The atlantic archipelago of Madeira constitutes one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal, with a number of devolved powers being performed by its Regional Government.
However, the law enforcement in the region remains mainly under the responsibility of the Central Government of Portugal, being performed by the several Portuguese national police agencies.
There are, however, minor law enforcement agencies dependent from the Regional Government of Madeira like the forest police and the sanitary, food and economical police.
The several police forces in Madeira provide security for the archipelago's 797 km² of territory and population of 267,000 [1] This Madeira-related article is a stub.
You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.This law enforcement–related article is a stub.