Rogaland Police District

Rogaland Police District
Agency overview
Formed1 January 2003
Dissolved2016
Superseding agencySouthwest Police District
Employees738
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionSirdal municipality in Vest-Agder county and the southern part, Rogaland, Norway
General nature
Operational structure
Overseen byNational Police Directorate
HeadquartersStavanger
Agency executive
Facilities
Stations16

Rogaland Police District (Norwegian: Rogaland politidistrikt) is a former police districts in Norway, which covered most of Rogaland county (except for the Haugalandet area). The district was headquartered in the city of Stavanger and consists of three police stations: at Stavanger, Sandnes and Egersund, and 13 sheriff's offices. The district was led by Chief of Police Hans Vik.[1] As of 2011 the district had 738 employees.[2] The chief of police is responsible for the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre of Southern Norway at Sola.[3] The police district was created in 2003 as a merger between the former Rogaland Police District and Stavanger Police District.[4]

Stavanger Police Station

References

  1. ↑ "Om Rogaland politidistrikt" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Police Service. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  2. ↑ "Statsansatte (alle lønnskategorier) per etat" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  3. ↑ "4 Politiets organisering, oppgaver og oppgaveløsning". Politiets rolle og oppgaver (in Norwegian). Ministry of Justice and the Police. 24 June 2005. Retrieved 17 August 2012.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. ↑ "Lokalisering av politi- og lensmannsdistrikter under Politi- og lensmannsdistrikter" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2012.