Committee P
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The Committee P, or the Permanent Oversight Committee on the Police Services , exercises external oversight over the Belgian police
and all civil servants with police authority. It is responsible to the Belgian Chamber of Representatives, the lower house
of the Belgian Federal Parliament
, which appoints and dismisses its members.
Policing in Belgium
Law enforcement in Belgium is conducted by an integrated police service structured on the federal and local levels, made up of the Federal Police and the Local Police. Both forces are autonomous and subordinate to different authorities, but linked in regards to reciprocal support, recruitment,...
and all civil servants with police authority. It is responsible to the Belgian Chamber of Representatives, the lower house
Lower house
A lower house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house.Despite its official position "below" the upper house, in many legislatures worldwide the lower house has come to wield more power...
of the Belgian Federal Parliament
Belgian Federal Parliament
The Belgian Federal Parliament is a bicameral parliament. It consists of the Chamber of Representatives and the Senate . It sits in the Palace of the Nation .- Chamber of Representatives :...
, which appoints and dismisses its members.