Police and Border Guard Board

Police and Border Guard Board
*Politsei- ja Piirivalveamet*
Police and Border Guard Board; Politsei- ja Piirivalveamet
	Coat of arms
Agency overview
Formed	January 1, 2010
Preceding agencies	Estonian Police; Estonian Border Guard;
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Estonia
General nature	Civilian police;
Specialist jurisdiction	National border patrol, security, and integrity.;
Operational structure
Headquarters	Pärnu mnt 139, Tallinn
	59°24′31.67″N 24°44′12.91″E
Elected officer responsible	Ministry of the Interior;
Agency executive	Egert Belitšev, Director General;
Parent agency	Ministry of the Interior
Website
	www.politsei.ee

The Police and Border Guard Board (Estonian: Politsei- ja Piirivalveamet) is a unified national governmental agency within the Estonian Ministry of Interior and is responsible for law enforcement and internal security in the Republic of Estonia.

The main tasks of the agency are to ensure and protect the integrity of the Estonian state and, since May 1, 2004, also the European Union border within the territories of the Republic of Estonia; to secure the state borders and the European Union outer border within the territories of the Republic of Estonia, to monitor and identify citizenship, along with handling the documentation, to preserve law and civil order within the borders of the Republic of Estonia and to detect and prevent crime.

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