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.
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]