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The (State Police or P.S.) is one of the national police forces of Italy. Alongside the
Carabinieri The Carabinieri (, also , ; formally ''Arma dei Carabinieri'', "Arm of Carabineers"; previously ''Corpo dei Carabinieri Reali'', "Royal Carabineers Corps") are the national gendarmerie of Italy who primarily carry out domestic and foreign poli ...
, 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 (), railways (), airports (), customs (together with the
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), as well as certain waterways, and assisting the local police forces. It was a
military force A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily Weapon, armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. Militaries are typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with their members identifiable ...
until 1981 when the Italian State Law 121 was passed. This converted the State Police to a civil force, which is in contrast to the other main police forces of Italy: the '' Arma dei Carabinieri'', which is a
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(
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) force and the Guardia di Finanza, the Italian customs and border protection police that also falls in the military corps category. The Polizia di Stato is the principal Italian police force for the maintenance of public security and as such it is run directly by the Department of Public Security (), and the keeping of public order ().
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summarizes the primary focus of this force: "Its responsibilities include investigative and law enforcement duties, and the security of motorway, railway, and waterway networks."


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 The Kingdom of Sardinia, also referred to as the Kingdom of Sardinia and Corsica among other names, was a State (polity), country in Southern Europe from the late 13th until the mid-19th century, and from 1297 to 1768 for the Corsican part of ...
. It is the 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 Victor Emmanuel II (; full name: ''Vittorio Emanuele Maria Alberto Eugenio Ferdinando Tommaso di Savoia''; 14 March 1820 – 9 January 1878) was King of Sardinia (also informally known as Piedmont–Sardinia) from 23 March 1849 until 17 March ...
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 regarding the
Unification of Italy The unification of Italy ( ), also known as the Risorgimento (; ), was the 19th century Political movement, political and social movement that in 1861 ended in the Proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy, annexation of List of historic states of ...
, 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 , 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

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(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."


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


Organization

The headquarters of the Polizia di Stato are in
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and its chief is referred to as the ('' Chief of the Police'') with official Rank of (''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'' (). Three vice chiefs/directors-general report to the chief and their main functions are: * accomplishment of the functions * planning and coordination activity * Director of the Criminal Investigation Police The force is organized on a regional and provincial basis. The territory of the Italian Republic is divided into 20 regions. They include 107 provincial commands—one each in the 14 metropolitan cities (), 80 provinces (), 6 free municipal consortiums (, the formal provinces of
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provinces, 2 autonomous provinces— Bolzano – Alto Adige and
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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 which is commanded by a ''Questore'' (that is also the highest State Police authority for the province – – ''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 (), commanded by a or (''Chief Commissioner''). The lowest public security authority is the police station or precinct ().


Headquarters organization

Main Offices, Divisions and Specialties of the State Police (): * State Police Band () * Data processing and computer center () * Interregional and Regional Collection Centers () * Central Directorate for the Criminal Police () * Central Anticrime Directorate () * Central Directorate for the Anti-Terrorism Police () * Central Direction for the Instruction Institutes () * General Inspectorate of Public Security for Civil Aviation and Ministry of Transportation () * General Inspectorate of Public Security for Ministry of the Economic Development () * General Inspectorate of Public Security for Ministry of Labor and the Social Politics () * General Inspectorate of Public Security for Palace of the
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() The Viminale is the headquarters of the Italian Ministry of Interior; * General Inspectorate of Public Security for the Senate of the Republic () * General Inspectorate of Public Security for the Chamber of the Deputies () * General Inspectorate of Public Security for the
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() * General Inspectorate of Public Security for the Presidency of the Council of Ministers () * General Inspectorate of Public Security for the Presidency of the Republic () * Central Operational Core of Security () * Gaming and Betting police () * Alpine Aid () * Postal and Communications Police () * Immigration and Border Police () * Air Border Police () * Maritime Police () * Railway Police () * Scientific Police () * Highway Police () * Police Mobile Units () * Mounted Divisions () * Artificers Units () * K-9 Units () * Superior School of Police () * Police Air Command () * Medical Service () * Gold Flames ()


Interregional organization

The Interregional Directorates (), organized since 2007, are: *
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Questure

There is a 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 (''Public Security Offices''). Each is under the Authority of a . 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. is the Quarter Police. Pairs of (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 (), Railroad Police (), Postal and Telecommunications Police () and Border and Immigration Police ().


Highway patrol

The Polizia Stradale, or for short, is a
highway patrol A highway patrol is a police unit, detail, or law enforcement agency created primarily for the purpose of overseeing and enforcing traffic safety compliance on roads and highways within a jurisdiction. They are also referred to in many countri ...
organization. PolStrada police public roads all over the country, including the of motorways (), 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 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 for short, ensure the security of travellers and their belongings on trains and at stations plus the safety and control of
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. Railroad Police officers patrol, in particular, long-distance and night trains, and at stations in big cities where vagrants often accumulate.
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and other
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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 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 levels 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
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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
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but are supervised by the Polizia di Frontiera and by the
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) 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
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.


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, mounted police officers and the community police school.


Weapons


Vehicles

The State Police use Italian vehicles ranging from 1994 Fiat Puntos to the Alfa Romeo 159 2,4 JTD, and the
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8v and foreign makes such as the
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SW and
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, BMW E46 and E91, and the Volvo XC70. In May 2004 the PdS received two Lamborghini Gallardos equipped with V10 engines and in the classic blue-white livery with accessories such as a container for transporting organs and a
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. The cars are used on the A3 Salerno-Reggio Calabria and the A14 Bologna-Taranto motorways. On 29 November 2009, one of the two Gallardos was severely damaged in an accident while returning from a public display in
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: it crashed into some parked cars while avoiding another car which crossed the road illegally. The Gallardo was fully insured, and is currently being repaired by Lamborghini itself. 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.


Rank structure and insignia


Directors of Police

The directors of police are not sworn police officers, but senior civil servants, and are not uniformed. * (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. * (Deputy Chief of Police) * (Deputy Director General – Director of Central Criminal Police) * (Deputy Director General), in charge of planning and coordination.


Executive Officers


Director Officers


Inspectors


Superintendent


Agent and Assistant


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)


See also

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Law enforcement in Italy Law enforcement in Italy is centralized on a national level, with multiple national forces, assisted by some local law enforcement agencies. The two main police forces are the Carabinieri, the national gendarmerie, and the Polizia di Stato, th ...
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Corps of Gendarmerie of Vatican City The Gendarmerie Corps of Vatican City State (; ) is the gendarmerie, or military police and security force, of Vatican City, Holy See and its extraterritorial properties. It was founded in 1816 as Corps of Gendarmes by Pope Pius VII, renamed ...


References


External links

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Official website
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Official website
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