Template:Infobox Law enforcement agency/doc

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Function

Purpose

Infobox Law enforcement agency is an infobox template for use in articles on individual law enforcement agencies.

The template provides an overview of key:

• structural
• jurisdictional
• operational characteristics

of a law enforcement agency.

Automatic categorisation

This template automatically categorises the article it is placed into. An including article will be categorised into one or more of:

• Law enforcement agencies of 'country'
• National law enforcement agencies of 'country'
• Federal law enforcement agencies of 'country'
• Law enforcement agencies of 'divname' in 'country'
• Restricted law enforcement agencies
• International law enforcement organisations
• Multinational law enforcement agencies
• Civilian police agencies
• Military police agencies
• Defunct law enforcement agencies of 'country'
• Fictional law enforcement agencies

These categories will be set if the law enforcement agency's relevant parameter values are used in the template.

The template allows for country namas which are usually preempted with a 'the' for example specifying United Kingdom will result in the template using the United Kingdom. Do not specify the/The United Kingdom as a parameter value.

The template allows for some common category naming which does not comply to the above standard, for example, using in instead of of, and putting the State name first as in 'state' law enforcement agencies.

Cautions

If a new combination of paramters is used, then the expected category for automatic categorisation might not exist. If so, manually create the necessary category. This is a once off process.

There might also be problems when non standard naming conventions have been used for existing categories. These non standard named categories will slowly disappear over time and become deprecated, being replaced by standard named ones.

Automatic references

Terms used in this template to describe law enforcement agencies are described in the law enforcement agency article. These terms are referenced back to their definitions by the template, and will appear in any reference list in an article the template is included in.

Potential automatic references are for definitions of:

• Civilian police^[1]
• Federal law enforcement agency^[1]
• International law enforcement agency^[1]
• Local police^[1]
• Military police^[1]
• Multinational law enforcement agency^[1]
• National law enforcement agency^[1]
• Police agency^[1]
• Religious police^[1]

These will be referenced if the law enforcement agency's relevant parameter values are used in the template.

Deficiencies

Parameter checking

This template does NOT cross check parameters for non sensical combinations of parameters or missing mandatory paramters.

Secret police

This template does NOT currently allow the characterisation of a law enforcement agency as a secret police organisation.

Acknowledgements

This template was inspired by {{Infobox Govt Agency}} - February 2008.

Usage

The following skeleton can be copied and edited into an article. For a description of each parameter, see Template parameters, below.

The skeleton contains some abbreviations for the sake of brevity and these are not actual wiki text. Accordingly they need to be edited or removed as follows:

• Remove the ' . . up to N' comments altogether.
• Replace the template list sub skeletons, for example as shown for the international parameter, with a list of names, or with the number of things.

See the examples below for how the skeleton will look after being copied and edited.

