Royal Marechaussee

The Koninklijke marechaussee is entrusted as a Dutch police with far-reaching tasks. Since 1998 she has been an independent strike force in addition the Army, Navy and Air Force.

Tasks

The marechaussee under the Ministry of Defence and has combatant status, but primarily fulfills civilian tasks such as monitoring the state border and since the abolition of the National Police and the police service at major airports such as Schiphol. The hedging heard during state visits and other ceremonial events, such as the personal protection of members of the royal family and the government to their tasks. The marechaussee counts (2005 ) is about 6,800 people.

History

Marechaussee was founded by the decree of 26 October 1814 by King William I. Although it was militarily organized National modeled after the French Gendarmerie, the king gave up the name as a gendarmerie. This had its basis in the pronounced after the French occupation under Napoleon Bonaparte anti- French resentment.

Since 1998, the Royal Military (as border guards and military police) an independent unit of the Dutch armed forces.

Other police organizations

The other statewide police in the Netherlands was named by early 2013 Corps Landelijke Politiediensten. Since the KLPD from the former Dutch National Police has been incurred and the National Police from the Mare road, they had a common origin. Since 2013, the Corps Landelijke Politiediensten is part of the Corps National polity.

Others

In the Boer (Gelderland) is a small, Marechaussee and its history is a museum dedicated.