Federal Police (Belgium)
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Federal Police Federale Politie (Dutch) Police Fédérale (French) Föderale Polizei (German) |
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Bilingual logo of the Belgian Police
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| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 2001 |
| Preceding agencies |
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| Employees | 12,262 (9,065 operatives and 3,197 civilian personnel) |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
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Federal agency (Operations jurisdiction) |
Belgium |
| Legal jurisdiction | As per operations jurisdiction. |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Agency executive |
Catherine De Bolle, General Commissioner |
| Website | |
| http://www.polfed-fedpol.be/ | |
| Footnotes | |
| Reference for above data. | |
The Federal Police (Dutch: Federale Politie; French: Police Fédérale) carries out specialized and supra-local administrative and judicial police operations, and supports both local and federal police services and units. The Federal Police has approximately 12,300 officers and civilian personnel.
The Federal Police is commanded by General Commissioner (CG) Catherine De Bolle, who holds the rank of chief commissioner. She is in charge of the General Commissioner's Office on which three general directorates depend: the General directorate of the administrative police (DGA), the General directorate of the judicial police (DGJ) and the General directorate of resources and information (DGR). Each general directorate is led by a general director (DG), also holding the rank of chief commissioner.
The General Commissioner 's Office (Dutch: Commissariaat-Generaal; French: Commissariat-Général; German: Generalkommissariat ) incorporates all the top-level central services of the Federal Police. It is commanded by the General Commissioner who directs and manages the Federal Police and ensures regular contact with the Local Police. The Office is responsible for integrated police operations, coordination, cooperation with local police and foreign police, intelligence gathering and management, dispatching and external communication.
The Directorate of International Police Cooperation (CGI) is Belgium’s national central bureau for the European Police Office (Europol), Schengen Information System and International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol).
The General Commissioner's Office also includes decentralized Coordination and Support Directorates (CSD/DCA) located in each judicial district. The CSD's, headed by coordinating directors (DirCo's), represent the Federal Police in the field and act as the link between the Local and the Federal Police. They play a key role in the integrated functioning of Belgium's police, together with the decentralized Directorates of the Judicial Police (FGP/PJF) which are also present in each judicial district. The CSD/DCA's offer support (logistical, personnel-related, managerial) and coordination to both local police forces and the other federal police units. In other words: the CSD/DCA's provide mainly administrative police services, while the FGP/PJF's offer judicial police services.
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