Skeleton

{{Infobox Law enforcement agency
| agencyname      = 
| nativename      = 
| nativenamea     = 
| nativenamer     = 
| commonname      = 
| abbreviation    = 
| fictional       = 
| patch           =
| patchcaption    =
| logo            = 
| logocaption     = 
| badge           = 
| badgecaption    = 
| flag            =
| flagcaption     =
| motto           = 
| mottotranslated = 
| formed          = 
| preceding1      = 
 . . up to 6
| dissolved       = 
| superseding     = 
| employees       = 
| volunteers      = 
| budget          = 
| country         = 
| national        = 
| federal         = 
| international   = NNN or {{collapsible list |title=NNN |[[country1]] . . |[[countryNNN]]}}
| divtype         = 
| divname         = 
| divdab          = 
| subdivtype      = 
| subdivname      = 
| subdivdab       = 
| map             = 
| mapcaption      = 
| sizearea        = 
| sizepopulation  = 
| legaljuris      = 
| governingbody   = 
| constitution1   = 
 . . up to 6
| police          = 
| local           = 
| military        = 
| religious       = 
| restriction     = 
| overviewtype    = 
| overviewbody    = 
| headquarters    = 
| sworn           = 
| unsworn         = 
| multinational   = NNN or {{collapsible list |title=NNN |[[country1]] . . |[[countryNNN]]}}
| electeetype     = 
| minister1name   = 
| minister1pfo    = 
. . up to 6
| chief1name      = 
| chief1position  = 
. . up to 6
| parentagency    = 
| child1agency    = 
. . up to 6
| unittype        = 
| unitname        = NNN or {{collapsible list |title=NNN |[[Unit1]] . . |[[UnitNNN]]}}
| officetype      = 
| officename      = NNN or {{collapsible list |title=NNN |[[Office1]] . . |[[OfficeNNN]]}}
| provideragency  = 
| uniformedas     = 
| stationtype     =
| stations        = NNN or {{collapsible list |title=NNN |[[Station1]] . . |[[StationNNN]]}}
| lockuptype      =
| lockups         = NNN or {{collapsible list |title=NNN |[[Lockup1]] . . |[[LockupNNN]]}}
| vehicle1type    = 
| vehicles1       = NNN or {{collapsible list |title=NNN |[[Vehicle1]] . . |[[VehicleNNN]]}}
. . up to 3
| boat1type       = 
| boats1          = NNN or {{collapsible list |title=NNN |[[Boat1]] . . |[[BoatNNN]]}}
. . up to 3
| aircraft1type   = 
| aircraft1       = NNN or {{collapsible list |title=NNN |[[Aircraft1]] . . |[[AircraftNNN]]}}
. . up to 3
| animal1type     = 
| animals1        = NNN or {{collapsible list |title=NNN |[[Animal1]] . . |[[AnimalNNN]]}}
. . up to 3
| website         = 
| footnotes       = 
}}

Example usage

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New York Police Department

{{Infobox Law enforcement agency
| agencyname      = New York City Police Department
| commonname      = New York Police Department
| abbreviation    = NYPD
| patch           = Policelight.jpg
| flag            = Nypd flag.jpg
| motto           = Fidelis ad Mortem
| mottotranslated = 
| formed          = {{wpl|1845}}
| preceding1      = Municipal Police
| employees       = 
| budget          = 
| divtype         = State
| divname         = New York
| subdivtype      = City
| subdivname      = New York
| map             = 
| mapcaption      = 
| governingbody   = 
| constitution1   = 
| police          = Yes
| local           = Yes
| headquarters    = 
| sworn           = 36,127 (11, 2007)
| unsworn         = 
| minister1name   = {{wpl|Raymond W. Kelly}}
| minister1pfo    = {{wpl|Commissioner}}
| chief1name      = {{wpl|Joseph Esposito}}
| chief1position  = {{wpl|Chief of Police}}
| unitname        = {{collapsible list |Aviation |Emergency Service
 |Organized Crime Control Bureau |Scuba Team and Harbor |Special Victims
 |Major Case Squad |Taxi Squad |Movie and Television |School Safety
 |Real Time Crime |Auxillay Police |Crime Scene |Evidence Collection
 |Transit Bureau |Housing Bureau |Highway Patrol |Transportation Bureau}}
| officetype      = Borough
| officename      = {{collapsible list |Manhattan North |Manhattan South
 |Brooklyn North |Brooklyn South |Queens North |Queens South |Bronx
 |Staten Island}}
| stationtype     = Precinct
| stations        = 76
| boat1type       = Police boat
| boats1          = 9
| aircraft1type   = Helicopter
| aircraft1       = 7
| website         = http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd
| footnotes       = Data for organization as at February 2008.
}}


























