Icelandic Police

Police
Ríkislögreglan
Official insignia
Official insignia
MottoMeð lögum skal land byggja
With laws shall lands be built
Agency overview
Formed1778; 246 years ago (1778)
Employeesc. 786 (2019)[1]
Jurisdictional structure
National agencyIceland
Operations jurisdictionIceland
Size103,000 km2 (40,000 sq mi)
Populationc. 357,050 (2018)
Governing bodyIcelandic government
General nature
Operational structure
Elected officer responsible
Agency executive
Facilities
Police cars and motorcyclesc. 300+ (2012)
Website
www.logreglan.is Edit this at Wikidata

In Iceland, the Police (Icelandic: Ríkislögreglan, lit. 'the State Police') is the national police force of Iceland. It is responsible for law enforcement throughout the country, except in Icelandic territorial waters which fall under the jurisdiction of the Icelandic Coast Guard.[2] Police affairs in Iceland are the responsibility of the Ministry of Justice[3] and are administered by the Office of the National Commissioner of the Police (Embætti ríkislögreglustjóra) on behalf of the ministry.[4] The organisation is divided into nine districts, the largest being the Reykjavík Metropolitan Police (Lögreglan á höfuðborgarsvæðinu), which is responsible for the Capital Region[5] and its total population of around 208,000 people.[6]

  1. ^ "1610/149 svar: Fjöldi lögreglumanna 1. Febrúar 2019".
  2. ^ "About Us". Icelandic Coast Guard. Archived from the original on 6 May 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  3. ^ "About Us". Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  4. ^ "The National Commissioner of Police — An Introduction". The National Commissioner of the Police. Archived from the original on 12 May 2008. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  5. ^ "Reykjavík Metropolitan Police – New Structure" (PDF). The National Commissioner of the Police. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 October 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  6. ^ "Population by municipality, sex, citizenship and quarters 2010–2014". Statistics Iceland. Retrieved 30 October 2014.