Romanian Military Police The Romanian Military Police ( " Poliţia Militară " ) is the military police of the Romanian Armed Forces . It was formed in 1990 , immediately after the 1989 Romanian Revolution , although the Romanian Gendarmerie ( also re - established in 1990 ) performed military police duties between 1850 and 1949 . Mission . The duties of the Military Police are : History . Beginnings . The history of the Romanian Military Police is close related to the history of the Romanian Gendarmerie , because the provost policing was a task of the Gendarmerie since its inception . It should also be noticed that at first the Gendarmerie was placed under the command of the Ministry of War . The archaic term of " troops ' police " could be found starting with 1850 in the structure of the armed forces , but the day when the military police was established in its modern form was 5 November 1893 . On that day King Carol I promulgated the Law of Rural Gendarmerie . As a part of this corps , the Military Police branch was tasked with the following duties : In 1908 , 1911 and 1913 , new laws and regulations regarding the activity of military police forces were issued in order to increase its efficiency . To avoid any confusions , the new Law of Gendarmerie promulgated on March 24 , 1908 , mentioned the following : The same law stated that : " During military operation s the Gendarmerie will act as Military Police in order to manage accurately the military traffic , the escort of prisoners and to assure the security of main objectives and installations " . In 1913 – 1916 , some modifications regarding the MP organisation and strength were made and the corps was tasked with new duties , especially related to the security of some important economical areas ( oil fields ) and factories ( mainly those factories who were producing military equipment and machinery ) . World War I . During World War I the Military Police corps performed all its specific tasks , including combat missions , and provided assistance to the civilian population . The evolution of the events placed the Gendarmerie alternatively under the command of Ministry of War and Ministry of Interior . In 1917 the Gendarmerie was reassigned to the Ministry of War . Therefore Gendarmerie detachments were assigned to the General Staff headquarters as well . These detachments were led by infantry officers and their strength consisted of 27 gendarmes . During the interwar period , the Gendarmerie was placed again under Ministry of Interior command , until 12 September 1940 . World War II . In World War II starting on 22 June 1941 , as part of Axis troops , the Gendarmerie / military police performed following main activities : The Law 264 from 22 April 1943 stipulated that : " The Gendarmerie is a military corps . The main mission is to perform the activity of civilian and military police across the country . It is subordinated to Ministry of War but may perform other activities when required by the Minister of Interior " . On 23 August 1944 , the Romanian Government decided to leave the Axis and join the Allies , with the main objective to regain Northern Transylvania and liberate Hungary and Czechoslovakia . Main mission accomplished by MP structures / units were : Meanwhile , other Gendarmerie / MP units acted as light infantry , performing specific activities or fighting in close combat . After the war , the military police was disbanded along with the Gendarmerie and its personnel was purged and / or reassigned to other structures . The communist regime . Starting with 1947 , the established some separate branches as parts of the Ministry of Defense to deal with military police matters . As a result to this , Law and Discipline , Guide and Control of Military Traffic , Military Justice and Military Jail branches were set up . Each branch was assigned to different departments , breaking the chain of command - and making them quite inefficient . Current state . In 1990 , after the 1989 Romanian Revolution , the Ministry of National Defence decided to unify all the former MP - type branches into a single structure called " Military Police " . On 12 March 1990 , the Minister of National Defence issued an order to establish MP units / subunits all over Romania . Starting on 15 May 1990 , the 265 MP Battalion , the 286 , 282 , 295 and 302 companies were established under the Land Forces ' command . The 265th Military Police Battalion ( " Batalionul 265 Poliţie Militară " ) is the largest and most important MP unit . It was formed in 1993 and its headquarters are located in Bucharest . The battalion is often deployed to Iraq on peacekeeping missions . In December 2006 , the unit received modernized Humvee s that replaced the ARO ' s still in service . Due to the reorganisation of the Romanian Land Forces , starting with 1999 some MP Companies were transformed into MP platoons and squads and some of them were reassigned to logistic or combat support units . Starting with 2006 , four Military Police - Guard Battalions were established . Their main mission is to guard military headquarters and installations . The total strength of these battalions is about 3000 personnel . International missions . Bosnia and Herzegovina ( 2000 – 2004 ) . A Romanian MP platoon ( 23 members ) was detached to Bosnia and Herzegovina in July 2000 , as part of the SFOR ( until December 2004 ) , as well as part of the EUFOR ( since December 2004 ) . Their main missions were to patrol with the local police and to maintain public order . Iraq ( 2003 – 2006 ) . Subunits of the 265th Military Police Battalion were detached in July 2003 , in Nasiriyah , Iraq , under the operational command of the Italian Army in Iraq . They took mostly on reconnaissance missions , as well as VIP protection and traffic control duties . The assignment ended in August 2006 .