Military Police (Estonia)

Military Police
Military Police
Sõjaväepolitsei
Active	1994–present
Country	Estonia
Type	Military Police
Part of	Estonian Defence Forces
Garrison/HQ	Filtri tee 12, 10132 Tallinn
Commanders
Current; commander	Colonel Meelis Sarapuu
Insignia
Flag
Unit Insignia

The Military Police of the Estonian Defence Forces (Estonian: Eesti Kaitseväe sõjaväepolitsei) is the military police unit of the Estonian Defence Forces. The Estonian military police organization was created in 1994 and its structure includes an investigative department, planning department, logistics department, operational service and the office of the military police.^[2] Additionally conscript based reserve- MP platoons are trained every year in Guard Battalion, which is subordinate to the military police.^[3] The tasks of the military police include: investigation of serious disciplinary cases and some armed service- related crimes, supervision of military discipline within the Forces, military traffic control and various security tasks. Within conflict/crises areas (Afghanistan) the MP may provide close protection of the Estonian national representative and other visiting VIPs.^[4]

Some units of the Estonian Military Police were deployed in Kosovo during the NATO KFOR mission. The members of the military police were assigned to the Italian led Multinational Specialized Unit.

Current structure

Military Police:

Office (Tallinn)
Investigation Department (Tallinn)
Planning Department (Tallinn)
Operational service (Tallinn)
Guard Battalion (Paldiski)
- 1. SP Company
- 2. SP Company

Equipment

Vehicles

Military Police is using Škodas as alarm vehicles and Mercedes G-Class as off-road vehicles.

Armament


Model	Origin	Type	Caliber
Heckler & Koch USP	Germany	Semi-automatic pistol	9×19mm Parabellum
Benelli M3T	Italy	Pump action shotgun	12 gauge
LMT MARS-L "R-20 Rahe"	United States	Carbine and assault rifle	5.56×45mm NATO
Negev NG7	Israel	General-purpose machine gun	7.62×51mm NATO
Heckler & Koch MP5 A2	West Germany	Submachine gun	9×19mm Parabellum

List of commanders

Aare Juht 1994–1995
Eduard Kikas 1996–1998 (Acting)
Eduard Kikas 1998–2017
Meelis Sarapuu 2017–present

Military Police Guard Battalion

Guard Battalion

Guard Battalion is a subdivision of Military Police, which main task is to conduct guard of honour at the presidential palace, ceremonial duties and prepare military police units on the basis of conscripts.

Symbols

Military Police flag

Police and Border Guard Board, as the closest partner of Military Police donated the flag in 13 December 2019 in the yard of Estonian Academy of Security Sciences.

Military Police emblem

The emblem of the Military Police depicts a sword on a black background with a shield with the letters SP (Sõjaväepolitsei) placed in front of it.

Military Police badge

The badge of an active soldier who has completed military police training and serves in the military police is carrying SP and MP badge with silver glowing letters on a black background. Badge SP is used on performing tasks inside Estonia and MP badge is used outside of Estonia in foreign missions.

References

^ "Sõjaväepolitseid juhib kolonelleitnant Meelis Sarapuu". www.mil.ee. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
^ "Sõjaväepolitsei põhimäärus". www.riigiteataja.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 2018-01-16.
^ "Vahipataljon". www.mil.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 2018-01-16.
^ "Military Police". www.mil.ee. Retrieved 2018-01-16.

[1] "Sõjaväepolitseid juhib kolonelleitnant Meelis Sarapuu". www.mil.ee. Retrieved 2018-01-16.

[2] "Sõjaväepolitsei põhimäärus". www.riigiteataja.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 2018-01-16.

[3] "Vahipataljon". www.mil.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 2018-01-16.

[4] "Military Police". www.mil.ee. Retrieved 2018-01-16.

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