Editing Copenhagen (section)

===Law and order===
Most of Denmark's top legal courts and institutions are based in Copenhagen. A modern-style court of justice, ''[[Hof- og Stadsretten]]'', was introduced in Denmark, specifically for Copenhagen, by [[Johann Friedrich Struensee]] in 1771.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hof- og Stadsretten|url=http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Samfund,_jura_og_politik/Jura/Retshistorie/Hof-_og_Stadsretten|access-date=28 November 2013|publisher=Gyldendal|archive-date=5 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205081124/http://denstoredanske.dk/Samfund,_jura_og_politik/Jura/Retshistorie/Hof-_og_Stadsretten|url-status=live}}</ref> Now known as the [[Copenhagen Court House|City Court of Copenhagen]] ({{Lang|da|Københavns Byret}}), it is the largest of the 24 city courts in Denmark with jurisdiction over the municipalities of Copenhagen, [[Dragør]] and [[Tårnby]]. With its 42 judges, it has a Probate Division, an Enforcement Division and a Registration and Notorial Acts Division while bankruptcy is handled by the [[Maritime and Commercial Court (Denmark)|Maritime and Commercial Court of Copenhagen]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The City Court of Copenhagen|url=http://www.domstol.dk/KobenhavnsByret/Pages/TheCityCourtofCopenhagen.aspx|access-date=29 November 2013|publisher=Danmarks Domstole: Københavns Byret|archive-date=3 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203004323/http://www.domstol.dk/KobenhavnsByret/Pages/TheCityCourtofCopenhagen.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> Established in 1862, the Maritime and Commercial Court ({{Lang|da|Sø- og Handelsretten}}) also hears commercial cases including those relating to trade marks, marketing practices and competition for the whole of Denmark.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Copenhagen Maritime and Commercial Court|url=http://www.domstol.dk/om/otherlanguages/english/thedanishjudicialsystem/maritimeandcommercialcourt/Pages/default.aspx|access-date=29 November 2013|publisher=Danmarks Domstole|archive-date=3 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203004452/http://www.domstol.dk/om/otherlanguages/english/thedanishjudicialsystem/maritimeandcommercialcourt/Pages/default.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> Denmark's [[Supreme Court of Denmark|Supreme Court]] ({{Lang|da|Højesteret}}), located in [[Christiansborg Palace]] on Prins Jørgens Gård in the centre of Copenhagen, is the country's final court of appeal. Handling civil and criminal cases from the subordinate courts, it has two chambers which each hear all types of cases.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia|title=Højesteret|encyclopedia=Den Store Danske|url=http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Samfund,_jura_og_politik/Jura/Retspleje_og_domstole/H%C3%B8jesteret?highlight=h%C3%B8jester%20ret|language=da|access-date=29 November 2013|archive-date=8 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108000032/http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Samfund,_jura_og_politik/Jura/Retspleje_og_domstole/H%C3%B8jesteret?highlight=h%C3%B8jester%20ret|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[Danish National Police]] and Copenhagen Police headquarters is situated in the Neoclassical-inspired [[Copenhagen Police Headquarters|Politigården]] building built in 1918–1924 under architects [[Hack Kampmann]] and [[Holger Jacobsen|Holger Alfred Jacobsen]]. The building also contains administration, management, emergency department and radio service offices.<ref>{{cite web|title=Police headquarters|url=http://www.visitcopenhagen.com/copenhagen/police-headquarters-gdk559779|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203001650/http://www.visitcopenhagen.com/copenhagen/police-headquarters-gdk559779|archive-date=3 December 2013|access-date=28 November 2013|publisher=Visitcopenhagen.com}}</ref>

The [[Copenhagen Fire Department]] forms the largest municipal fire brigade in Denmark with some 500 fire and ambulance personnel, 150 administration and service workers, and 35 workers in prevention.<ref>{{cite web|title=Copenhagen Fire Brigade|url=http://www.brand.kk.dk/OmOs/Hvem%20er%20vi/English.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105123150/http://www.brand.kk.dk/OmOs/Hvem%20er%20vi/English.aspx|archive-date=5 November 2013|access-date=28 November 2013|publisher=Københavns Kommune}}</ref> The brigade began as the Copenhagen Royal Fire Brigade on 9 July 1687 under King Christian V. After the passing of the Copenhagen Fire Act on 18 May 1868, on 1 August 1870 the Copenhagen Fire Brigade became a municipal institution in its own right.<ref>{{cite web|title=History of the Copenhagen Fire Brigade|url=http://www.brand.kk.dk/OmOs/Hvem%20er%20vi/English/History.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202233208/http://www.brand.kk.dk/OmOs/Hvem%20er%20vi/English/History.aspx|archive-date=2 December 2013|access-date=28 November 2013|publisher=Københavns Kommune}}</ref> The fire department has its headquarters in the [[Copenhagen Central Fire Station]] which was designed by [[Ludvig Fenger]] in the [[Historicism (art)|Historicist]] style and inaugurated in 1892.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hovedbrandstationen|url=http://www.brand.kk.dk/OmOs/Hvem%20er%20vi/Hvor%20bor%20vi/Hovedbrandstationen.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131210155607/http://www.brand.kk.dk/OmOs/Hvem%20er%20vi/Hvor%20bor%20vi/Hovedbrandstationen.aspx|archive-date=10 December 2013|access-date=7 December 2013|publisher=Københavns Bransvæsen|language=da}}</ref>

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