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Regimental designation :RMP in Regimental colour - RED
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The Royal Military Police (RMP) is the corps of the British Army responsible for the policing of service personnel and providing a military police presence on service property, operations and exercises. Its members are generally known as Redcaps because they wear red-topped peaked caps or red berets. Their stable belt was red until 1992, when they were federated into the Adjutant General's Corps and started wearing the blue and red belt adopted by the AGC. Now the RMP has reverted to the wearing of a new version of the original red belt as approved by the Army Dress Committee. Like other military police around the world, they continue to wear white webbing with barrack dress but white gaiters have not been worn since the 1960s. The regimental march of the RMP is the "The Watchtower" or "Der Wachturm," originally an 18th century German Army marching tune.
Principal duties of the RMP:
- The provision of garrison police facilities;
- Law enforcement and crime prevention; and liaison with Home Office police forces and other police forces worldwide when Army interests are involved or suspected;
- Tactical military police support to the Army in all phases of military operations.
- The provision of close protection worldwide to those deemed by the Ministry of Defence to warrant such.
RMP personnel are not sworn in as constables (apart from some oversea's postings, The Falklands for example) and only have police powers whilst dealing with military personnel, dependents or overseas contractors sponsored by the Army. RMP personnel do not have to be on Ministry of Defence land to exercise their authority. They also have police powers over the personnel of the other two services: the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. The Royal Navy Police and RAF Police also have reciprocal police powers over Army personnel.
Evolution of Military Policing
During the Cold War the approach of NATO to military policing was to provide Military Police support to National Forces by:
- Traffic Control
- Military Security
- Law & Order
Post cold war this has now evolved into:
- Mobility Support
- Security
- Policing
- Detention
Police duties
During peacetime the RMP is responsible for policing the Army at home in the UK and abroad.
As well as providing mobile and foot patrols in garrison/major unit areas, some RMP NCOs are allocated roles working on Service Family Accommodation (SFA) estates, such as Community Liaison Officer and Crime Reduction Officer. Part of this role involves visiting schools in the SFA catchment area where the school children come from service families. In the UK this work is often done in conjunction with counterparts from the Ministry of Defence Police. The RMP does not and never has guarded gates at Army barracks,nor should it be confused with Regimental Police.
In garrison areas, the RMP often patrol local towns on Friday and Saturday nights at venues where service personnel are likely to frequent. This often means good co-operation with the local civil police force so an appropriate public order response can be given when required.
Exercises and operations
A lot of the skills an RMP NCO uses in policing the military community are also transferable when on exercise or operations.
The wartime role of the RMP is not just to provide support in rear areas. RMP detachments are often in the vanguard of any advance by British military formations. During Operation Granby, RMP personnel followed Royal Engineers combat units from the form up points to mark out safe routes through minefields.
As soon as the first combat troops begin to advance, the RMP guides and marshals other combat and support units toward the front of the advance. As the forward units advance, the RMP sets up traffic posts so they are able to maintain major supply routes.
Other wartime roles for the RMP are:
- Prisoner handling
- Maintenance of law and discipline
- Investigating crime
- War crime investigations
History
The post of Provost Marshal has existed since William of Cassingham was appointed by Henry III on 28 May 1241 (the original title was Sergeant of the Peace). The Provost Marshal has always had men detached to assist him, an arrangement formalised by the Duke of Wellington in the Peninsular War; but only since 1877 has there actually existed a regular corps of military police. In that year, the Military Mounted Police (MMP) was formed, followed by the Military Foot Police (MFP) in 1885. The Military Mounted Police first engaged in combat in 1882 at the Battle of Tel el-Kebir. Although technically two independent corps, these two effectively functioned as a single organisation. In 1926 they were fully amalgamated to form the Corps of Military Police (CMP). In recognition of their service in the Second World War, they became the Corps of Royal Military Police (RMP) on 28 November 1946 under Army Order 167.
