Law enforcement in Palau
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Defense of Palau
Palau
Palau , officially the Republic of Palau , is an island nation in the Pacific Ocean, east of the Philippines and south of Tokyo. In 1978, after three decades as being part of the United Nations trusteeship, Palau chose independence instead of becoming part of the Federated States of Micronesia, a...

 is the responsibility of the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

, but local police
Police
The police is a personification of the state designated to put in practice the enforced law, protect property and reduce civil disorder in civilian matters. Their powers include the legitimized use of force...

 matters are handled by the Palau Police, the national police
Police
The police is a personification of the state designated to put in practice the enforced law, protect property and reduce civil disorder in civilian matters. Their powers include the legitimized use of force...

 force, and some of the sixteen states
States of Palau
Palau is divided into sixteen administrative regions, called states .-External links:**...

 had separate police departments in the 1980s and 1990s.

The Palau police force have a Pacific-class patrol boat, the PSS President H.I. Remeliik
Haruo Remeliik
Haruo Ignacio Remeliik was a politician from Palau. He served as the first President of Palau from 2 March 1981 until his assassination on 30 June 1985. He is buried at Kloulklubed in his home state of Peleliu. Remeliik was of mixed Japanese and Palauan descent.Remelik's killers remain unknown...

, for use in maritime surveillance
Surveillance
Surveillance is the monitoring of the behavior, activities, or other changing information, usually of people. It is sometimes done in a surreptitious manner...

 and fisheries control. This was donated and is maintained by Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

, who also provide training for the crew. Its home port is Koror
Koror
Koror is the state comprising the main commercial centre of the Republic of Palau. It consists of several islands, the most prominent being Koror Island ....

.

The Palau Bureau of Public Safety director is Hazime T. Telei. Palau has provided police officers to the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands since May 2006. Palauan Police officer Bryson Ngiratumerang is contingent commander of the Palauan police serving as part of RAMSI's Participating Police Force (PPF).

External links

  • http://www.palaugov.net/minjustice/pubsafety.html
  • http://www.palaugov.net/minjustice/mojustice.html
  • http://www.ramsi.org/node/26
  • http://www.saipantribune.com/newsstory.aspx?cat=1&newsID=71601
  • http://www.isiservicescorp.com/mjcpatch.html
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