One of the national police forces of Italy, headquartered in Rome, with roots dating to 1852 and reorganized into its modern civilian form in 1981. Each Italian province has a Polizia di Stato headquarters, the Questura, commanded by a Questore; the Questura di Perugia's Squadra Mobile (flying squad), under Detective Superintendent Monica Napoleoni, led the investigation into the 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher that led to the prosecution of Amanda Knox, Raffaele Sollecito and Rudy Guede.
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The Questura di Perugia's Squadra Mobile (flying squad), a Polizia di Stato investigative unit under Detective Superintendent Monica Napoleoni, led the murder investigation and the arrests of Knox, Sollecito and Guede.
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1. Wikipedia: Polizia di Stato
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The Polizia di Stato (State Police or P.S.) is one of the national police forces of Italy.
Wikipedia: Murder of Meredith Kercher
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Squadra volanti (Mobile Squad) Detective Superintendent Monica Napoleoni told colleagues that the murderer was definitely not a burglar and that apparent signs of a break-in were staged as a deliberate deception.
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