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Ministry of Public Security

{{Infobox Law enforcement agency
| agencyname      = Ministry of Public Security
| abbreviation    = MPS
| nativename      = 公安部
| nativenamer     = gōng ān bù
| country         = People's Republic of China
| governingbody   = State Council
| national        = Yes
| police          = Yes
| headquarters    = {{wpl|Beijing}}
| electeetype     = Minister
| minister1name   = {{wpl|Meng Jianzhu}}
| minister1pfo    = Public Security
| child1agency    = {{wpl|People's Armed Police}}
| child2agency    = {{wpl|Public Security Bureaus}}
| unittype        = Department
| unitname        =
 {{collapsible list |title=14 |Economic Crime Investigation
 |Public Order Administration |Border Control | Criminal Investigations
 |Exit and Entry Administration |Fire Control |Security Protection
 |Public Information Network Security Supervision
 |Penitentiary Administration |Traffic Control |Legal Affairs
 |International Cooperation |Drug Control |Counter Terrorism}}
| website         =
 http://www.mps.gov.cn/ (Chinese)<br>http://www.mps.gov.cn/
cenweb/English/index.htm (English)
| footnotes       = Data for organisation as at February 2008.
}}






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Lincolnshire Police

{{Infobox Law enforcement agency
| agencyname      = Lincolnshire Police
| patch           =
| patchcaption    =
| badge           = Policelight.jpg
| motto           = 
| mottotranslated = 
| formed          = 
| preceding1      = Lincolnshire Constabulary
| preceding2      = Boston Police Force
| preceding3      = Grantham Police Force
| preceding4      = Lincoln Police Force
| preceding5      = Grimsby Police Force
| employees       = 
| budget          = £108.6{{fact}}
| country         = United Kingdom
| divtype         = Shire
| divname         = Lincolnshire
| map             = EnglandPoliceLincolnshire.png
| mapcaption      = Jurisdcition over {{wpl|Lincolnshire}}
 excluding {{wpl|North Lincolnshire}} and {{wpl|North East Lincolnshire}}.
| sizearea        = 5,921 km²
| sizepopulation  = 646,000
| legaljuris      = {{wpl|England}} and {{wpl|Wales}}
| governingbody   = 
| constitution1   = 
| police          = Yes
| local           = Yes
| overviewtype    = {{wpl|Police authority}}
| overviewbody    = Lincolnshire Police Authority
| headquarters    = {{wpl|Nettleham}}, {{wpl|Lincolnshire}}
| sworn           = 1,234{{fact}}
| unsworn         = 
| electeetype     = 
| minister1name   = 
| minister1pfo    = 
| chief1name      = Tony Lake
| chief1position  = Chief Constable
| officetype      = Division
| officename      = {{collapsible list |title=3 |West |East |South}}
| stations        =
 {{collapsible list |title=11 |Boston |Gainsborough  |Grantham
 |Lincoln |Louth |Mablethorpe |Market Rasen |Skegness |Sleford |Spalding
 |Stamford}}
| website         = http://www.lincs.police.uk/
| footnotes       = Data for organisation as at February 2008.
}}







































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Europol

Europol
File:EUROPOL logo.svg
Logo of Europol
Agency overview
Formed	July 1, 1999
Legal personality	Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
International agency
Countries	27 File:Flag of Austria.svgAustria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czech Republic File:Flag of Denmark.svgDenmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece File:Flag of Hungary.svgHungary Ireland Italy File:Flag of Latvia.svgLatvia File:Flag of Lithuania.svgLithuania Luxembourg File:Flag of Malta.svgMalta Netherlands Poland File:Flag of Portugal.svgPortugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden United Kingdom
File:Europol-members-map.png
Map of Europol's jurisdiction.
Governing body	European Council
Constituting instruments	Treaty on Eurpoean Union Title VI The Europol Convention
General nature	Law enforcement Civilian agency
Operational structure
Headquarters	The Hague, Netherlands
Multinational agency
Nationalities of personnel	Yes
Agency executive	Max-Peter Ratzel, Director
Website
http://www.europol.europa.eu/
Footnotes
Data for organisation as at February 2008.

