85 articles
Australian Border Force
The Australian Border Force (ABF) is Australia's frontline border security and customs agency, created 1 July 2015 from the merger of customs and immigration functions, now within Home Affairs and operationally independent.
Australian Federal Police
Australian Federal Police (AFP): Australia's national policing agency, created by the AFP Act 1979 from the Commonwealth Police and ACT Police; enforces Commonwealth law, polices the ACT, and is overseen by the Ombudsman and NACC.
Bangladesh Police (বাংলাদেশ পুলিশ)
Bangladesh Police (বাংলাদেশ পুলিশ) is the national law enforcement agency under the Ministry of Home Affairs, governed by the Police Act 1861, remodelled as a national force after 16 December 1971.
Border Security Command
Border Security Command: UK Home Office body established 5 July 2024, led by Border Security Commander Martin Hewitt, coordinating NCA, Border Force and police against organised immigration crime and Channel small-boat smuggling.
Bow Street Runners
Bow Street Runners: London detective force founded by Henry Fielding in 1749 at Bow Street magistrates' office, developed by John Fielding, government-funded thief-takers turned professional detectives, disbanded 1839 into the Metropolitan Police.
Canada Border Services Agency
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA, Agence des services frontaliers du Canada), Canadian federal border agency created December 12, 2003 by merging Canada Customs, CIC enforcement, and CFIA port inspection; 17,000 employees, 1,200 ports of entry, part of Public Safety portfolio, governed by the 2005 CBSA Act.
Chief of the Philippine National Police
The Chief of the Philippine National Police (CPNP) heads the PNP, created by RA 6975 in 1990. Appointed by the President, limited to four years or age 56; incumbent as of 2026 is Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr.
City of London Police
City of London Police: territorial force for the Square Mile, established 1839, governed by the City of London Corporation rather than a PCC, and the UK National Lead Force for fraud hosting Report Fraud.
Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis: head of London's Metropolitan Police, created by the 1829 Metropolitan Police Act under Robert Peel. Appointed by the Home Secretary after consulting the Mayor, accountable to MOPAC, the Home Secretary and the Mayor; current holder Sir Mark Rowley (2022).
Commissioner of the Hyderabad City Police
Commissioner of the Hyderabad City Police (Kotwal-e-Balda) heads the Hyderabad City Police Commissionerate in Telangana, established 1847 under the Nizams, governed by the Hyderabad City Police Act 1348F; current incumbent V.C. Sajjanar, IPS.
Criminal Investigation and Detection Group
The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, also known as the Criminal Investigation Service, is the PNP's unit for monitoring and prosecuting economic sabotage and crimes committed by highly placed syndicates.
Delhi Police (दिल्ली पुलिस)
Delhi Police (दिल्ली पुलिस) is the law enforcement agency for the National Capital Territory of Delhi, India, headed by a Commissioner under the central government.
Director general of police
Director general of police (DGP) is the title for the head of a national or state police force in France, India, the Dominican Republic, and Colombia, covering appointment rules, tenure, and incumbents such as Frédéric Veaux.
Dubai Police Force (قوة شرطة دبي)
Dubai Police (قوة شرطة دبي) is the emirate of Dubai's law enforcement agency, founded 1 June 1956 with 29 officers, now tens of thousands strong, led by Commander-in-Chief Abdullah Khalifa Al Marri and known for 33 human-free Smart Police Stations.
Europol
Europol (European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation) is the EU's law enforcement cooperation agency in The Hague, fully operational since 1 July 1999; an intelligence hub with no direct arrest powers, supporting JITs, SIENA, EC3, ECTC and ATLAS.
Federal Police (Germany)
Federal Police (Bundespolizei, BPOL), Germany's nationwide federal police force under the Interior Ministry, founded 1951 as Bundesgrenzschutz; handles border, railway, aviation, and sea policing with about 55,000 staff, distinct from the 16 Landespolizeien and the BKA.
Federal Police (Mexico)
The Federal Police (Policía Federal, PF) was Mexico's national preventive and investigative police, formed from the 1999 Policía Federal Preventiva, reorganized in 2009, and disbanded in 2019 when its functions and personnel transferred to the National Guard.
Flying Squad
Flying Squad: the Metropolitan Police's specialist armed-robbery detective unit, founded 1918, nicknamed the Sweeney; the name is also used by rapid-response police units in South Africa, Uganda, and Queensland.
Garda Síochána
An Garda Síochána is the national police service of Ireland, formed as the Civic Guard in 1922 to replace the Royal Irish Constabulary, renamed in 1923, unarmed by tradition, led by a Commissioner accountable to the Minister for Justice.
Grupo Especial de Operaciones
Grupo Especial de Operaciones (GEO), Spain's Policía Nacional counter-terrorism and hostage-rescue unit, founded 1977-1978 on the GSG-9 model, based in Guadalajara, with five-man commands and a seven-month selection course.
GSG 9
GSG 9, or Grenzschutzgruppe 9, is the counter-terrorism and hostage-rescue special unit of the German Federal Police, founded in 1972 after the Munich Olympics massacre.
Gurkha Contingent
Gurkha Contingent (GC), specialist unit of the Singapore Police Force formed 9 April 1949, recruited from Nepal; handles protective security, public order, and civil disturbance response, with its Gurkha Special Action Group in the Special Operations Group.
Higher Police
Higher Police (고등경찰, 高等警察) was the political-police branch of Japan's colonial police system in Korea, suppressing political activity, religion, and socialist thought from 1910 to 1945.
Hong Kong Police Force (香港警务处)
Hong Kong Police Force (香港警务处), the Hong Kong SAR's police agency, established 1844. Commanded by Commissioner Joe Chow Yat-ming via three deputy commissioners; 27,222 officers, six regions, and a National Security Department created under the 2020 National Security Law.
Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency
HYDRAA (Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency), Telangana agency created 19 July 2024 under G.O.Ms.No.99 for disaster response and protecting lakes, parks, and government lands from encroachment across the CURE region.
Indian Police Service (भारतीय पुलिस सेवा)
Indian Police Service (भारतीय पुलिस सेवा), an All India Service under the All India Services Act 1951, governed by the IPS Cadre Rules 1954; cadre posts, minimum tenure rules, and the 2006 Prakash Singh police reform directives.
Indonesian National Police
Indonesian National Police (Kepolisian Negara Republik Indonesia, Polri), Indonesia's national civilian police force under the President, founded 1945, separated from the military in 1999, governed by Law No. 2 of 2002, with about 600,000 personnel.
Inspector-general of police
Inspector-general of police: either a senior command rank heading a police force (India, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan) or an independent civilian oversight officer auditing police conduct (Ontario, New Zealand, US cities).
Internal Security Forces (قوى الأمن الداخلي) (Syria)
Internal Security Forces (قوى الأمن الداخلي), renamed from the General Security Service on 25 May 2025, are Syria's Ministry of Interior gendarmerie, grown from HTS policing structures and about 8,000 to tens of thousands of personnel, now absorbing the SDF's Asayish.
Islamic religious police
Islamic religious police are state agencies enforcing a government's interpretation of Islamic morality, from Saudi Arabia's CPVPV (1926, curtailed 2016) and Iran's morality police to Afghanistan's Taliban muhtasibs under the 2024 PVPV morality law.