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| Grand Ducal Police Police Grand-Ducale | |
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| Formed | 1 January 2000 |
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| National agency | Luxembourg |
| Operations jurisdiction | Luxembourg |
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| Policing for the Grand Ducal Police is organized under six primary intervention centres, under which further secondary intervention centres operate. | |
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TheGrand Ducal Police (Luxembourgish:Groussherzoglech Police,German:Großherzogliche Polizei,French:Police grand-ducale) is the national police force of theGrand Duchy of Luxembourg. The police is under the control of theMinister for the Interior of Luxembourg, although they operate in the name, and under the ultimate control, of theGrand Duke of Luxembourg. Day-to-day executive control is exercised by theDirector-General of the Grand Ducal Police. The Grand Ducal Police has existed in its current form since 1 January 2000, when theGrand Ducal Gendarmerie was merged with the police service.
The Grand Ducal Police is responsible for ensuring the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg's internal security, maintaining law and order, border control and enforcing all laws and Grand Ducal decrees. It is also responsible for assisting theMilitary of Luxembourg in its internal operations, as prescribed by theGrand Duke of Luxembourg.
The Grand Ducal Police's operations are divided into six regions (circonscriptions régionales), which are under the command of a regional director. The director is responsible for primary intervention centres, secondary intervention centres, local police stations, and region-wide services. The region headquarters are inCapellen,Diekirch,Esch-sur-Alzette,Grevenmacher,Luxembourg City, andMersch.
The primary intervention centres (Centre d'Intervention Primaire, abbreviated 'CIP') are the most capable and best equipped police stations to address emergencies. The CIPs also serve as the headquarters for the region, providing administrative support for the region's other operation centres. The CIPs' jurisdictions cover their respective regions (illustrated in different colours on the map, right).
Under the six CIPs are thirteen 'secondary intervention centre' (Centre d'Intervention Secondaire, abbreviated 'CIS'). As the CIPs perform the role of the CISs, as well as their own functions, there are seven dedicated CISs, located inDifferdange,Dudelange,Echternach,Redange,Remich,Troisvierges, andWiltz.
Localpolice stations (Commissariat de Proximité, abbreviated 'CP') operate separately from the CISs and CIPs, but are under the control of the regional director. In addition to the thirteen CIPs and CISs, which perform the role of CPs, there are thirty-eight dedicated local stations, distributed across the main towns and cities of Luxembourg. Eight of these dedicated CPs are in Luxembourg City, in addition to the CIP.
A special police division atLuxembourg – Findel Airport is directly responsible forborder control.[1]
The regional police forces are also directly responsible for policing the roads, criminal investigation, and providing aid to victims of crime.
Officers are armed with theHeckler & Koch VP9 (SFP9 model in use) chambered in9×19mm
The head of the Grand Ducal Police is the Director-General. There have been four Directors-General since the creation of the Grand Ducal Police in 2000.
| Name | Start | End |
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| Charles Bourg | 2000 | 2001 |
| Pierre Reuland | 2001 | 2008 |
| Romain Nettgen | 2008 | 2015 |
| Philippe Schrantz | 2015 | 2024 |
| Pascal Peters | 2024 | present |
| Rank group | Commissaires divisionnaires | Commissaires | ||||||||||||||
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| Luxembourg Grand Ducal Police[2] |  | | | | | | | | ||||||||
| Premier commissaire divisionnaire | Commissaire divisionnaire | Premier commissaire principal | Commissaire principal | Commissaire en chef | Premier commissaire | Commissaire | Commissaire adjoint | |||||||||
| Rank group | Inspecteurs | |||||||
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| Luxembourg Grand Ducal Police[3] | | | | | ||||
| Inspecteur-chef | Premier inspecteur | Inspecteur | Inspecteur adjoint | |||||
Prior to 2018, the police had a series ofBrigadier ranks below those ofInspecteurs.
| Rank group | Brigadiers | |||||||
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| Luxembourg Grand Ducal Police[4] | | | | | ||||
| Brigadier-chef | Brigadier principal | Premier brigadier | Brigadier | |||||
It is either the CISs or the CIPs that one would contact in the event of an emergency, as they are the only police stations which are continuously open. Theemergency telephone number for the police is 113, instead of112, like the otheremergency services.
