Eastern Finnmark Police District

Eastern Finnmark Police District (Norwegian: Østfinnmark politidistrikt) was one of 27 police districts in Norway, covering the eastern part of Finnmark. The district is headquartered in Kirkenes and consists of three police stations, at Kirkenes, Vadsø and Vardø, and five sheriff's offices. The district is led by Chief of Police Ellen Katrine Hætta.[1] Specifically the police district covers the municipalities of Vardø, Vadsø, Karasjok, Lebesby, Gamvik, Berlevåg, Tana, Nesseby, Båtsfjord, Sør-Varanger.[2] As of 2011 the district had 165 employees.[3] It has a special responsibility for the Norway–Russia border control at Storskog and the Reindeer Police.[4] The police district was created in 2003 as a merger between the former Sør-Varanger Police District, Vadsø Police District and Vardø Police District.[5]

Eastern Finnmark Police District
Agency overview
Formed1 January 2003
Employees165
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionØst-Finnmark, Finnmark (eastern part), Norway
General nature
Operational structure
Overviewed byNational Police Directorate
HeadquartersKirkenes
Agency executive
UnitsBorder Police
Raindeer Police (operates snowmobile)
Facilities
Stations8
Website
https://www.politi.no/ostfinnmark

References
  1. "Om Østfinnmark politidistrikt" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Police Service. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  2. "Korrespondansetabell Politidistrikt 2002, Kommuner 2008" (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway. Archived from the original on 22 April 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  3. "Statsansatte (alle lønnskategorier) per etat" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services. Archived from the original on 26 August 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  4. "4 Politiets organisering, oppgaver og oppgaveløsning". Politiets rolle og oppgaver (in Norwegian). Ministry of Justice and the Police. 24 June 2005. Archived from the original on 17 December 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  5. "Lokalisering av politi- og lensmannsdistrikter under Politi- og lensmannsdistrikter" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services. Archived from the original on 26 August 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
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