International Policing
The MDP carries out a number of international policing activities, including the active policing of conflict areas overseas and training of resident police forces in these areas. These overseas missions are carried out under the mandates of the United Nations, NATO, or the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. MDP officers employed overseas routinely carry at least a Sig 229 Pistol for protection.
Approximately 100 MDP officers are deployed overseas, with the largest numbers in Kosovo and Afghanistan.
In recent years the MDP have provided officers to Police contingents in many locations around the world, including Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq, Afghanistan, Sudan, and Sierra Leone.
The MDP also provided policing for the Pitcairn Islands from around 2000 until 2007.
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