National Police Corps (Netherlands)

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The National Police Corps (Dutch: Korps Nationale Politie) is the national law enforcement agency of the Netherlands, and its sole police force. Constituted under the provisions of the Police Act 2012 (Politiewet 2012), the Corps functions as a single and unified police organisation operating under the political authority of the Minister of Justice and Security. The National Police Corps is charged with the maintenance of public order, the enforcement of criminal law, the investigation and prevention of crime, and the provision of assistance in emergencies. It possesses general competence over the entire territory of the Netherlands and is vested with both administrative and judicial police powers. It is divided into ten regional units, two national units, the police academy, police services center, and national dispatch center cooperation. The law-enforcement purposes of these agencies are the investigation of suspected criminal activity, referral of the results of investigations to the...

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