Moldovan Police
General Police Inspectorate Inspectoratul General al Poliției | |
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Common name | Poliția |
Abbreviation | IGP |
Agency overview | |
Formed | 13 September 1990 |
Preceding agency | |
Employees | 9,920 (2014) |
Jurisdictional structure | |
National agency | MDA |
Operations jurisdiction | MDA |
General nature | |
Operational structure | |
Headquarters | MD-2001, mun. Chișinău, str. Tiraspol, nr. 11/1 |
Parent agency | Ministry of Internal Affairs |
Website | |
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The General Police Inspectorate (
History
The IGP was established as the Police of the Republic of Moldova on 13 September 1990, after the
On 18 December 1990, the
On 27 December 2012, a law which entered into force on 5 March 2013 established the General Police Inspectorate under the MAI.[2] On 24 April 2013, the new police uniform was approved. On 8 April 2014, the Strategic Development Program was approved, a basic document of the Police, elaborated for a period of 3 years, which ensures the prioritization of the various objectives for the IGP.
Organization
As a law enforcement body of state power, the police of the Republic of Moldova are divided into state and municipal. State police perform their duties throughout the republic, municipal - in the territory of the corresponding administrative unit. State and municipal police carry out their tasks in close cooperation. The State Police provides the municipal police with methodological and advisory assistance, as well as assists in the implementation of the duties assigned to it by their own forces and means. The municipal police assist the state police in carrying out operational investigative measures, timely inform them of the persons and facts of interest to them.[3]
Institutions under the IGP are:[4][5]
- National Inspectorate of Investigations
- National Patrol Inspectorate
- Police Department of Chisinau Municipality
- General Directorate of Criminal Investigation
- Special Forces Brigade "Fulger"
- Chinologic Center
- Technical-Forensic Center and Judicial Expertise
- Center for International Police Cooperation (Interpol)
- Judicial Police
- Procurement and Logistics Service
- Directorate of Inspection
- General Directorate for Public Security
- 42 police inspectorates at district level
Recognition
On the inspectorate's 30th anniversary in 2017, the Police Directorate of the Chisinau Municipality was awarded by President
Uniform
The IGP has a summer outfit, a spring-autumn outfit and a winter outfit. The parade dress is worn during the participation in the festivities (taking the oath, awarding of ministerial and departmental distinctions, march pasts, national holidays, and official receptions).[7]
Controversial issues
Public perception
The common lack of respect towards law, in general, among Moldovans results in a predominant distrust for police. This is not helped by the fact that police incompetency due to various reasons is frequent.[8]
Ill-treatment by police
Moldova is not a part of the EU. Torture and ill-treatment in Moldova remain widespread and systemic despite some initial legislative steps made by the government to change police practices in order to eradicate it,
See also
Law Enforcement in Moldova
References
- ^ "Profile: Viorel Cernauteanu". rise.md.
- ^ Buletin informativ IGP – ediție specială
- ^ Учебник для доуниверситетского образования Александру Бородак ОСНОВЫ ГОСУДАРСТВА И ПРАВА РЕСПУБЛИКИ МОЛДОВА Кишинэу «Ştiinţa» 1998
- ^ "Inspectoratul General al Poliției".
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-03-31. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Igor Dodon a înmânat înalte distincții de stat la patru colective din municipiul Chișinău".
- ^ "Ținuta de serviciu".
- ^ Barbaroșie, Arcadie; Pîntea, Iurie. "Activitatea Polițienească în Republica Moldova. Percepții Interne și Externe" (PDF). Institutul de Politici Publice. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- ^ "Moldova: Police torture and ill-treatment: "It's just normal."". Amnesty International. 23 October 2007.
- ^ "Moldova: Urgent measures needed to stop torture or other ill-treatment". Amnesty International USA. 23 October 2007. Archived from the original on 25 June 2009.