Agder Police District Explained

Agencyname:
Agder Police District
Agder politidistrikt
Formedyear:2002
Employees:676[1]
Divtype:County
Divname:Agder except Sirdal
Subdivtype:Police district
Country:Norway
Oversightbody:National Police Directorate
Police:Yes
Local:Yes
Headquarters:Kristiansand Police Station
Chief1name:Kirsten Lindeberg
Chief1position:Chief of Police
Stationtype:Politistasjon / Lensmannskontor
Stations:27
Boat1type:Patrol boats
Website:https://www.politi.no/agder

Agder Police District (Norwegian: Agder politidistrikt) covers the county of Agder except Sirdal municipality in Norway, approximately . The district is headquartered in Kristiansand and consists of five police stations, Kristiansand and in Flekkefjord, Mandal, Grimstad and Arendal, and thirteen sheriff's offices (lensmannskontor). Stays and immigration cases are processed at the headquarters in Kristiansand.[2] In the police district are approximately 280,000 inhabitants. Agder Police District was established on 1 January 2002 by a merger of the former police districts of Vest-Agder, Kristiansand and Arendal.

The easiest way to contact the police in Agder is by telephone, emergency ☎ 112, non-emergencycalls at ☎ 02800 or ☎ (+47) 38 13 60 00.[3] [4]

History: in 2022, the police district apologized in regard to the mistakes made during the investigation of Baneheia murders; the murders were in 2000.[5]

See also

Norwegian Police Service

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Forvaltningsdatabasen/Bergen University . 2013-01-20 . 2014-09-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140903065100/http://www.nsd.uib.no/polsys/data/forvaltning/ansatte/etat/4:7 . dead .
  2. https://www.politiet.no/en/om/organisasjonen/police-districs/agder-politidistrikt/ Contact Information, Agder Police District
  3. Web site: About Agder PD in Norwegian . 2013-01-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130325162143/https://www.politi.no/agder/om_oss/ . 2013-03-25 . dead .
  4. https://www.politiet.no/en/services/tip-off-norwegian-police/ Tip-off Norwegian police
  5. Ingri Bergo et al. https://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/i/EQQrjK/de-bidro-til-aa-faa-viggo-kristiansen-doemt-naa-er-de-tause. VG.no. Retrieved 2022-10-26