{{Infobox Law enforcement Agency
| agencyname      = Europol
| logo            = EUROPOL logo.svg
| logocaption     = Logo of Europol
| formed          = {{wpl|July 1}}, {{wpl|1999}}
| constitution1   =
 [http://europa.eu/eur-lex/en/treaties/dat/C_2002325EN.000501.html
 Treaty on Eurpoean Union Title VI]
| constitution2   =
 [http://www.europol.europa.eu/index.asp?page=legalconv
 The Europol Convention]
| country         = European Union
| governingbody   = European Council
| international   =
 {{Collapsible list |title=27 |{{flagicon|Austria}}{{wpl|Austria}}
 |{{flagicon|Belgium}}{{wpl|Belgium}} |{{flagicon|Bulgaria}}{{wpl|Bulgaria}}
 |{{flagicon|Cyprus}}{{wpl|Cyprus}}
 |{{flagicon|Czech Republic}}{{wpl|Czech Republic}}
 |{{flagicon|Denmark}}{{wpl|Denmark}} |{{flagicon|Estonia}}{{wpl|Estonia}}
 |{{flagicon|Finland}}{{wpl|Finland}} |{{flagicon|France}}{{wpl|France}}
 |{{flagicon|Germany}}{{wpl|Germany}} |{{flagicon|Greece}}{{wpl|Greece}}
 |{{flagicon|Hungary}}{{wpl|Hungary}}
 |{{flagicon|Ireland}}{{wpl|Republic of Ireland|Ireland}}
 |{{flagicon|Italy}}{{wpl|Italy}} |{{flagicon|Latvia}}{{wpl|Latvia}}
 |{{flagicon|Lithuania}}{{wpl|Lithuania}}
 |{{flagicon|Luxembourg}}{{wpl|Luxembourg}}
 |{{flagicon|Malta}}{{wpl|Malta}} |{{flagicon|Netherlands}}{{wpl|Netherlands}}
 |{{flagicon|Poland}}{{wpl|Poland}} |{{flagicon|Portugal}}{{wpl|Portugal}}
 |{{flagicon|Romania}}{{wpl|Romania}} |{{flagicon|Slovakia}}{{wpl|Slovakia}}
 |{{flagicon|Slovenia}}{{wpl|Slovenia}} |{{flagicon|Spain}}{{wpl|Spain}}
 |{{flagicon|Sweden}}{{wpl|Sweden}}
 |{{flagicon|United Kingdom}}{{wpl|United Kingdom}}}}
| multinational   = Yes
| map             = Europol-members-map.png
| headquarters    = {{wpl|The Hague}}, {{wpl|Netherlands}}
| employees       = 
| budget          = 
| chief1name      = {{wpl|Max-Peter Ratzel}}
| chief1position  = Director
| website         = http://www.europol.europa.eu/
| footnotes       = Data for organisation as at February 2008.
}}


















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Australian Federal Police

{{Infobox Law enforcement Agency
| agencyname      = Australian Federal Police
| abbreviation    = AFP
| formed          = {{wpl|October 19}}, {{wpl|1979}}
| budget          = 
| preceding1      = {{wpl|Commonwealth Police}}
| preceding2      = {{wpl|Australian Capital Territory Police}}
| preceding3      = {{wpl|Federal Bureau of Narcotics}}
| constitution1   =
 [http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/afpa1979225
 Australian Federal Police Act 1979]
| country         = Australia
| governingbody   = Parliament of Australia
| federal         = Yes
| police          = footnote
| local           = footnote
| headquarters    = 68 Northbourne Avenue, {{wpl|Canberra}} City, ACT 2601,
 {{wpl|Australia}}
| employees       = 6,036 ''(30 June 2007)''
<ref>http://www.afp.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/61787/
8_Appendixes.pdf Australian Federal Police Annual Report 2006–07
 Appendix 6</ref>
| volunteers      = Small numbers for non operations related activity.
| sworn           = 2,501 ''(30 June 2007)''
<ref name="afp0607">http://www.afp.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/61787/
8_Appendixes.pdf Australian Federal Police Annual Report 2006–07
 Appendix 6</ref>
| unsworn         = 3,535 ''(30 June 2007)''
<ref name="afp0607">http://www.afp.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/61787/
8_Appendixes.pdf Australian Federal Police Annual Report 2006–07
 Appendix 6</ref>
| electeetype     = Minister
| minister1name   = The Hon Bob Debus MP, Member for Macquarie
| minister1pfo    = Home Affairs
| chief1name      = {{wpl|Mick Keelty}}
| chief1position  = {{wpl|Commissioner}}
| unittype        = Function
| unitname        =
 {{collapsible list |title=9 |{{wpl|Australian Hi-Tech Crime Centre}}
 |Counter Terrorism |Economic and Special Operations |Aviation
 |Border |International |Protection |International Deployment Group
 |intelligence}}
| officetype      = Office
| officename      =
 {{collapsible list |title=9 |Adelaide Office |Brisbane Office
 |Darwin Office |Hobart Office |Melbourne Office |Perth Office
 |Sydney Office |Protective Service, Kingston |Winchester Centre, ACT}}
| website         = http://www.afp.gov.au/
| footnotes       = The Australian Federal Police, while a federal
 agency, provides direct policing for dependant Australian territories.
<br><br>Data for organisation as at February 2008.
}}






