Did you know you can be a ‘policeman’ in the Royal Marines (RM)?

In 2008, the RM Police Troop was composed of:

• Captain (OF-2): One (1).
• Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO2, OR-8): One (1).
• Colour Sergeant (OR-7): Two (2).
• Sergeant (OR-6): Three. (3).
• Corporal (OR-4): Nine (9).
  • One being a British military policeman from the Royal Military Police (RMP) attached to the RM but remained an Army liability.
• Lance Corporal (OR-3): Twenty-one (21).
• One civilian (attached).

RM Police could be found in several locations/units including:

• Close Protection (CP) Team.
• Police Office.
• Training Office.
• G4 (Troop Quartermaster Department).
• RM Condor.
• 45 Commando.
• Arbroath.
• The Commando Training Centre RM detachment.
• Unit Investigation Element:
  • Acted as the deployable manpower for any exercises and operations.

Reference

FOI 2016/00396 dated 20 January 2016.