Military police

Military police are law-enforcement organizations within armed forces. Their duties can include maintaining discipline, investigating crimes, controlling movement, and policing civilians in occupied or designated areas.

Provost marshal: A senior military police officer responsible for military law enforcement and related functions. Provost marshals direct military police organizations and set their operational priorities.
Military law: The body of laws governing armed forces, military service, and military operations. Military police enforce parts of this legal framework alongside ordinary criminal law.
Provost (military policing): The military function of maintaining discipline, security, and order among armed forces. Military police are modern organizations performing this broader military function.
Civilian police: Public law-enforcement agencies whose officers operate under civilian government authority. Civilian police generally serve the public, while military police primarily serve armed forces.
Military detention: The confinement of people under military authority, including service members and prisoners of war. Military police often guard, process, or transport people held in military custody.
Uniform Code of Military Justice: The United States federal law governing criminal justice in the armed forces. It defines offenses and procedures that U.S. military police may investigate or support.
Royal Military Police: The British Army corps responsible for policing service personnel and supporting military operations. Its institutional history illustrates the development of a modern national military police force.
Gendarmerie: A state security force with military status that performs policing duties, often among civilians. Gendarmeries blur the military-civilian divide that military police usually occupy within armed forces.
Military convoy escort: The protection and movement control of a military convoy traveling through potentially hazardous areas. Convoy security draws on military police traffic control and route-security duties.
Court-martial: A military court that tries members of the armed forces for offenses under military law. Military police investigations can supply evidence for courts-martial.

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