Agencyname: | National Police Directorate |
Nativename: | Politidirektoratet |
Logocaption: | Coat of arms of the Norwegian Police |
Formedyear: | 2002 |
Country: | Norway |
Police: | yes |
Headquarters: | Hammersborggt. 12, Oslo |
Chief1name: | Odd Reidar Humlegård |
Chief1position: | National Police Commissioner and head of the police in Norway |
Chief2name: | Vidar Refvik |
Chief2position: | Assistant National Commissioner |
Parentagency: | Ministry of Justice and Public Security |
Program1: | --> |
Website: | https://www.politi.no/politidirektoratet/ |
National Police Directorate (no|Politidirektoratet) is a government agency subordinate to the Ministry of Justice and Public Security which heads the Norwegian Police Service. The directorate is led by the National Police Commissioner (Politidirektør), who since 2012 has been Odd Reidar Humlegård.[1]
In Norway there is only one police force. The organisation of the Norwegian Police is largely based on the principle of an integrated police, that is that all the functions of the police are collected in one organisation.