Hordaland Police District Explained

Agencyname:Hordaland Police District
Formedyear:2002
Employees:Approx. 900
Divname:County
Subdivtype:Police district
Subdivname:Hordaland
Country:Norway
Oversightbody:National Police Directorate
Police:Yes
Local:Yes
Headquarters:Bergen Sentrum Police Station, Alehelgens gate 6, Bergen
Chief1name:Geir Gudmundsen
Chief1position:Chief of Police
Stationtype:Politistasjon / Lensmannskontor
Stations:15
Website:https://www.politi.no/hordaland

Hordaland Police District (Norwegian: Hordaland politidisrikt) is headquartered in Bergen, Norway. In the police district are approximately 454,000 inhabitants.

Jurisdiction

The police district covers the municipalities: Askøy, Austevoll, Austrheim, Bergen, Eidfjord, Fedje, Fjell, Fusa, Granvin, Gulen, Jondal, Kvam, Kvinnherad, Lindås, Masfjorden, Meland, Modalen, Odda, Os, Osterøy, Radøy, Samnanger, Sund, Tysnes, Ullensvang, Ulvik, Vaksdal, Voss and Øygarden in the county of Hordaland.[1]

In the second largest police district in Norway, after Oslo, and there are four police stations in the city of Bergen (north, south, west and central Bergen) and eleven sheriff's offices (lensmannskontor in Norwegian) in other parts of the county.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://www.politi.no/hordaland/om_oss/ Om Hordaland politidistrikt
  2. https://www.politi.no/hordaland/kontakt_hordaland/ Contact information