The Federated States of Micronesia's National Police (commonly referred to as the FSM National Police) is the small national

police The police are Law enforcement organization, a constituted body of Law enforcement officer, people empowered by a State (polity), state with the aim of Law enforcement, enforcing the law and protecting the Public order policing, public order ...

force of the

Federated States of Micronesia The Federated States of Micronesia (, abbreviated FSM), or simply Micronesia, is an island country in Micronesia, a region of Oceania. The federation encompasses the majority of the Caroline Islands (excluding Palau) and consists of four Admin ...

and is a division of the FSM Department of Justice.

Role

The FSM National Police is specifically mandated to enforce

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laws, the Controlled Substance Act, the Weapons Control Act,

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, protection of government officials and visiting foreign

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, and laws that are national in nature or crimes against the government. Other functions include medical evacuation, assistance in disaster relief operations, emergency communications and technical support and training state law enforcement agencies. The National Police is managed and administered from its headquarters at the capital,

Palikir Palikir () is the Capital city, capital city of the Federated States of Micronesia located in the western Pacific Ocean. A town of slightly under 5,000 residents, it is part of the larger Sokehs municipality, which had a population of 6,647 , ou ...

. The Maritime Wing, an integral unit of the National Police, is situated at the dock in Dekehtik,

Pohnpei Pohnpei (formerly known as Ponape or Ascension, from Pohnpeian: "upon (''pohn'') a stone altar (''pei'')") is an island of the Senyavin Islands which are part of the larger Caroline Islands group. It belongs to Pohnpei State, one of the fou ...

. The Federated States of Micronesia also have

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departments for

Kosrae Kosrae ( ), formerly known as Kusaie or Strong's Island, is an island in the Caroline Islands archipelago, and States of Micronesia, state within the Federated States of Micronesia. It includes the main island of Kosrae, traditionally known as Ual ...

, Chuuk, and Yap, as well as municipal departments for

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Kolonia Kolonia is a coastal town and the capital of Pohnpei State in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). It's not to be confused with the far smaller Colonia, the capital of the State of Yap. It was also the former FSM capital before being ...

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Sapwuahfik Sapwuahfik, formerly Ngatik, or the Raven Islands is a atoll in Pohnpei state of the Federated States of Micronesia. It is a village and municipality of roughly 430 people on a land area of . It is mostly known in history as the site of the Ng ...

Sokehs Sokehs is a municipality on the main island in the state of Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia. It consists of 21 villages. One of them is Palikir, the federal capital. Another is Pakin Atoll, an atoll some 30 km northwest of the main islan ...

and U on Pohnpei; Polle,

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Losap Losap is an atoll located in the Eastern Islands or Upper Mortlock Islands group in the outer islands region of the state of Chuuk in the Federated States of Micronesia. It is located to the SE of Chuuk. Losap is also the name of one of the fou ...

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and Tol in the Chuuk chain; and

Tafunsak Tafunsak (formerly transliterated as Tahfuhnsahk) is the largest settlement on the island of Kosrae in the Federated States of Micronesia. Its population was 2,457 at the 2000 census. This includes Walung, Kosrae, Walung, which had been incorpora ...

on Kosrae. The Federated States of Micronesia has provided police officers to the

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since March 2006. Federated States of Micronesia Police officer Kelly Samuel is contingent commander of the FSM police serving as part of RAMSI's Participating Police Force (PPF). The Chuuk Department of Public Safety acting director is Jimmy Emilio, the Pohnpei DPS director is Benito Cantero, the Pohnpei police chief is Kerley Araceley, and the Pohnpei Division of Correction and Rehabilitation chief is Yoster Donre.

Maritime Wing

Equipment

Police ranks

;Officer ranks ;Other ranks

References

External links

* *https://web.archive.org/web/20070927143530/http://www.fsmnationalpolice.org/ *https://web.archive.org/web/20070928014054/http://www.ramsi.org/node/21 *http://pidp.eastwestcenter.org/pireport/2007/August/08-23-06.htm *https://web.archive.org/web/20070927003157/http://www.saipantribune.com/newsstory.aspx?cat=1&newsID=71601 *https://web.archive.org/web/20070927003431/http://www.saipantribune.com/newsstory.aspx?cat=1&newsID=71640 *http://www.isiservicescorp.com/mjcpatch.html {{Oceania topic, Law enforcement in Politics of the Federated States of Micronesia Law of the Federated States of Micronesia