Police organisation
Valsts policija
Latvia’s national police force, which states its own responsibility for public order and for the internal security of the state.
At a glance
- Official name
- Valsts policija
- Commonly rendered in English as
- State Police — a rendering in common use, not the organisation’s own name.
- System
- Latvia
- Level of government
- National
- Kind of body
- National police force
- Status
- Currently operating
- Official website
- https://www.vp.gov.lv/ — 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 its mission as protecting the interests of the person, society and state in cooperation with people and organisations, observing the principles of legality and neutrality. It states separately that it ensures public order and takes responsibility for the internal security of the state. Neutrality appears as a named guiding principle rather than as an aspiration, alongside security, legality and continuity — a set of four the force publishes as its leading principles.
What it covers
The whole territory of Latvia.
Broad responsibilities
- General policing and public order
- Criminal investigation
- Responsibility for internal security of the state
Who it answers to
The page read does not name the force’s supervising ministry, and none is claimed here.
Elsewhere on this site
- Who polices what — how Latvia is structured, against other systems
- Valsts policijas koledža — the training institution this organisation runs. It trains; it does not decide who joins.
Other organisations to compare
- Politsei ja Piirivalveamet — Estonia
Where this connects
Institutions: National police.
Sources
Misija, vīzija, vērtības — Valsts policija
Valsts policija · Institutional (self-description) · link verified 2026-09-17
SCOPE: the Latvian Valsts policija only. The force's own mission, vision and values page in Latvian, read directly. Supports the official Latvian name and the force's own statement of mission: protecting the interests of the person, society and state in cooperation with people and organisations, observing the principles of legality and neutrality, ensuring public order, and taking responsibility for the internal security of the state. The page is dated 28.08.2025 by its own publication stamp. The Law on Police was NOT fetched and no statutory claim rests on this source.