The 12 police districts, the National Police and the prosecution service employ approximately 550 attorneys. They are also called Chief Police Prosecutors, Deputy Chief Police Prosecutors or Assistant Police Prosecutors.

In the police districts, their head is naturally the Commissioner. In their daily work, how-ever, the attorneys’ immediate head is the Senior Chief Prosecutor who ranks below the Commissioner.

The attorneys work closely together with the police officers that investigate criminal offences. In the last resort, it is the attorneys who will have to assess whether a case is likely to stand up in court. If that is so, the attorneys are to appear before a judge in an attempt to have the perpetrator convicted in a District Court.

This system involving attorneys is also called the prosecution service. The Director of Public Prosecutions heads the prosecution service, and when a case is to be conducted before the High Court, which is the tier above the District Court, it is the regional public prose-cutors who will conduct the case. They also deal with complaints against the police and supervise that the work and decisions of the police districts comply with the law. 

It is the Director of Public Prosecutions who conducts proceedings in criminal cases before the Supreme Court, which is the highest tier of the Danish legal system. The Director of Public Prosecutions also participates in the meetings of the Group Management.

Greenland and the Faroe Islands
The ”Landsfoged” in the Faroe Islands and the chief constable in Greenland have the same sphere of authority as the regional public prosecutors, and thus come under the direct authority of the Director of Public Prosecutions.