Border Police of Georgia

MIA Border Police of Georgia
შსს-ის საქართველოს სასაზღვრო პოლიცია
MIA Border Police of Georgia; შსს-ის საქართველოს სასაზღვრო პოლიცია
	Emblem of the Georgian Border Police
	Flag of the Georgian Border Police
Abbreviation	BPG
Agency overview
Formed	1992
Jurisdictional structure
National agency	Georgia (country)
Operations jurisdiction	Georgia (country)
	Map of MIA Border Police of Georgia's jurisdiction
Governing body	Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia
General nature	Civilian police;
Specialist jurisdictions	National border patrol, security, and integrity.; Coastal patrol, marine border protection, marine search and rescue.;
Operational structure
Headquarters	Tbilisi, Georgia
Agency executive	Nikoloz Sharadze;
Website
	bpg.gov.ge

The Border Police of Georgia (Georgian: შსს-ის საქართველოს სასაზღვრო პოლიცია) is the primary border guarding force and coast guard in the country of Georgia, and is under command of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. It is responsible for patrolling the entire 1839 km (1142.7 mi) land border of Georgia, as well as the country's 310 km (192.6 mi) coastline and territorial waters in the Black Sea. However, border control at checkpoints is instead performed by the Patrol Police department. The current chief is Nikoloz Sharadze.

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