The Royal Marines Police (RMP) is the Royal Marines element of the Royal Navy Police, a UK Service Police force. Members of the RM Police enforce service law and discipline.
Duties and responsibilities
The RM Police is responsible for providing garrison policing services – law enforcement and crime prevention as well as general security advice to the command – and provide personnel to the Royal Navy Police Special Investigations Branch (RNP SIB) section for the investigation of serious crime.
RM Police personnel are recruited from within the trained strength of the
Royal Marines
The Corps of Royal Marines (RM), also known as the Royal Marines Commandos, are the UK's special operations capable commando force, amphibious warfare, amphibious light infantry and also one of the :Fighting Arms of the Royal Navy, five fighti ...
, following completion of a first posting to a rifle troop in a
Commando
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A commando is a combatant, or operativ ...
.
Units
The primary formed unit of the Royal Marines Police is a troop within
30 Commando Information Exploitation Group, the information exploitation unit of
3 Commando Brigade
3 Commando Brigade (3 Cdo Bde), previously called the 3rd Special Service Brigade, is a commando formation of the British Armed Forces. It is composed of the Royal Marine Commandos, alongside commando qualified sailors, soldiers and airmen from ...
Royal Marines, based at
Stonehouse Barracks,
Plymouth
Plymouth () is a port city status in the United Kingdom, city and unitary authority in South West England. It is located on the south coast of Devon, approximately south-west of Exeter and south-west of London. It is bordered by Cornwall to ...
.
Operations
In military operations, the Royal Marines Police Troop provide military police support for all phases of operations and peacekeeping operations including co-ordinating vehicle movements out of the beachhead, marking the
main supply routes and providing convoy escorts. It also conducts general police duties and provides close protection for the
Brigade
A brigade is a major tactical military formation that typically comprises three to six battalions plus supporting elements. It is roughly equivalent to an enlarged or reinforced regiment. Two or more brigades may constitute a division.
...
Commander. Personnel are eligible to undertake the
close protection courses run by the
Royal Military Police
The Royal Military Police (RMP) is the corps of the British Army responsible for the policing of army service personnel, and for providing a military police presence both in the UK and while service personnel are deployed overseas on operations ...
. Royal Marines Police personnel are also attached to other units.
Powers and authority
Marines and Warrant Officers of the Royal Marines Police are not
constable
A constable is a person holding a particular office, most commonly in criminal law enforcement. The office of constable can vary significantly in different jurisdictions. A constable is commonly the rank of an officer within the police. Other peop ...
s and have no powers in relation to civil law enforcement. However, they are Service Police persons and do have authority under the
Armed Forces Act 2006
The Armed Forces Act 2006 (c 52) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
It came into force on 31 October 2006. It replaces the three separate Service Discipline Acts (the Army Act 1955, the Air Force Act 1955 and the Naval Discip ...
.
In 2009 the RM Police came under the operational command of the
Royal Navy Police for policing and investigations; providing more investigatory independence from their non-service police chains of command. although it still exists as a distinct unit under the operational control of 3 Commando Brigade.
30 Commando RM
See also
*Military police of the United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom, the term military police refers to the three branches of the service police. Often, the term 'military police' is considered synonymous with the Army's Royal Military Police, but in fact, has a wider context. There are a nu ...
* United States Marine Corps Civilian Police
Notes
Royal Marine formations and units
Military police agencies of the United Kingdom
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