On 6 April 1992 the RMP lost its status as an independent corps and, together with the Military Provost Staff Corps, became the Provost Branch of the Adjutant General's Corps. It was, however, permitted to retain the name "Royal Military Police", together with its cap badge and other distinctive insignia including the red cap.
The RMP motto is Exemplo Ducemus, Latin for "By example, shall we lead".
One of the nicknames for the RMP is the "Monkey Hangers". While the exact origins of the nickname (now shortened to "Monkey") are not known, one possible origin comes from the time of the Napoleonic Wars, when a merchant ship docked at Hartlepool; on board the ship was a small monkey dressed in a sailor's costume. The local people who saw the monkey were convinced that it was a French spy and demanded its demise. The local Provost Marshal hanged the monkey to avoid a riot taking place.
First World War
In 1914 the Corps of Military Mounted Police and the Corps of Military Foot Police had a total establishment of nearly 5000 men. When the British Expeditionary Force was sent to France in that year, each division had one Assistant Provost Marshal in the rank of Major and several NCOs. The Provost Marshal was a Colonel until 1915, and a Brigadier-General thenceforward.
During the retreat from Mons the MPs were busy dealing with soldiers who, through exhaustion or the general confusion of battle, had either lost or became detached from their units. By operating stragglers posts, the MPs were able to return soldiers to their units. These posts were also well placed to pick out deserters and those Absent With Out Leave (AWOL).
The First World War was the conflict where traffic control became an important function. This was identified particularly after the Battle of Loos, when there was a lot of confusion involving two British divisions. As well as traffic control, the BEF provost units dealt with the maintenance of law and order (i.e. the detection of crime and the arrest of offenders), custody of prisoners of war until handed over to detention facilities, surveillance, control and protection of civilians.
The work undertaken by MPs was not all carried out behind the lines, and sometimes they came under heavy fire. During this conflict, the Military Police suffered 375 casualties. Sixty-five received the Distinguished Conduct Medal and 260 received the Military Medal.
As well as the BEF, MPs served in war zones around world during the First World War.
Second World War
At the beginning of the Second World War, the CMP had several branches: Special Investigation Branch (SIB); Red Caps, who were responsible for general policing; Blue Caps (Vulnerable Points), responsible for security of static locations and establishments; White Caps (Traffic Control); and Field Security Wing (Green Caps), which was separated from the CMP in 1940 to form the Intelligence Corps, and who wore the CMP cap badge, but without the scroll. By the end of the war the Red Caps had replaced the Blue and White Caps. The RMP provided support to the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in France and these units were also involved in Operation Dynamo.
Operation Overlord
On 6 June 1944, the Allies launched Operation Overlord, the invasion of the European mainland. CMP units taking part included:
- 101st Provost Company, CMP (On 18 July 1944 this company landed, under enemy attack, at Courseilles-Sur-Mer)
- 150th Provost Company, CMP
"The Battle of Normandy and subsequent battles would never have been won but for the work and co-operation of the Provost on the traffic routes." (Field Marshal Montgomery, 1945)
Operation Market Garden
In 1944, the Allies launched Operation Market Garden, the airborne assault to capture bridges over the Lower Rhine in the Netherlands. The 1st (Airborne) Divisional Provost Company, CMP captured the police station in Arnhem, but then suffered heavy losses when the II SS Panzer Corps counter attacked.
Operation Varsity
On 24 March 1945, the British 6th Airborne Division successfully launched Operation Varsity at Wesel, Western Germany. This airborne operation was part of the bigger Operation Plunder, the crossing of the Rhine.
