The Danish Prosecution Service comprises the Director of Public Prosecutions

Director of Public Prosecutions

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 (Rigsadvokaten), the regional prosecutor

Prosecutor

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s (Statsadvokaterne) and on the lowest level the chief police

Police

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 constable

Constable

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s (Politimestrene).

Purpose

It is the duty of the Prosecution Service to attend to cases

Legal case

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 as quickly as possible. The Prosecution Service must make sure that offenders are called to account in accordance with the law, but must also ensure that innocent persons are not prosecuted

Criminal law

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Director of Public Prosecutions

The Director of Public Prosecutions is head of the Prosecution Service, and he conducts prosecutions in criminal cases before the Supreme Court

Courts of Denmark

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Regional Public Prosecutors

Regional public prosecutors attend to criminal cases before the High Courts and superintend the chief constables. It is also regional public prosecutors who deal with complaints against the police and cases concerning compensation

Damages

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 for decisions made by chief constables in criminal prosecutions. The Public Prosecutor for Serious Economic Crime

Crime

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 attends to cases involving serious financial

Finance

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 crime, on a national basis. The Special International Crimes

International crime

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 Office attends to crimes committed by foreigner

Alien (law)

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s outside Denmark

Denmark

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Police Districts

Chief constables are prosecutors in the district courts in their respective district

District

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s. As they are, at the same time, head of the police district, they are also responsible for police investigations

Investigations

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 of breaches of the law in the district. The local prosecution service is, in practice, attended to by the attorneys

Lawyer

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 and police official

Official

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s of the police district.