronze Medal of Civil Merit
2 Bronze Medals of Militar Valour
1 Gold Medal of Public Health Merit
1 Bronze Medal of Civil Defense Excellence 1st Class
2 separate Medals of Merited Service in Earthquake Relief (1908 and 1915, respectively)
UN Peacekeeping Medal (for service as part of UNMIK Kosovo 1995–2004)

References

↑ "Normeinrete – Navigazione URN". Normeinrete.it. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
↑ "Arma dei Carabinieri – Home – > – EN – Institutional Duties". Carabinieri.it. Archived from the original on 14 September 2009. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
↑ "Arma dei Carabinieri – Home – > – EN – Governing Bodies". Carabinieri.it. Archived from the original on 23 April 2009. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
↑ "Guardia di Finanza – I Compiti del Corpo". Gdf.it. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
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↑ "Decree n° 559/A/1/ORG/DIP.GP/14 of March 6, 2009, concerning weapons and equipment in use with the Italian National Police" (PDF). Italian Ministry of Interior (in Italian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2010.
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[1] "Normeinrete – Navigazione URN". Normeinrete.it. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2009.

[2] "Arma dei Carabinieri – Home – > – EN – Institutional Duties". Carabinieri.it. Archived from the original on 14 September 2009. Retrieved 8 September 2009.

[3] "Arma dei Carabinieri – Home – > – EN – Governing Bodies". Carabinieri.it. Archived from the original on 23 April 2009. Retrieved 8 September 2009.

[4] "Guardia di Finanza – I Compiti del Corpo". Gdf.it. Retrieved 8 September 2009.

[5] "Italie". Interpol. 1 March 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2019.

[6] "Italy". Europol. 7 March 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2019.

[7] del Calendario Atlante De Agostini (in Italian). 2008. p. 207.

[8] "Speciale" (PDF). Retrieved 11 September 2010.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[9] "Tabelle organici Forze armate e di polizia". SIULP (Sindacato italiano unitario lavoratori polizia). Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2010.

[10] "Organico della Polizia di Stato" (PDF). Alte Professionalità Vigili del Fuoco. Retrieved 24 April 2010.

[11] "Field Organization | Polizia di Stato".

[12] "Decree n° 559/A/1/ORG/DIP.GP/14 of March 6, 2009, concerning weapons and equipment in use with the Italian National Police" (PDF). Italian Ministry of Interior (in Italian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2010.

[13] "La Polizia? Viaggia in Lamborghini Ecco la Gallardo della Stradale". la Repubblica (in Italian). 13 May 2004. Retrieved 15 March 2009.

[14] "Cremona, distrutta in un incidente la Lamborghini della polizia". la Repubblica (in Italian). 30 November 2009. Retrieved 30 November 2014.

[15] Incidente alla Lamborghini Gallardo della Polizia Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine

[16] "Lamborghini, entra in servizio nella Stradale la seconda Huracan". la Repubblica (in Italian). 30 March 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2017.

