From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Royal Marines Police
Royal Marines Police
The Royal Marines Police is the military police of the Bri- ing the main supply routes and providing convoy escorts.
tish Royal Marines. It also conducted general police duties and provided
The RM Police is responsible for providing garrison close protection for the Brigade Commander. Royal
policing services; law enforcement and crime prevention Marines Police personnel are also attached to other units.
as well as general security advice to the command, and They are eligible to undertake the close protection cours-
includes a Special Investigation Branch (SIB) section for es run by the Royal Military Police
the investigation of serious crime. Marines and officers of the Royal Marines Police are
RM Police personnel are recruited from within the not constables and have no powers in relation to civil law
trained strength of the Royal Marines, following comple- enforcement.
tion of a first posting to a rifle troop in a Commando. In 2009 the RM Police was officially absorbed into the
The primary formed unit of the Royal Marines Police Royal Navy Police,[1] although it still exists as a distinct
is a troop within UK Landing Force Command Support unit.[2]
Group, the Headquarters support unit of 3 Commando
Brigade Royal Marines, based at Stonehouse Barracks,
Plymouth.
Notes
In military operations, the Royal Marines Police [1] Memorandum from the Ministry of Defence
Troop provide military police support for all phases of [2] 30 Commando RM
operations and peacekeeping operations including co-or-
dinating vehicle movements out of the beachhead, mark-
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