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Template parameters

Parameter test

{{Infobox Law enforcement agency
| agencyname      = Agency Name
| nativename      = Native Name
| nativenamea     = 
| nativenamer     = Romanised Agency Name
| commonname      = Common agency name
| abbreviation    = AN
| fictional       = Yes
| patch           = Policelight.jpg
| pacthcaption    = Caption for patch
| logo            = 
| logocaption     = Caption for logo
| badge           = 
| badgecaption    = Caption for badge
| flag            =
| flagcaption     = Caption for flag
| motto           = Motto is a good motto
| mottotranslated = Motto is better when translated
| formed          = Earliember DD, Year
| preceding1      = Absorbed Agency One
| preceding2      = Absorbed Agency Two
| preceding3      = Absorbed Agency Three
| preceding4      = Absorbed Agency Four
| preceding5      = Absorbed Agency Five
| preceding6      = Absorbed Agency Six
| dissolved       = Latember DD, Year
| superseding     = Supersed By Agency
| employees       = Number of employees
| volunteers      = Number of volunteers
| budget          = Budget
| country         = Country
| national        = Yes
| federal         = Yes
| international   =
 {{collapsible list |title=4 |country1 |country2
 |country3 |country4}}
| divtype         = Division type
| divname         = Name of division
| divdab          =
| subdivtype      = Sub division type
| subdivname      = Name of subdivision
| subdivdab       = Disambiguation of sub division
| map             = 
| mapcaption      = Caption for jurisdiction map
| sizearea        = Area km<sup>2</sup>
| sizepopulation  = Population count
| legaljuris      = opsjuris
| governingbody   = Governing Body
| constitution1   = Constituting Instrument One
| constitution2   = Constituting Instrument Two
| constitution3   = Constituting Instrument Three
| constitution4   = Constituting Instrument Four
| constitution5   = Constituting Instrument Five
| constitution6   = Constituting Instrument Six
| police          = Yes
| local           = footnote
| military        = Yes
| religious       = footnote
| restriction     = water
| overviewtype    = Over View Type
| overviewbody    = Over View Body
| headquarters    = An address for the agency
| sworn           = Number of sworn members
| unsworn         = Number of unsworn members
| multinational   =
 {{collapsible list |title=4 |countryA |countryB
 |countryC |countryD}}
| minister1name   = Minister Named One
| minister1pfo    = portfolio Named One
| minister2name   = Minister Named Two
| minister2pfo    = portfolio Named Two
| minister3name   = Minister Named Three
| minister3pfo    = portfolio Named Three
| minister4name   = Minister Named Four
| minister4pfo    = portfolio Named Four
| minister5name   = Minister Named Five
| minister5pfo    = portfolio Named Five
| minister6name   = Minister Named Six
| minister6pfo    = portfolio Named Six
| chief1name      = Name of Chief One
| chief1position  = Title of Chief One
| chief2name      = Name of Chief Two
| chief2position  = Title of Chief Two
| chief3name      = Name of Chief Three
| chief3position  = Title of Chief Three
| chief4name      = Name of Chief Four
| chief4position  = Title of Chief Four
| chief5name      = Name of Chief Five
| chief5position  = Title of Chief Five
| chief6name      = Name of Chief Six
| chief6position  = Title of Chief Six
| parentagency    = Parent Agency Name
| child1agency    = Child Agency One
| child2agency    = Child Agency Two
| child3agency    = Child Agency Three
| child4agency    = Child Agency Four
| child5agency    = Child Agency Five
| child6agency    = Child Agency Six
| unittype        = Unit Type
| unitname        =
 {{collapsible list |title=4 |Unit Name 1 |Unit Name 2
 |Unit Name 3 |Unit Name 4}}
| officetype      = Office Type
| officename      =
 {{collapsible list |title=4 |Office1 |Office2 |Office3
 |Office4}}
| provideragency  = Providing Agency
| uniformedas     = Uniformed as Agency
| stationtype     = Station Type
| stations        = Number of stations
| lockuptype      = Lockup Type
| lockups         = Number of lockups
| vehicle1type    = Vehicle One Type
| vehicles1       = Number of vehicle ones
| vehicle2type    = Vehicle Two Type
| vehicles2       = Number of vehicle twos
| vehicle3type    = Vehicle Three Type
| vehicles3       = Number of vehicle threes
| boat1type       = Boat One Type
| boats1          = Number of boat ones
| boat2type       = Boat Two Type
| boats2          =
 {{collapsible list |title=Number of boat twos |Sea Goer
 |Water Glider |Always Afloat}}
| boat3type       = Boat Three Type
| boats3          = Number of boat threes
| aircraft1type   = Aircraft Type One
| aircraft1       = Number of aircraft ones
| aircraft2type   = Aircraft Type Two
| aircraft2       = Number of aircraft twos
| aircraft3type   = Aircraft Type Three
| aircraft3       = Number of aircraft threes
| animal1type     = Animal One Type
| animals1        =
 {{collapsible list |title=Number of animal ones |Fido
 |Defor |Spot |Getim }}
| animal2type     = Animal Two Type
| animals2        =
 {{collapsible list |title=Number of animal twos
 |Sire's Pride |Mare's Joy |Equinus }}
| animal3type     = Animal Three Type
| animals3        = Number of animal threes
| website         = http://www.website.agency.gov
| footnotes       = Footnotes}}



