CARABINIERI

Copyright 2008 - Carabinieri
The territorial Organization is at the core of the Institute's ...

Picture made up of three photos of carabinieri during institutional activities... activitiesa nd relies on the framework of the departments structured as follows:
- 5 Inter-Regional Commands commanded by Lieutenant Generals which exercise overall control and coordination regarding regional commands and ensure, through their organizations, technical, logistic and administrative support in every detached department of the Force under their jurisdiction even if they may form part of other functional organizations;
- 19 Regional Commands commanded by Major and Brigadier Generals who are responsible for the management of the personnel who organize, coordinate and control the activities of the provincial commands. They are situated in major towns of the administrative region, except in Valle d'Aosta, where there is a Territorial Department responsible for the whole region/province reporting to the Piedmont and Valle d'Aosta Carabinieri Region;
- 102 Provincial Commands commanded by Colonels and Lieutenant Colonels. They are responsible for an administrative province for the direction, coordination and control of dependent departments and are also responsible for the analysis and correlation of operations and the fight against crime simultaneously carried out by special departments;
- 10 Territorial Department Commands commanded by Lieutenant Colonels and responsible for parts of the provinces of Milan, Rome, Naples and Palermo. The Departments are used in order to divide the functions of management, coordination and control of the Provincial Commands. As previous stated there is also a territorial department detached in Aosta which reports directly to the Piedmont and Valle d'Aosta Carabinieri Region;
- 536 Group and Company Commands commanded by Lieutenant Colonels, Majors and Captains and structured differently in accordance with the operative importance of the territory. They organize activities in a variable number of Lieutenancies and Stations and are equipped to provide a 24 hour call out service and have the capability of operating independently in local criminal activities;
- 1 Carabinieri Command commanded by a Captain responsible for the territory of the town of Campione d'Italia;
- 19 Lieutenancies commanded by First and Second Lieutenants responsible for a single densely populated town. They are able to intervene 24 hours a day and have an autonomous judiciary policing role being directly responsible for the territory and related institutional activities. In Rome there is also the Piazza Venezia Carabinieri Command reporting to a Lieutenant;
- 4653 Carabinieri Stations. Local Carabinieri stations which, depending on their operational status are commanded by: Warrant Officers deputizing as Public Security Officers, First and Second Class Warrant Officers. They are directly responsible for the control of the territory for one or more towns or part of a major town and their related institutional activities.
Each station adopts different opening hours for the public, from 10 hours per day to 24 hours per day, depending on operational and social circumstances.
A series of Support Operations form part of the territorial organization including Carabinieri Group Calabria, Heliborne Hunter Squadron, 7 Squadrons and Carabinieri Dog Handling Centre located in Florence with 21 Units distributed throughout the national territory.
Finally, 164 naval units controlling the coastline and internal waterways with the assistance of the Carabinieri Scuba divers, depending on the Carabinieri Scuba Centre in Genova and 6 outlying units.