The 25 regional forces are responsible for police care in their respective region in the Netherlands.

Geographically speaking, each region is divided into a number of districts, which have both general and specialist tasks. Each district is composed of a number of basic units or bureaus.
Moreover, each force has a number of regional, specialist departments, such as the Technical CID, the Juvenile and Vice Squad, the Identification Service, the Criminal Intelligence Service and the Aliens Police.