Salten Police District

Salten Police District
Agency overview
Formed	1894
Employees	195
Legal personality	Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction*	Police district of Salten in the county of Nordland, Norway
General nature	Law enforcement Local civilian police
Operational structure
Overviewed by	National Police Directorate
Headquarters	Bodø Police Station
Agency executive	Geir Ove Heir, Chief of Police
Facilities
Stations	10
Website
https://www.politi.no/salten
Footnotes
* Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction.

Salten Police District (Norwegian: Salten politidistrikt) is one of 27 police districts in Norway, covering the Salten district of Nordland. The district is headquartered in Bodø and consists of one police station and nine sheriff's offices. The district is led by Chief of Police Geir Ove Heir.^[1] Specifically the police district covers the municipalities of Bodø, Rødøy, Meløy, Gildeskål, Beiarn, Saltdal, Fauske, Sørfold, Steigen, Hamarøy) and two municipalities in Lofoten (Røst and Værøy).^[2] As of 2011 the district had 195 employees.^[3] It has a special responsibility with the chief of police being responsible for operations at the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre of Northern Norway.^[4] The police district was renamed from Bodø Police District in 2002.^[5]

Bodø Police Station

References

↑ "Om Salten politidistrikt" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Police Service. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
↑ "Korrespondansetabell Politidistrikt 2002, Kommuner 2008" (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway. Archived from the original on 26 August 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
↑ "Statsansatte (alle lønnskategorier) per etat" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services. Archived from the original on 26 August 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
↑ "Politiets rolle og oppgaver" (in Norwegian). Ministry of Justice and the Police. 24 June 2005. Archived from the original on 17 August 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2012. |chapter= ignored (help)
↑ "Lokalisering av politi- og lensmannsdistrikter under Politi- og lensmannsdistrikter" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services. Archived from the original on 26 August 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.

Norwegian Police Service

History National Police Directorate Norwegian Prosecuting Authority

Special agencies	Emergency Response Unit National Authority for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime in Norway National Criminal Investigation Service National Mobile Police Service National Police Immigration Service National Police Computing and Material Service Norwegian Border Commissioner Norwegian Police University College Joint Rescue Coordination Centre of Northern Norway Joint Rescue Coordination Centre of Southern Norway

Police districts	Agder Asker and Bærum Central Hålogaland Eastern Finnmark Follo Gudbrandsdal Haugaland and Sunnhordland Hedmark Helgeland Hordaland Nord-Trøndelag Nordmøre and Romsdal Northern Buskerud Oslo Østfold Rogaland Romerike Salten Sogn og Fjordane Sør-Trøndelag Southern Buskerud Sunnmøre Svalbard Telemark Troms Vestfold Western Finnmark Western Oppland

Related	Norwegian Police Security Service Norwegian Bureau for the Investigation of Police Affairs Norwegian Public Safety Radio Ranks Norwegian Police Cross of Honour

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