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Notes for template editors

Automatic categorisation

The automatic categorisation is done by the sub template Template:Infobox Law enforcement agency/autocat.

Automatic categorisation can be turned off by setting the doc parameter to any value. This parameter is not documented above, and is not for use in articles. The doc parameter should only be used for documentation purposes, for example in the template use examples to turn off categorisation of the documentation and the template, etc.

Automatic disambiguation

The automatic disambiguation is done by the sub template Template:Infobox Law enforcement agency/paramdab:

{{paramdab |paramdab |param |paramtype |paramarea }}. Only parameter 2 is mandatory.

A disambiguable parameter, param, will be disambiguated by the template if possible.

A disambiguable parameter, param, can have its disambiguation set by using the corresponding parameter, paramdab.

The template will try, in order:

1. {{wpl|paramdab|param}}
2. {{wpl|param (Paramtype)|param}}
3. {{wpl|param (paramtype)|param}}
4. {{wpl|param, Paramarea|param}}
5. {{wpl|param|param}}

Checklists for template editors

Adding or modifying a parameter:

• Add a new parameter to the copy skeleton under usage.
• Update or create a relevant example, both the non tagged and <pre> tagged material.
• Update the parameters table.
• Update the parameter test.
• Update the automatic categorisation and Template:Infobox Law enforcement agency/autocat if appropriate.
• Update the automatic references if appropriate.
• Update the deficiencies if appropriate
• Update this check list if appropriate.

References