CMP units taking part in Operation Varsity were:
- 6th (Airborne) Divisional Provost Company, CMP
- HQ, 245th Provost Company, CMP
CMP units taking part in Operation Plunder included:
CMP units also served with British units of the 14th Army in the Burma campaign 1944-1945 (eg 2nd Division)
Cold War
In 1946, the Robertson-Malinin agreement introduced Military Missions into the post-war Control Zones of Germany. The Soviet Union maintained missions (SOXMIS) in the U.S., French and British zones. In the British sector the Soviet Mission was based in Bünde near Herford. British Forces maintained a mission (BRIXMIS) in the Soviet Zone (East Germany).
The RMP had the task of policing the Soviet mission in Bünde, and this was tasked to 19 (Support) Platoon RMP, who became known as "white mice". This unit's job was to wait outside the Soviet mission until a SOXMIS vehicle appeared and then follow it.
In restricted areas, Soviet vehicles were not permitted to leave the autobahns (not even in parking areas) unless accompanied by U.S., British or French military police.
The agreements remained in force until 2 October 1990, when all three missions were deactivated on the eve of Germany's reunification.
In Berlin, within 2 Regiment RMP, 247 Provost Company RMP was responsible for manning the British Sector checkpoints and Border Patrols. As part of 2 Regiment, an armed unit of German nationals, 248 German Security Unit, was maintained; its commander was a German national in the rank of Major and an RSM from a British infantry regiment acted as liaison officer. This was disbanded in 1994, when the British Garrison in Berlin was closed. A third company within the 2 Regiment was 246 Provost Company in Helmstedt.
Korean War
The Korean War was fought between 1950 and 1953. As part of British and Commonwealth Forces the RMP deployed:
- 27 Brigade Provost Section RMP
- 28 Brigade Provost Section RMP
The Corps had one fatality during this conflict:
Malayan Emergency and the Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation
The Malayan Emergency lasted from 1948 to 1960. The UK committed British forces (including the RMP) to combat communist guerilla forces. The Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation lasted from 1962 to 1966.
Between 1948 and 1956, thirteen members of the RMP lost their lives in this conflict. Britain still maintains military forces in Brunei, including an RMP unit.
The Suez Canal Zone Emergency and Suez Crisis
Between 1951 and 1955, British forces stationed in the Suez canal zone were engaged in operations against terrorists. The RMP lost eight members during this emergency. The RMP were also involved in Operation Musketeer, the Suez Crisis in 1956.
Cyprus
On 1 April 1955 a terrorist campaign was started by the Ethniki Organosis Kyprion Agoniston (EOKA) in Cyprus. It lasted until 1959.
Units of the RMP involved which were involved during the emergency were:
- 1st Guards Brigade HQ RMP. Waynes Keep, Nicosia
- 1 Independent Infantry Division Provost Company (Detachment) RMP. HQ Nicosia
- 3 Infantry Division Provost Company RMP. Famagusta
- No 6 Army Guard Unit RMP. Lakatamia, Larnaca, Dhekelia
- 227 GHQ Provost Company RMP. Nicosia, with detachments at Famagusta, Limassol, Larnaca, Paphos, Kyrenia
- 51 Brigade Independent Provost Company RMP
- Cyprus District Provost Company
[edit] United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus: Operation TOSCA
The United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) was established in 1964 to prevent a recurrence of fighting between the Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots and to contribute to the maintenance and restoration of law and order and a return to normal conditions. After the 1974 Greek coup-d'etat and the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, the UN Security Council extended and expanded the mission to prevent that Cyprus dispute turning into war. RMP have served with the Force Military Police Unit(FMPU), from the outset.
The FMPU is 1 of only 2 multi-national sub units within UNFICYP, the other being the Mobile Force Reserve. The FMPU is commanded by a RMP major who is both OC FMPU and Provost Marshal. 7 other members of the RMP form the spine of the 25 strong unit. Other contributing nationalities are Argentina, Hungary and Slovakia. The British contribution to FMPU is now the longest enduring operational commitment for RMP.
Kenya, 1952–1960
During this period the British Army was conducting operations against terrorists of the Mau Mau. An RMP unit was based in Nairobi.
