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Law enforcement in Palau

The Euatel, Kabekl M’tal and Bul provide littoral fishery protection.[1]

The defense of Palau is the responsibility of the United States, but local police matters are handled by the Palau Police, the national police force. Some of the sixteen states also had separate police departments during the 1980s and 1990s.

The Palau Bureau of Public Division of Marine Law Enforcement (DMLE)[2] is responsible for marine surveillance, maritime law enforcement, search and rescue in Palau’s territorial waters and its 200 nm exclusive economic zone (EEZ).[1] The DMLE operates a Pacific-class patrol boat, the PPS President H.I. Remeliik, and the PPS Kedam for use in maritime surveillance and fisheries control over Palau's EEZ. Its home port is Koror. The DMLE also operate three smaller 15-meter inshore patrol vessels, the Euatel, Kabekl M’tal and Bul, used for surveillance of inshore and territorial waters.

The Remeliik was donated and is maintained by Australia, who also provide training for the crew. The other four vessels were donated by The Nippon Foundation and The Sasakawa Peace Foundation.[1] In addition, DMLE have a search and rescue Rigid Hulled Inflatable Boat (RHIB) and a twin 85 hp boat. They are used only for inshore operations. The Bureau of Public Safety Director is Aloysius Alonz. Palau has provided police officers to the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands since May 2006. Palauan Police officer Bryson Ngiratumerang is contingent commander of the Palauan police serving as part of RAMSI's Participating Police Force (PPF).

References

  1. ^ a b c L.N. Reklai (2017-04-25). ""Euatel" patrol boat handover today". Island Times. Retrieved 2018-04-22. This is third in the series of patrol boats of this size donated by The Nippon Foundation to Palau. Kabekl M’tal was donated in 2012 and Bul was donated in 2014.
  2. ^ "Division of Marine Law Enforcement – PalauGov.pw". Retrieved 2019-12-10.

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