ABSTRACT
The most radical development in terms of international cooperation in Norwegian law took place in the early and mid–1990s. This coincided with the implementation of the Police Act (PA) of 1995. The 1995 PA and the relevant version of the Police Directive (1990) include regulations on the measures available to the police, but say little about which measure should be used when, and under what circumstances. The chapter describes a brief overview of the police of Norway today. The competences of the Norwegian police to apprehend and detain according to the PA are all in accordance with the European Convention of Human Rights. The Norwegian police consists of approximately 13,000 employees, in 12 police districts, each answerable to a local chief of police, and to the centralised bodies. Every district is divided into local and rural police stations, at the discretion of the king.
