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The Police and Border Guard Board ((エストニア語:Politsei- ja Piirivalveamet)) is a unified governmental agency within the Estonian Ministry of Interior and is responsible for the law and enforcement and homeland security in the Republic of Estonia. The main tasks of the agency are to ensure and protect the integrity of the Estonian state and since May 1, 2004 also the European Union border within the territories of the Republic of Estonia; to secure the state borders and the European Union outer within the territories of the republic of Estonia, to monitore and identify the citizenship along with the handling of the documentation, to preserve law and civil order within the borders of the Republic of Estonia and to detect and prevent crime. ==History== The current Government Cabinet which was established after the 2005 parlamental elections, stated, within the new coalition ruling program of 2007 to 2011, the need after a unified homeland security agency in order to reduce the operating and upkeeping costs〔(Eesti Postimees: The Police and Border Guard Board hopes to earn back its unification costs within 4 years )〕 between the ministry and its organizations.〔(Ministry of Interior: The overview of the establishment of the Police and Border Guard Board )〕 On April 13, 2007 the Ministry of the Interior established a task group in order start a research about possible unification of the Estonian Police and Estonian Border Guard agencies.〔(Ministry of Interior: Public information: Public documents: Directive nr. 57 )〕 The history of the unified Police and Border Guard Boards formally begins with the establishment of the Police and Border Guard Board in 2010. The final study presented by the task group proposed to unite three main law and enforcement organizations including the Police, Border Guard and the Citizenship and Migration Board into a single structure capable of carrying out all the tasks. In October 2007 the Ministry of Interior created another task group with an operational task to start the unification process.〔(Ministry of Interior: The overview of the establishment of the Police and Border Guard Board )〕 On August 31, 2008 the Government Cabinet approved the creation of a new governmental organization within the Ministry of Interior with the unification of the three previously mentioned agencies.〔(The Government of the Republic of Estonia: The unification of the Police, Border Guard and the Citizenship and Migration Boards )〕 On May 6, 2009 the Estonian Parliament recognized the agency unification idea with the adoption of the ''Police and Border Guard Board Law'' and changes into other laws regarding the area of competency of the Ministry. In June the Government Cabinet appointed Raivo Küüt to be the first Director General of the organization. On January 1, 2010 the Police and Border Guard Board officially started the work. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Police and Border Guard Board」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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