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Asia	Afghanistan Armenia AVV MS NSS SZ Azerbaijan BPQMI DMX DSX Bahrain Bangladesh BGB DIP SB Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China CII NIA PLAGF Border Defense Units Georgia BPG Migratsiis Politsiis SCMI Hong Kong India AR BOI BSF ITBP RR SFF SSB Indonesia Imigrasi Border Security Task Force (Satgas Pamtas) Iran BAFIA Immigration Marzbani NAJA Iraq Israel CPA Magav PIBA Yamam Yamas Japan Jordan BRD DBS Kazakhstan KQQK UQK SQ North Korea South Korea KIS ROK MP Kuwait GDLBS GDR Kyrgyzstan MCK OKMMK Laos Lebanon Macau Malaysia AKSEM JIM RS Maldives Mongolia GIKG KKEG Myanmar BGF BGP MIP Nepal APF DOI Oman Border Guard DGPR Pakistan DGIP FC GB Scouts PR Palestine Philippines Qatar Border Guard GDP Saudi Arabia GDBG GDP Singapore Sri Lanka DIE NBMC Syria Border Guard BSF IAPD Republic of China (Taiwan) Tajikistan MS QS KDAM Thailand BPP IB TP Timor-Leste SM UPF Turkey GIGM Göçmen Hudut JGK Turkmenistan DMG DSG United Arab Emirates Border Guard ICA Manafth Uzbekistan DXX CQ MvaFRBB Vietnam Yemen Border Guard IPNA
Europe	Akrotiri and Dhekelia Albania Andorra Immigration UFE Austria BFA LPD Belarus DPK UGIM Belgium IBZ DGA Bosnia and Herzegovina GPBiH SPS Bulgaria DM GDBP Croatia UIDUP UZG Cyprus CRMD YAM Czech Republic OAMP SCP Denmark HS Politi SIRI US Estonia Finland Migri RVL France DCPAF DGEF OFII OFPRA Germany BAMF BPOL Gibraltar BCA Greece DAM KAPS Guernsey Hungary Border Guard OIF Iceland Ireland GNIB INIS Italy DCIPF DLCI GdF L'AC Jersey Latvia PMLP RS Liechtenstein APA LaPo SBG Lithuania MD VSAT Luxembourg Immigration PGD Malta IMA MPF AFM Moldova BMA PF Monaco Montenegro Netherlands AVIM IND KMar North Macedonia Norway Grensekom GSV PU UDI UNE Poland SG UDSC Portugal AIMA Romania IGI PFR Russia GUVM PSFSB San Marino Serbia KIRS UGP Slovakia MÚ ÚHCP Slovenia SMP SUNZ Spain CGEF GC OAR SEM Sweden NOA SMA Switzerland SBG SEM Ukraine DMS DPSU United Kingdom HMPO IE UKBF UKVI Vatican City
North America	Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize BMA DINS Canada CBSA IRCC Costa Rica DGME Fronteras Cuba BF DIIE Dominica Dominican Republic CESFRONT DGMRD FTC-1 UPF El Salvador Border Patrol DGME DISEFRO Greenland Grenada Guatemala DIPAFRONT IGM Haiti DIE POLIFRONT Honduras DNSPF INM Jamaica Mexico GN INM Nicaragua Panama APAP SENAFRONT SNM Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago United States CBP DMB ICE USBP USCIS
Oceania	American Samoa Australia Federated States of Micronesia Border Control Immigration Fiji BAF FID Kiribati Marshall Islands Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea ICA PNGDF Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu BV VIS
South America	Argentina DNM GNA Bolivia Border Police DIGEMIG UPCOM Brazil BPFron GESFRON PF Chile CdC JENAMIG Colombia Ecuador Guyana DOC GPF Paraguay Peru Migraciones PNP Suriname Immigration KMP VZ Uruguay Venezuela GNB Immigration SAIME
International	United Nations International Organization for Migration CIS European Union
Non-recognized	Donetsk MS DNR SPO DNR Kosovo DCAM DPK Luhansk SPO LNR UMS LNR Northern Cyprus Somaliland SIBC Transnistria PU MGB UPVM MVD
Defunct	Albania (till 1939) Byzantine Empire Czechoslovakia (till 1939) East Germany Estonia (till 2010) Germany (till 1945) Italy (till 1943) Liechtenstein (till 1923) Poland KOP (till 1939) BPT (till 1991) Roman Empire Soviet Union Spain (till 1940) Portugal SEF (till 2023) United Kingdom IND (till 2007) BIA (till 2008) UKBA (till 2013) West Germany
Border guard Coast guard Customs Law enforcement agency Types Intelligence agency

v t e Law enforcement in Italy
Polizia di Stato	Nucleo Operativo Centrale di Sicurezza (NOCS) Divisione Investigazioni Generali e Operazioni Speciali (DIGOS) Polizia Ferroviaria Polizia Stradale Polizia Postale Mobile squads	Law enforcement in Italy
Arma dei Carabinieri	Raggruppamento Operativo Speciale (ROS) Gruppo di Intervento Speciale (GIS) Corazzieri 1st Carabinieri Mobile Brigade 2nd Carabinieri Mobile Brigade Forestry Carabinieri
Guardia di Finanza	Antiterrorismo Pronto Impiego (ATPI) Gruppo di investigazione criminalità organizzata (GICO)
Others	Polizia Penitenziaria Polizia Provinciale Polizia Municipale Compagnia barracellare Corps of the Port Captaincies – Coast Guard Regional Forestry Corps Police ranks of Italy

v t e Police forces by country
Africa	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
Americas	Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Bahamas Barbados Belize Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Greenland Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru St. Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia St. Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad and Tobago United States Uruguay Venezuela
Asia and Oceania	Afghanistan Australia Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Burma (Myanmar) Cambodia PR China Hong Kong Macau India Indonesia Iran Iraq Kurdistan Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Mongolia Nauru Nepal New Zealand Oman Pakistan Palestine Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Thailand Tajikistan Tuvalu East Timor Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen
Europe	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom England and Wales Scotland Northern Ireland Gibraltar
states with limited recognition	Artsakh Kosovo Northern Cyprus Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland Republic of China (Taiwan)
defunct	Albania (Royal Albanian Gendarmerie) Czechoslovakia East Germany Philippines INP Philippine Constabulary Polish People's Republic Soviet Union South Vietnam Yugoslavia (SFR Yugoslavia)
Border guard Coast guard Customs Law enforcement agency Types Intelligence agency