The Romanian Border Police () is the structure of the Romanian Ministry of Internal Affairs responsible for the border security and passport control at border crossing points, airports and ports.
Structure 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 the Ministry of Internal Affairs, while the second tier is composed of the 5 Territorial Inspectorates (Giurgiu, Timișoara, Oradea, Sighetu Marmației, Iași) and the Coast Guard. The latter was formed in 2011 when the County Inspectorates of Constanța and Tulcea were reorganized into the newly formed Coast Guard.
Ranks The Border Police uses the same ranking system as the Romanian Police, with different colors. (see Romanian Police)
Before 2002, the Border Police had military status and a military ranking system, within the Ministry of Internal Affairs (see Romanian Armed Forces ranks and insignia). In June 2002 it became a civilian police force, together with the National Police (the first police service in Eastern Europe to do so) and its personnel was structured into two corps:
Corpul ofițerilor de poliție (Police Officers Corps) - corresponding to the commissioned ranks of a military force, to the ranks of Inspector, Superintendent and Commissioner in a British-style police force or to the both Corps de conception et de direction and Corps de commande et d'encadrement in the French National Police (Police Nationale).
RankArt 73 Dispoziții finale și tranzitorii | Lege 360/2002 Shoulder insignia Translated as Military rank equivalent French police rank equivalent British Metropolitan 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 Principal Inspector 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 the non-commissioned ranks of a military force, to the Corps de maîtrise et d'application in the French National Police or to the ranks of Constable or Sergeant in a British-style police force.
Rank Shoulder insignia Translated as Military rank equivalent French police rank equivalent British Metropolitan Police rank equivalent Agent-șef principal de poliție Police Principal Chief Agent Sergeant Major Brigadier-major Station Sergeant Agent-șef de poliție Police Chief Agent Master Sergeant Brigadier-chef Station Sergeant Agent-șef adjunct de poliție Police Deputy Chief Agent Sergeant First Class Brigadier Sergeant Agent principal de poliție Police Principal Agent Staff Sergeant Gardien de la paix Acting Sergeant Agent de poliție Police Agent Sergeant Gardien de la paix stagiare Constable
Equipment
Land Passenger carsModelTypeImageNotesDaciaDusterLoganFordRanger RaptorA number of surveillance vehicles are equipped with thermal imaging.TransitEquipped with night surveillance post.IvecoMassifMitsubishiL20050 special vehicles for transporting dogs.VolkswagenPassat VariantMinibusesVolkswagenTransporter KombiATVsDinliCenthor 700SnowmobilesSki-DooExpedition
Aircraft Following the concluded protocols, the Romanian Border Police is supported by the General Aviation Inspectorate and the National Police.
Naval
Current fleet 1 OPV 950 class: 950 tons built by Damen Group, at the Galați shipyard.GlobalSecurity.org MAI 0201 Ștefan cel Mare (ex MAI 1105) 2 FCS 4008 class: 300 tons built by Damen Group, at the Damen Shipyards Antalya MAI 1106, 1107 4 Neustadt class patrol boat: 218 tons ex-German Federal Border Guard, built by Lürssen shipyard in Bremen-Vegesack, Germany. MAI 1101, 1102, 1103, 1104 (ex BG-12 Bad Bramstedt, BG-15 Eschwege, BG-16 Alsfeld, BG-17 Bayreuth) 2 Bigliani class patrol boat: 90 tons ex-Guardia di Finanza, built by Intermarine, Italy. MAI 2113, 2114 (ex G.80 Bigliani, G.81 Cavaglià) 3 Shaldag Mk IV class patrol boat: 72 tons built by Israel 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. MAI 3057, 3058, 3059, 3060, 3061 various small coastal and riverine vessels, hovercraft, pontoons, etc.
Historic ships VG-10 class patrol boat: built by the Brăila shipyard (now part of VARD) between 1953 and 1954.SHIPSPOTTING.com
Drones UAVs Schiebel Camcopter S-100 - made available by the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) ALTI Transition Advanced Raptor - 5 thermal engine drones, allowing continuous flight of up to 8 hours, with a range of 150 km.
USVs Ocean Aero Triton - Autonomous Underwater and Surface Vehicle used by the Coast Guard
See also Romanian Police Romanian Gendarmerie Ministry of Internal Affairs
References
External links
Official site