Law enforcement in Monaco is provided by an armed national police force consisting of 515 men and women. With 515 police officers for 35,000 people in 1.98 km², Monaco has the largest police force and police presence in the world on both a per-capita and per-area basis. Its police includes a specialist unit which operates patrol and surveillance boats. There is also a militarized bodyguard unit for the Prince and his palace called the Compagnie des Carabiniers du Prince which numbers exactly 116 officers and men, and is equipped with modern weapons including M16 rifles and 9mm pistols, and an armed and well-trained Corps des Sapeurs-Pompiers, which provides an extensive civil defense service in support of law enforcement, in addition to its fire and rescue services. A member of INTERPOL, the law enforcement agencies of Monaco enjoy the world's lowest crime rates - INTERPOL statistics state that for murder, the rate in 2001 was 3.33 per 100,000 population for Monaco (1 murder); between 1996 and 2001. Monaco also had significant decreases in burglary and violent crime, this was noted by a smaller number of domestic burglary which took place in the early 2000s and continued until 2010, where it has since leveled off.
Organization
The Monaco police force comes under the administration of the Direction of Public Safety which was created on June 23, 1902 under the Department of the Interior.
The police force itself consists of several divisions each with several departments.
They currently use 3 patrol boats which they share with both branches of the Military.