Aden
The following RMP units were involved in the emergency in Aden (1964–1967):
- 24 Brigade Provost Unit RMP (Falaise Barracks, Little Aden)
- Port Security Force RMP (based at HMS Sheba until 1967)
- Joint Services Police (Army Navy and Airforce) based at HQ P&SS Steamer Point until 1967
Northern Ireland: Operation Banner
During the troubles which started in 1969, four members of the RMP have lost their lives.
Falklands Conflict: Operation Corporate
After the Argentine forces surrendered, 5 Infantry Brigade Provost Unit RMP remained on the islands, sworn in as Special Constables until the Falkland Islands Police Force were able to become operational again. After the re-capture of South Georgia (Operation Paraquat), the Argentine commander Lieutenant-Commander Alfredo Astiz was taken to the UK and questioned by the RMP and Sussex Police at the Keep, Roussillon Barracks, Chichester about the murder of Swedish and French nationals several years before. As there was no jurisdiction for extradition to Sweden or France, he was repatriated to Argentina by the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Post Cold War
Middle East: Operation Granby
In 1991, British forces as part of US-led coalition forces invaded Kuwait and Southern Iraq as part of Operation Desert Storm. The British name for this operation was Operation Granby.
RMP units involved were:
- 203 Provost Company RMP - 7th and 4th Armoured Brigades (1 (British) Armoured Division). This unit was a composite of various RMP units in United Kingdom Land Forces and British Forces Germany
- 174 Provost Company RMP - Force Maintenance Area, One section attached to 203 Pro.
The RMP suffered one fatality
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Operation Resolute
During 1994 the British Army deployed units to Bosnia as part of the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR), which was later superseded by IFOR and then SFOR. These included:
- 115 Provost Company RMP (based in Osnabruck, Germany) provided the British Force Military Police Unit (FMPU) for UNPROFOR (UK Operation Grapple 7) between August and December 1995 and then reverted to its unit designation of 4th (UK) Armoured Brigade Provost Unit RMP as part of IFOR until April 1996.
RMP personnel have also been involved in the European Union Force (EUFOR), which took over in 2004.
Kosovo: Operation Agricola
On 12 June 1999, the UK sent 19,000 troops into Kosovo as part of KFOR. Lead units of the 5 Airborne Brigade, which included the Royal Engineers and RMP, had to deal with booby traps in road tunnels before the Force could advance into Kosovo and seize the Kacanik defile.
Operation Telic casualties
British operations in Iraq including the 2003 invasion were carried out under the name Operation Telic, which claimed the lives of several members of the RMP.
24 June 2003, Al Majar Al Kabir, Iraq; all from 156 Provost Company RMP (16 Air Assault Brigade); the largest loss of life on a single day in RMP history.
23 August 2003, Basra
31 October 2004, Basra
15 October 2005, Waterloo Lines, Basra
8 July 2007, Basra City
Operation Herrick casualties
- 30th May 2007, Kajaki, Helmand Province
Organisation
The RMP is still headed by the Provost Marshal, now a Brigadier. Every formation has a Deputy Provost Marshal (DPM), or Assistant Provost Marshal (APM).
The RMP is divided into units called Provost Companies, subdivided into platoons, and sometimes grouped into regiments. Platoons are commanded by a Second Lieutenant, or Lieutenant with a Staff Sergeant as the Platoons Second-in-Command (2ic) and are further divided into sections under Sergeants. All non-commissioned RMP personnel are promoted to Lance-Corporal as soon as they complete training in order to give them authority over other soldiers. Commissioned officers were once attached from other branches of the army, but can now be commissioned directly into the RMP. Many RMP officers are commissioned from the ranks.
The RMP is divided into three branches. Most personnel belong to the General Police Duties Branch, which performs uniformed policing and security duties. The Special Investigation Branch is the crime detection branch. The Close Protection Unit provides bodyguards for senior military officers and other key personnel (nominated by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, in danger zones. The RMP also trains military personnel in defensive driving techniques. There is also a Covert Operations Team that conducts surveillance operations in accordance with the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) and Test Purchase operations.
