Agder Police District

Agder Police District (Norwegian: Agder politidistrikt) covers the county of Agder except Sirdal municipality in Norway, approximately 14,880 square kilometres (5,750 sq mi). The district is headquartered in Kristiansand and consists of five police stations, Kristiansand and in Flekkefjord, Mandal, Grimstad and Arendal, and thirteen sheriff's offices (lensmannskontor). Stays and immigration cases are processed at the headquarters in Kristiansand.[2] In the police district are approximately 280,000 inhabitants. Agder Police District was established on 1 January 2002 by a merger of the former police districts of Vest-Agder, Kristiansand and Arendal.


Agder Police District
Agder politidistrikt
Agency overview
Formed2002
Employees676[1]
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionAgder except Sirdal, Norway
General nature
Operational structure
Overviewed byNational Police Directorate
HeadquartersKristiansand Police Station
Agency executive
  • Kirsten Lindeberg, Chief of Police
Facilities
Politistasjon / Lensmannskontors27
Website
https://www.politi.no/agder

The easiest way to contact the police in Agder is by telephone, emergency ☎ 112, non-emergency calls at ☎ 02800 or ☎ (+47) 38 13 60 00.[3][4]

Agder Police Headquarters in Kristiansand

See also

Norwegian Police Service

References
  1. Forvaltningsdatabasen/Bergen University
  2. Contact Information, Agder Police District
  3. "About Agder PD in Norwegian". Archived from the original on 2013-03-25. Retrieved 2013-01-20.
  4. Tip-off Norwegian police (in English)


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