Municipal police
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Municipal police, city police, or local police are law enforcement agencies that are under the control of local government. This includes the municipal government, where it is the smallest administrative subdivision. They receive funding from the city budget, and may have fewer legal powers than the "state paid" police. These police forces usually report to a mayor or a local police board.
Historical development
[edit]Historically, the role of the municipal police of local civic protection was carried out by watchmen. Today, some formations of municipal police still carry the name of the city/communal/municipal guard.
Municipal police by country
[edit]| Country | English name | Native name(s) |
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| Albania | Municipal Police |
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| Algeria | Municipal Guards |
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| Argentina | Buenos Aires City Police |
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| Austria | Municipal police |
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| Australia | Council ranger |
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| Belgium | Local Police | |
| Brazil | Municipal Guards |
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| Canada | Municipal and regional police services (criminal and administrative offences) and bylaw enforcement officers (administrative offences) | |
| Chile | Municipal Guards |
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| China | Municipal Public Security Bureau |
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| Czech Republic | Municipal Police |
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| Estonia | Municipal Police |
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| France | Municipal Police |
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| Germany | City Police |
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| Greece | Municipal Police |
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| Hungary | Local Governmental Law Enforcement |
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| India | City Police | |
| Indonesia | Municipal Police (Indonesia) |
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| Italy | Municipal Police |
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| Kazakhstan | Local Police |
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| Latvia | Municipal Police |
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| Lithuania | Public Order Division |
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| Mexico | Municipal Police |
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| Namibia | Windhoek Police | |
| Netherlands | Municipal Enforcement |
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| Poland | City Guard |
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| Portugal | Municipal Police |
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| Romania | Local Police |
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| Serbia | Communal Militia |
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| Slovakia | City/Municipal Police |
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| Slovenia | Communal Police |
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| South Korea | Municipal Police of Jeju Special Self-Governing Province | |
| Spain | Municipal Police | |
| South Africa | Municipal Police | |
| Switzerland | Municipal Police | |
| Tunisia | Municipal Police |
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| Turkey | Municipal Police |
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| Ukraine | Municipal guard |
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| United States | Municipal police departments | |
| Vietnam | Municipal police of Ha Noi City, Ho Chi Minh City, Hai Phong City, Da Nang City and Can Tho City | |
See also
[edit]References
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- ^ Slade, Gavin; Trochev, Alexei; Talgatova, Malika (2020-12-02). "The Limits of Authoritarian Modernisation: Zero Tolerance Policing in Kazakhstan". Europe-Asia Studies. 73: 178–199. doi:10.1080/09668136.2020.1844867. ISSN 0966-8136. S2CID 229420067.
