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T h e C op enhagen Police.

The State-police and the common Municipal policeau- thorities are two different things. The State-police has its headquarter in Copenha­ gen and ranges directly u n ­ der the State. I t is chiefly occupied with the unraveling of crim inal offences, besides looking after the foreigners living in or arriv in g to the country. The State-police have men stationed in all ju ris ­ dictions, where the functiona­ ries work together w ith the local police. To be employed in the service of the police, the applicant m ust pass through a special police- school in Copenhagen and the requirements as well as to education as to in ­ telligence are quite cohside- rable. The police-school is conduc­ ted according to the most modern principles, and it is the aim to make the Copen- penhagen Police a picked corps like the English. The Copenhagen Police is popular, and anybody asking a police­ man for information will be

sure to get a polite and in­ telligent answer. The Police Headquarters are in the newly b uilt Main- station, form ing a whole block with main-entrance from Polititorvet and Solden- feldtsgade and in the neigh­ bourhood of Langebro. The building was finished in 1924 after the plans of professor Kampman and is well worth seeing. The inner courts of the Police building are of no mean architectural effect, even if the style is not ap­ preciated by everybody. The cost of the building is 11,5 million Kroner. Copenhagen is divided into 9 policedi- stricts, each directed by a po­ lice-sergeant and each having a station. The police-stations are always known' by green lamps and are open day and night. The Police-Headquarters harbour the Passport Office, located on second floor, room 77 (open 9—4) and the of­ fice for poods found (open on weekdays 11—2).

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