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Justice and the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations. They represent, together with the
National Police, the two institutional Dutch Police organizations. We say that the National Police is
for the safety of the people in the street while the Marechaussee takes care of the State safety.
Nowadays the Royal Marechaussee performs a wide variety of police duties as there are:
· General police duties when and where needed;
· Fighting illegal immigration;
· Fighting international crime;

· Protecting national and international borders;
· Guarding the royal palaces and the house of the Prime minister;
· Military police functions for the Dutch and international armed forces;
· Crowd- and riot control and protection;
· Security and police duties at all civilian airports;
· VIP close protection including the Royal Family and high-ranking government officials;
· Special Protection Assignments;
· High risk arrests, surveillance and protection.
The emblem of the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee is, as with many other gendarmerie forces, a
flaming grenade.

Written by:

Colonel Arend te Velde
Chief of Staff
NATO Stability Policing Center of Excellence
NATO SP CoE
Vicenza –Italy

Col. Arend te Velde started at the Royal
Marechaussee in 1982. Starting as a NCO he
was assigned to several operational positions.
After attending several studies, he started his
officer’s career. After being assigned as head
of a personal section and having a leading role
in the reorganization of the Royal
Marechaussee Training Center, he was
assigned as Head of a Policy Department at the
Staff of the Royal Marechaussee. Furthermore,
he was assigned as Responsible Commander
for personal on missions and double headed as
special Staff Officer and Advisor for missions.
Following this assignment, he was appointed
Deputy Regional Commander of the District
st
North/East of the Marechaussee followed by taking command of this region until the 1 January
2015. At this date he was assigned to his current position as Chief of Staff of the NATO SP CoE,
Italy. During his career, he also was assigned as head of the Visa department at the Dutch embassy
in Poland. He served in the operations in Egypt (MFO), Bosnia and Herzegovina (SFOR), Kosovo
(KFOR) and Afghanistan (ISAF).

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