Ministry of the Interior of Italy

The Ministry of the Interior is a dicastery of the Italian government which has jurisdiction over public order as the top national public security authority in Italy .

The Ministry of the Interior is a complex structure whose organizational structure is governed by Legislative Decree n. 300/99 and by the implementing measures. At the central level, it is divided into offices of direct collaboration with the minister (Presidential Decree No. 98/2002) and five departments (Presidential Decree No. 398/2001 and subsequent amendments); at the peripheral level, in Prefectures - Territorial Offices of Government, Police Headquarters and Fire Brigade Controls.