In [[Iceland]], the '''Police''' ({{Lang-is|Ríkislögreglan|lit=the NationalState Police}}) is the national police force of [[Iceland]]. It is responsible for [[law enforcement]] throughout the country, except in Icelandic [[territorial waters]] which fall under the [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Icelandic Coast Guard]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lhg.is/english/icg/about-us/ |title=About Us |publisher=[[Icelandic Coast Guard]] |access-date=30 October 2014 |archive-date=6 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170506044734/http://www.lhg.is/english/icg/about-us |url-status=dead }}</ref> Police affairs in Iceland are the responsibility of the [[Ministry of the Interior (Iceland)|Ministry of Justice]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eng.innanrikisraduneyti.is/ministry/about-the-ministry/ |title=About Us |publisher=[[Ministry of the Interior (Iceland)|Ministry of the Interior]] |access-date=30 October 2014}}</ref> and are administered by the Office of the National Commissioner of the Police (''{{Lang|is|Embætti ríkislögreglustjóra}}'') on behalf of the ministry.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://logreglan.is/displayer.asp?cat_id=217#link0 |title=The National Commissioner of Police — An Introduction |publisher=The National Commissioner of the Police |access-date=30 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512234325/http://logreglan.is/displayer.asp?cat_id=217#link0 |archive-date=12 May 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[#Organisation|organisation is divided into nine districts]], the largest being the [[Reykjavík]] Metropolitan Police (''{{Lang|is|Lögreglan á höfuðborgarsvæðinu}}''), which is responsible for the [[Capital Region (Iceland)|Capital Region]]<ref name="RMP">{{cite web |url=http://www.logreglan.is/upload/files/New%20Structure.pdf |title=Reykjavík Metropolitan Police – New Structure |publisher=The National Commissioner of the Police |access-date=30 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030080145/http://www.logreglan.is/upload/files/New%20Structure.pdf |archive-date=30 October 2014 }}</ref> and its total population of around 208,000 people.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.statice.is/?PageID=1170&src=https://rannsokn.hagstofa.is/pxen/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=MAN10001%26ti=Population+by+municipality%2C+sex%2C+citizenship+and+quarters+2010+-2014+++++++++++++++++++++++%26path=../Database/mannfjoldi/Arsfjordungstolur/%26lang=1%26units=Number |title=Population by municipality, sex, citizenship and quarters 2010–2014 |publisher=Statistics Iceland |access-date=30 October 2014 }}</ref>
