State Police (Istalia)

The State Police of the Republic (Istalian: Polizia di Stato della Repubblica, often simply called Polizia di Stato) is one of the national police forces of Istalia. It is the main police force for providing police duties and it is also responsible for highway patrol, railways, airports, customs (together with the Polizia Finanziaria della Repubblica - Financial Police of the Republic) as well as certain waterways, and assisting the local police forces.

The State Police is a civil force, which is in contrast to the other main police forces of Istalia: the National Gendarmerie (Istalian: Gendarmeria Nazionale), which is a military police (gendarmerie) force, and the Polizia Finanziaria, already mentioned, which also is a militarized police corp.

The State Police is the principal Istalian police force for the maintenance of public security and as such it is run directly from the Dipartimento della Pubblica Sicurezza (Department of Public Security), and the keeping of public order.