Romanian Border Police Poliția de Frontieră Română
Coat of arms of the Romanian Border Police
Racing stripe
Abbreviation	PF PFR
Motto	PATRIA ET HONOR Motherland and Honour
Agency overview
Formed	1999-06-04
Preceding agency	Romanian Border Guard
Jurisdictional structure
National agency	ROU
Operations jurisdiction	ROU
General nature	Civilian police
Specialist jurisdiction	National border patrol, security, and integrity.
Operational structure
Headquarters	Bucharest
Sworn members	Yes
Agency executive	Chestor șef de poliție Liviu Bute,Inspector-general
Parent agency	Ministry of Internal Affairs
Website
(in Romanian)Poliția de Frontieră

TheRomanian Border Police (Romanian:Poliția de Frontieră) is the structure of theRomanianMinistry of Internal Affairs responsible for the border security andpassport control at border crossing points, airports and ports.^[1]

Since 2001 multiple restructures and improvements occurred in order to align the service to the European counterparts. Currently it is composed of the Border Police General Inspectorate which is the central structure, subordinated to theMinistry of Internal Affairs,^[2] while the second tier is composed of the 5 Territorial Inspectorates (Giurgiu, Timișoara, Oradea, Sighetu Marmației, Iași) and the Coast Guard.^[3] The latter was formed in 2011 when the County Inspectorates of Constanța and Tulcea were reorganized into the newly formed Coast Guard.^[4]

The Border Police uses the same ranking system as the Romanian Police, with different colors. (seeRomanian Police)

Before 2002, the Border Police had military status and a military ranking system, within theMinistry of Internal Affairs (seeRomanian Armed Forces ranks and insignia). In June 2002 it became acivilian police force, together with theNational Police (the first police service inEastern Europe to do so) and its personnel was structured into twocorps:

• Corpul ofițerilor de poliție (Police Officers Corps) - corresponding to thecommissioned ranks of a military force, to the ranks ofInspector,Superintendent andCommissioner in a British-style police force or to the bothCorps de conception et de direction andCorps de commande et d'encadrement in theFrench National Police (Police Nationale).

Rank[5]	Shoulder insignia	Translated as	Military rank equivalent	French police rank equivalent	BritishMetropolitan Police rank equivalent
Chestor-șef de poliție		Police Chief-Quaestor	General	Directeur des services actifs	Commissioner
Chestor-șef adjunct de poliție		Police Deputy-Quaestor	Lieutenant General	Inspecteur général	Assistant Commissioner
Chestor principal de poliție		Police Principal Quaestor	Major General	Contrôleur général	Deputy Assistant Commissioner
Chestor de poliție		Police Quaestor	Brigadier General	Contrôleur général	Commander
Comisar-șef de poliție		Police Chief-Commissioner	Colonel	Commissaire divisionnaire	Chief Superintendent
Comisar de poliție		Police Commissioner	Lieutenant Colonel	Commissaire de police	Superintendent Grade I
Subcomisar de poliție		Police Sub-Commissioner	Major	Commandant	Superintendent
Inspector principal de poliție		Police PrincipalInspector	Captain	Capitaine	Chief Inspector
Inspector de poliție		Police Inspector	Lieutenant	Lieutenant	Inspector
Subinspector de poliție		Police Sub-Inspector	Second Lieutenant	Lieutenant intern	Temporary/Probationary Inspector

• Corpul agenților de poliție (Police Agents Corps) - corresponding to thenon-commissioned ranks of a military force, to theCorps de maîtrise et d'application in the French National Police or to the ranks ofConstable orSergeant in a British-style police force.

• 1 OPV 950 class: 950 tons built byDamen Group, at theGalați Shipyard.^[6]
  • MAI 0201Ștefan cel Mare (ex MAI 1105)^[7]
• 2 FCS 4008 class: 300 tons built byDamen Group, at the Damen Shipyards Antalya^[8]
  • MAI 1106, 1107^[9]
• 4Neustadt class patrol boat: 218 tons ex-German Federal Border Guard, built byLürssen shipyard in Bremen-Vegesack, Germany.
  • MAI 1101, 1102, 1103, 1104 (ex BG-12Bad Bramstedt, BG-15Eschwege, BG-16Alsfeld, BG-17Bayreuth)
• 2 Bigliani class patrol boat: 90 tons ex-Guardia di Finanza, built byIntermarine, Italy.
  • MAI 2113, 2114 (ex G.80Bigliani, G.81Cavaglià)
• 3Shaldag Mk IV class patrol boat: 72 tons built byIsrael Shipyards in Haifa, Israel.
  • MAI 2110, 2111, 2112

• 5 Patrol 1850 boat: 30 tons built by Kewatec Finland.
  • MAI 3063, 3064, 3065, 3066, 3067
• 5 SNR-17 class patrol boat: 25 tons built by Istanbul Shipyard, Turkey.^[10]
  • MAI 3057, 3058, 3059, 3060, 3061
• various small coastal and riverine vessels, hovercraft, pontoons, etc.

• VG-10 class patrol boat: built byȘantierul Naval Brăila (now part ofSTX Europe) between 1953 and 1954.^[11]

• Schiebel Camcopter S-100 - made available by theEuropean Maritime Safety Agency - EMSA^[12]

On March 10, 2021, a contract was signed forDamen Group to supply the border police with two FCS 4008 Patrol boats.^[13] They will replace some of the ageing Neustadt Class boats, vessels which were built during 1969-1970 for the German Federal Border Guard, the first one being bought by the Romanian Border Police in 2002 and the other 3 in 2005. Previous attempts to replace them have failed, mainly because of lack of funding.

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