Law enforcement in Madeira

Madeira

Madeira is a Portuguese archipelago that lies between and , just under 400 km north of Tenerife, Canary Islands, in the north Atlantic Ocean and an outermost region of the European Union...

is, mainly, the responsibility of the national police forces and services of Portugal

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

. In Madeira operate:

1. Public Security Police (PSP) Regional Command of Madeira - responsible for urban and rural preventive police;
2. Portuguese Republican National Guard
   Portuguese Republican National Guard
   The term Republican National Guard may refer to:*Italian National Republican Guard*Portuguese National Republican Guard...
   
    (GNR) Territorial Command of Madeira - responsible for customs, border and maritime patrol;
3. Polícia Judiciária
   Polícia Judiciária
   The Polícia Judiciária is the main police branch of criminal investigation in Portugal, dedicated to fighting criminality, organized crime, terrorism, drugs, corruption and financial crimes...
   
   (PJ) Funchal
   Funchal
   Funchal is the largest city, the municipal seat and the capital of Portugal's Autonomous Region of Madeira. The city has a population of 112,015 and has been the capital of Madeira for more than five centuries.-Etymology:...
   
    Criminal Investigation Department - responsible for the criminal investigation;
4. Foreign and Border Service (SEF) Regional Direction of Madeira - responsible for immigration control.

There are minor police services dependent of the Regional Government of Madeira like the forest

Forest

A forest, also referred to as a wood or the woods, is an area with a high density of trees. As with cities, depending where you are in the world, what is considered a forest may vary significantly in size and have various classification according to how and what of the forest is composed...

 police and the sanitary, food and economical police.

The several police forces in Madeira provide security for the Portuguese

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

 archipelago

Archipelago

An archipelago , sometimes called an island group, is a chain or cluster of islands. The word archipelago is derived from the Greek ἄρχι- – arkhi- and πέλαγος – pélagos through the Italian arcipelago...

's 797 km² of territory and population of 253,482.

Sources

1. World Police Encyclopedia, ed. by Dilip K. Das & Michael Palmiotto published by Taylor & Francis. 2004,
2. World Encyclopedia of Police Forces and Correctional Systems,second edition, 2006 by Gale.
3. Sullivan, Larry E. Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, 2005.