 Although recent changes in the organisation of the National Police of Iceland have created some differences in the tasks entrusted to different "sýslumenn".The "sýslumaður" of Southern Peninsula maintains, for example, additional non-police security forces for Keflavík International Airport.During the era of when the U.S. Military was able to assist the needs of the Icelandic Police, they had instruction sessions, on life saving techniques at sea, supervised and arranged by them on regular basis.