Police organisation
Royal Gibraltar Police
The police force of Gibraltar, operational since 1830 under the name Gibraltar Police and granted the prefix “Royal” in 1992.
At a glance
- Official name
- Royal Gibraltar Police
- System
- Gibraltar
- Level of government
- National
- Kind of body
- National police force
- Status
- Currently operating
- Official website
- https://www.police.gi/ — confirmed against the organisation’s own pages on 17 September 2026.
- Facts last checked against sources
- 17 September 2026
What it is
The force states that it became operational in 1830 as the Gibraltar Police, and that the prefix "Royal" was conferred on 12 June 1992. It names the Gibraltar Police Authority in its own account of its organisation. Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory with its own force rather than a district of a United Kingdom force, which is the distinction that puts it in this corpus as a separate system rather than as a UK entry.
What it covers
The territory of Gibraltar.
Broad responsibilities
- General policing across Gibraltar
- Criminal investigation
- Victim support
- Road traffic enforcement
Who it answers to
The force names the Gibraltar Police Authority in its own organisational account.
Elsewhere on this site
- Who polices what — how Gibraltar is structured, against other systems
Where this connects
Institutions: National police.
Sources
Our Organisation — Royal Gibraltar Police
Royal Gibraltar Police · Institutional (self-description) · link verified 2026-09-17
SCOPE: the Royal Gibraltar Police only. The force's own organisation page, read directly. Supports the official name, the force's own statement that it became operational in 1830 under the name Gibraltar Police, and that the prefix 'Royal' was conferred on 12 June 1992. It names the Gibraltar Police Authority. The page also makes superlative claims about the force's age relative to other forces; those are NOT published, because a superlative is a comparison this platform does not make.