Editing Monaco (section)

===Security===
{{See also|Law enforcement in Monaco|}}
[[File:The Palace Guards.jpg|thumb|Palace guards in Monaco]]
The wider defence of the nation is provided by France. Monaco has no navy or air force, but on both a per-capita and per-area basis, Monaco has one of the largest police forces (515 police officers for about 38,000 people) and police presences in the world.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.monte-carlo.mc/en/information/safety/ |title=Security in Monaco |website=Monte-carlo.mc |date=13 May 2012 |access-date=28 May 2012 |archive-date=6 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120506013905/http://www.monte-carlo.mc/en/information/safety/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Its police includes a special unit which operates patrol and surveillance boats jointly with the military. Police forces in Monaco are commanded by a French officer.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gouv.mc/Gouvernement-et-Institutions/Le-Gouvernement/Departement-de-l-Interieur/Direction-de-la-Surete-Publique/Division-de-Police-Maritime-et-Aeroportuaire |title=Division de Police Maritime et Aéroportuaire |language=fr |website=Gouv.mc |date=16 August 1960 |access-date=28 May 2012 |archive-date=17 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717001240/http://www.gouv.mc/Gouvernement-et-Institutions/Le-Gouvernement/Departement-de-l-Interieur/Direction-de-la-Surete-Publique/Division-de-Police-Maritime-et-Aeroportuaire |url-status=live }}</ref>

There is also a small [[Military of Monaco|military force]]. This consists of a bodyguard unit for the prince and his [[Prince's Palace of Monaco|palace]] in [[Monaco-Ville]] called the [[Compagnie des Carabiniers du Prince]] (Prince's Company of Carabiniers);<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.palais.mc/monaco/palais-princier/english/sovereign-house/the-palace-guards/the-palace-guards.453.html |title=The Palace Guards – Prince's Palace of Monaco |website=Palais.mc |date=27 January 2011 |access-date=28 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423061945/http://www.palais.mc/monaco/palais-princier/english/sovereign-house/the-palace-guards/the-palace-guards.453.html |archive-date=23 April 2012}}</ref> together with the militarised, armed fire and civil defence corps ([[Corps des Sapeurs-Pompiers de Monaco|Sapeurs-Pompiers]]) it forms Monaco's total forces.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pompiers.gouv.mc/321/wwwnew.nsf/1909!/x1Fr?OpenDocument%261Fr |title=Présentation |publisher=Corps des sapeurs-pompiers de Monaco |access-date=22 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206010807/http://www.pompiers.gouv.mc/321/wwwnew.nsf/1909!/x1Fr?OpenDocument&1Fr |archive-date=6 December 2013}}</ref> The Compagnie des Carabiniers du Prince was created by [[Honoré IV, Prince of Monaco|Prince Honoré IV]] in 1817 for the protection of the principality and the princely family. The company numbers exactly 116 officers and men; while the [[non-commissioned officer]]s and [[soldier]]s are local, the officers have generally served in the [[French Army]]. In addition to their guard duties as described, the carabiniers patrol the principality's beaches and coastal waters.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gouv.mc/Gouvernement-et-Institutions/Le-Gouvernement/Departement-de-l-Interieur/Compagnie-des-Carabiniers-du-Prince |title=Compagnie des Carabiniers du Prince |language=fr |website=Gouv.mc |access-date=12 March 2013 |archive-date=5 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205223110/http://www.gouv.mc/Gouvernement-et-Institutions/Le-Gouvernement/Departement-de-l-Interieur/Compagnie-des-Carabiniers-du-Prince |url-status=live }}</ref>