The RMP sometimes shares its police stations with other police forces. At Catterick Garrison, the RMP station is shared with North Yorkshire Police (who man it during daylight hours). Another police station in Wiltshire is shared with the Ministry of Defence Police and Wiltshire Constabulary. The RMP works closely with the MDP on aspects of Garrison Policing and Security
In the UK the RMP are authorised to use blue lights and sirens on its vehicles by most chief officers of civilian police forces. In British Forces Germany, under the Status Of Forces Act, the RMP has jurisdiction and primacy over British Forces personnel, their families, MOD contractors, and NAAFI staff. The German civil police only normally become involved where the interests of a German national are involved. The RMP in Germany cover the 1st Armoured Division, which includes 7th Armoured Brigade (Hohne), and 20th Armoured Brigade (Paderborn), as well as the separate United Kingdom Combat Services Support Command (Germany) based at Rheindahlen. The RMP also maintains a detachment (part of 101 Provost Company) in Belgium for working with convoys to and from the North Sea ports through Belgium and the Netherlands to the German border. This detachment works closely with both the Koninklijke Marechaussee (KMar; Royal Dutch Military Police) and the Belgian Military Police Group.
As well as being responsible for the Military Provost Staff Corps, the Provost Marshal (A) is also responsible for the Military Provost Guard Service, which provides a guard force of armed troops for bases and units of all three services.
The regimental headquarters of the Royal Military Police moved to MOD Southwick Park, Southwick, near Portsmouth in February 2007, co-located with the tri-service Defence Police College. The RMP training centre moved there on 27 September 2005 from the RMP's long-standing RHQ at Roussillon Barracks in Chichester, West Sussex. The HQ of the RMP is located at Trenchard lines in Upavon, Wiltshire. The Service Police Crime Bureau is manned by the Royal Military Police, Royal Air Force Police and Royal Navy Police and although not part of the DPC, is co-located with it. The RMP museum has also moved to Southwick Park and is now open.
The RMP Close Protection Unit is a small military police unit with designated responsablilty for protecting military and government VIPs such as Generals and high ranking ministers abroad. Until recently they used HK53 assault rifles but now are mostly seen with C8-CQBs They also carry Browning Hi-Power or P229 pistols as well as other police equipment such as, extendable batons and PlastiCuffs.
Training
RMP commissioned officers attend the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, as do all other British Army officers.
RMP Other Ranks recruits undertake phase 1, Common Military Syllabus (Recruits) at Army Training Regiment Pirbright.
Phase 2 is undertaken at the Defence Police College.
The training syllabus includes:
Recruits are expected to maintain a high level of fitness, this is achieved by:
- Personal Fitness Test, generally known in the services as a PFT: An 800 metre warm up as a squad then a 2400 metre (1.5 miles) run to be completed in under ten and a half minutes. For those over 30 the time limit increases at intervals. After training the PFT is conducted on a twice yearly basis; it is a requirement of service personnel to pass.
- Combat Fitness Test (CFT): Normally undertaken in a squad wearing combat gear. This is to get the recruit used to "tabbing", a cross between a shuffle and a jog. It is especially useful for airborne troops, who may have been dropped several miles from their objective. This allows troops to get to the objective fast, but not in a way which depletes their fitness and stamina whilst carrying a full kit load.
Professional training and qualifications
All the Service Police organisations also use the Defence Police College for a variety of advanced qualification courses such as Investigations (from the Level 3 Investigators Course (L3IC) To Level 4), Crime Scene Management, IT (HOLMES, CRIMES, COPPERS, REDCAP systems). Fraud Investigation training is provided and accredited by the Ministry of Defence Police Fraud Squad.
