Southern Buskerud Police District

Southern Buskerud Police District
Agency overview
Formed	1 January 2003
Employees	455
Legal personality	Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction*	Police district of Southern Buskerud in the county of Buskerud, Norway
General nature	Law enforcement Local civilian police
Operational structure
Overviewed by	National Police Directorate
Headquarters	Drammen Police Station
Agency executive	Johan Brekke, Chief of Police
Facilities
Stations	10
Website
https://www.politi.no/romerike
Footnotes
* Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction.

Southern Buskerud Police District (Norwegian: Romerike politidistrikt) is one of 27 police districts in Norway, covering the southern part of Buskerud and northern Vestfold. The district is headquartered in Drammen and consists of two police stations, at Drammen and Kongsberg, and eight sheriff's offices. The district is led by Chief of Police Johan Brekke.^[1] Specifically the police district covers the municipalities of Drammen, Kongsberg, Øvre Eiker, Nedre Eiker, Lier, Røyken, Hurum, Flesberg, Rollag in Buskerud and Svelvik and Sande in Vestfold.^[2] As of 2011 the district had 455 employees.^[3] The police district was created in 2003 as a merger between the former Drammen Police District and Kongsberg Police District.^[4]

Drammen Police Station

References

1. "Om Søndre Buskerud 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 26 August 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. "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.