British Indian Ocean Territory Police
The British Indian Ocean Territory Police serve in the British Indian Ocean Territory, situated in the Indian Ocean halfway between Tanzania and Indonesia. BIOT is a territory which does not have a permanent civil population, like some other British Overseas Territories. The population are mostly members of the British Armed Forces and United States Armed Forces.
As such the BIOT police consists of Royal Overseas Police Officers , who are all currently members of either the Royal Marines or Royal Navy.
Organisation
The BIOT police consists of:Senior Police Officer who acts as: the senior police person for the island, Primary Liaison Officer between international police forces, superintendent of prisons, senior officer in charge of supervision of ROPOs and provide reassurance to the island community regarding police and criminal activity. They are responsible to the BIOT CommissionerAssistant Senior Police Officer who assists ROPO 1 with his/her duties. They are SIB and CSI trained.ROPO 3 - Royal Navy Police Senior Rate..ROPO 4 - Royal Navy Police Senior Rate.ROPO 5 - Royal Military Police Corporal, female.ROPO 6 - Royal Air Force Police Corporal, dog handler.ROPO 7 - Royal Marines Police Corporal/Lance Corporal.ROPO 8 - Royal Navy Police Leading Regulator, female.ROPO 9 - Royal Navy Police Leading Regulator.ROPO 10''' - Royal Marines Police Corporal/Lance CorporalDuties
The offences dealt with by BIOT police have included:- Road traffic offences
- Sexual offences
- Offences against the person
- Drug abuse/misuse
- Theft/fraud
- Criminal damage
- Burglary
- Public order/drunk and disorderly
- Illegal fishing activity
- Fire arms/ammunition
- MDA/importation
- Special investigation, e.g. sudden death – a murder occurred in 1988, with the perpetrator sentenced to life imprisonment