Current RMP units
Great Britain
- Special Investigation Branch (UK) (SIB (UK) RMP)
- Northern Region
- Eastern Region
- Western Region
- 83 Section SIB (Volunteers) (Worthy Down)
Germany
- 1 Regiment RMP
- 110 Provost Company (Paderborn) (20 Armoured Brigade)
- 111 Provost Company (Bergen Hohne) (7 Armoured Brigade)
- 5 Regiment RMP
- RHQ (Gütersloh, Germany) (102 Logistic Brigade)
- 101 Provost Company (Monchengladbach, Germany) (52 Infantry Brigade)
- 114 Provost Company (Gütersloh, Germany) (102 Logistic Brigade)
- 243 Provost Company (Volunteers) (Livingston) (102 Logistic Brigade))
- 8 Detachment, Lisburn, Northern Ireland
- 252 Provost Company (Stockton-On-Tees) (102 Logistic Brigade))
Each individual regular RMP company will have smaller Police stations and Police posts at other locations in their area where there is a sizeable Army presence.
- Special Investigation Branch (G) (SIB (G) RMP)
- HQ SIB (G)
- Specialist Support Unit (Crime Scene Management and Technical Support)
- 70 Section SIB (G)
- 72 Section SIB (G) (Osnabrück)
- 74 Section SIB (G)
- 76 Section SIB (G) (Gütersloh)
- 87 Section SIB (G) (Monchengladbach, co-located with 101 Provost Company)
Northern Ireland
- 6 Regiment RMP
- Regimental Training Wing
- Operations Company
- 173 (Operations) Platoon
- 177 (Support) Platoon
- Police Company
- 175 (Provost) Platoon
- 176 (Provost) Platoon
- Courts & Witness Section
- Claims Investigation Team
- HQ NI Region Provost Branch
Other units
- 156 Provost Company - this is an independent provost company assigned to 16 Air Assault Brigade. Its members are trained in air assault methods, with one platoon being parachute trained.
- Belize Police Unit
- Brunei Police Unit
- British Army Training Unit Suffield (BATUS), Canada
- Cyprus Joint Police Unit (CJPU)
- 1 Platoon CJPU
- 2 Platoon CJPU
- SIB Cyprus
- ESBA Section SIB
- British Contingent, Force Military Police Unit, (FMPU), United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) - Operational Deployment - not part of British Forces Cyprus.
- Joint Service Police Security Unit (JSPSU), Falkland Islands
- Joint Provost and Security Unit (JP&SU), Gibraltar
- Joint Service Police Unit (JSPU), Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory
- SHAPE /AFNORTH RMP - Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, Belgium and Allied Forces North in the Netherlands.
The RMP also provides some manpower for the Royal Marines Police Troop at Plymouth.
The RMP are also currently deployed (22.5% of manpower) around the world in Kosovo, Bosnia, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
83 Section SIB (V) RMP is maintained at Worthy Down at the Central Volunteer Headquarters, formerly maintained four specialist general police duty companies in addition to 83 Sec. These were 152, 251, 165 and 164 Provost Companies, which were disbanded in 1999 as part of the Strategic Defence Review. The CVHQ is now responsible for providing specialist RMP (Territorial Army) component known as Allied Rapid Reaction Corps, MP battalion as well having responsibility for training all RMP TA recruits.
Equipment
The RMP is equipped with standard British Army weapons and, unlike most other personnel, are issued with pistols, as well as extendable batons, Quickcuffs/handcuffs.
The RMP also issues black stab vests which display the RMP cap badge and are labelled 'Royal Military Police' on the front and rear of the vests. Every RMP soldier is issued with a reversible high visibility (Hi Viz or HV) saffron yellow jacket.
Most RMP patrol cars have standard police Battenburg markings. Home Office police radios are fitted to those in the UK.
The RMP also uses the Home Office Large Major Enquiry System known as HOLMES, as well as having limited access to the Police National Computer databa
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