The Hellenic Police is the national police service and one of the three security forces of Greece. It is a large agency with responsibilities ranging from road traffic control to counter-terrorism. Police Lieutenant General Dimitrios Mallios is Chief of the Hellenic Police. He replaced Lazaros Mavropoulos. The Hellenic Police force was established in 1984 under Law 1481/1-10-1984 as the result of the fusion of the Gendarmerie and the Cities Police forces.
Attica General Police Directorate (GADA).
Greek police helicopter
Men of the Units for the Reinstatement of Order (MAT)
Gendarmes in Chalcis, 1835
The Hellenic Gendarmerie was the national gendarmerie and military police force of Greece.
Gendarmes in Chalcis in 1835.
Greek Gendarmerie at the turn of the 20th century
Georgios Papandreou and Nikolaos Plastiras with Gendarmerie officers, 1950
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