Police and Border Guard Board Politsei- ja Piirivalveamet | |
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Agency overview | |
Formed | January 1, 2010 |
Preceding agencies | |
Jurisdictional structure | |
Operations jurisdiction | Estonia |
General nature | |
Specialist jurisdiction |
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Operational structure | |
Headquarters | Pärnu mnt 139, Tallinn |
59°24′31.67″N 24°44′12.91″E / 59.4087972°N 24.7369194°E | |
Elected officer responsible | |
Agency executive |
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Parent agency | Ministry of the Interior |
Website | |
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The Police and Border Guard Board (Estonian: Politsei- ja Piirivalveamet) is a unified national governmental agency within the Estonian Ministry of Interior and is responsible for law enforcement and internal security in the Republic of Estonia.
The main tasks of the agency are to ensure and protect the integrity of the Estonian state and, since May 1, 2004, also the European Union border within the territories of the Republic of Estonia; to secure the state borders and the European Union outer border within the territories of the Republic of Estonia, to monitor and identify citizenship, along with handling the documentation, to preserve law and civil order within the borders of the Republic of Estonia and to detect and prevent crime.