Discover

'Regimental Police' ('RPs') are soldiers responsible for regimental discipline enforcement and unit custody in the British Army and some other Commonwealth armies. They belong to the regiment or corps which they police instead of to the Royal Military Police or its equivalent. Most battalions and regiments have an RP section, usually headed by the Regimental Provost Sergeant (RPS). They are normally responsible for unit/base security and deal with minor disciplinary offences (being responsible for detaining soldiers), with more serious offences being passed to the specialists of the Royal Military Police.
Members of a regiment's Provost Section can be identified by the brassards they wear which carry the letters "RP". They operate under the authority of the Regimental Sergeant Major (RSM).
Unlike Military Police, RPs carry no warrant card however as NCO's they do have the power to arrest Soldiers of the same or lesser rank under a section of the Army Act 1955.