Oslo Police District

Local civilian police

Operational structureOverseen byNational Police DirectorateHeadquartersOslo Police Headquarters
Grønnlandsleiret 44Agency executive

Hans Sverre Sjøvold, Chief of Police

Units

Mounted police (Rytterkorpset)
Delta (Beredskapstroppen)

FacilitiesStations7BoatsHarbor policePolice helicopters2 x Eurocopter EC135Websitehttps://www.politi.no/oslo

Oslo Police District (Norwegian: Oslo politidistrikt) is the largest police district in Norway. The Police District of Asker og Bærum and Oslo Police District are from January 1, 2016 merged into one, and kept the name Oslo Police District. The police district comprises three municipalities, Oslo, Asker and Bærum. It has a total population of around 800,000 people.^[1] Oslo Police District has seven police stations in charge of policing duties, including assignments in terms of order, prevention and investigation purposes in the surrounding areas.

The Police Authority also has special sections for the investigation of serious crime. The investigation led formally by police lawyers, belonging to prosecutors.

Serious drug cases and robbery cases are investigated by the Section for organized crime, homicide cases and cases involving sexual crimes investigated by the Division of Violence and sexual crimes, while serious forms of economic crime investigation by the Financial and Environmental Crime Section. Traffic and sea buffet includes Trafikkorpset and Harbor Police and a specialist on criminal offenses related to the capital's traffic by land and sea. The Police is headquartered at Grønlandsleiret 44 at Grønland in Oslo.

Police stations

Western unit

Asker police station, located in Torvveien 20, Asker
Bærum police station, located in Kjørboveien 33, Sandvika (Bærum)
Majorstuen police station, located in Sørkedalsveien 27 B at Majorstuen

Unit of central Oslo

Grønland police station, located in the Oslo Police Headquarters at Grønlandsleiret 44, Grønland.
Sentrum police station, Hammersborggata 12, next door to National Police Directorate (Norway) in central Oslo.
There is also a smaller police office, located at the Oslo Central Station.

Eastern unit

Manglerud police station, located in Plogveien 31 at Manglerud.
Stovner police station, located in Aasta Hansteens vei 10 at Stovner.

Contact

Emergency telephone number is ☎ 112, non emergency calls at ☎ 02800 or ☎ (+47)22 66 90 50.^[2]^[3]

Common units

Police Section for Immigration Administration^[4]
Common unit for operational service
Common criminal unit
Common unit for intelligence and investigation
Common unit for prevention
Common unit for prosecution
Common unit for foreigners and administration
Joint unit for civil justice (namsfogd)
Common unit for national aid resources

Mobility

Oslo Police disposal units that move on land (mounted police in addition to patrols on foot, by car and motorcycle), sea (Harbor Police) and by air (helicopter).

Gallery

Oslo Police Headquarters
Sentrum Police Station
Stovner Police Station
Majorstuen Police Station
Police Helicopter in Oslo
Mounted police in Oslo
Harbour police in Oslo

References

^ Asker og Bærum blir en del av Oslo politidistrikt Aftenposten 5/31/2016 (in Norwegian)
^ Contact information, Oslo Police District
^ Tip-off Norwegian police (in English)
^ Section for Immigration Administration