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Police vehicles in the United Kingdom
Police vehicles in the United Kingdom: marked and unmarked cars, vans, motorcycles, and aircraft of UK forces. Covers blue-light and siren law, PV performance categories, driver training, fleet size near 40,000, and electrification.
Polish State Police
The Polish State Police (Policja Państwowa) was the unified state police force of the Second Polish Republic, created in 1919, whose captured officers were murdered at Katyn in 1940 before its dissolution in 1944.
Prantiya Rakshak Dal (प्रान्तीय रक्षक दल)
Prantiya Rakshak Dal (प्रान्तीय रक्षक दल), also Pradeshik Vikas Dal, is Uttar Pradesh's 1948-statute volunteer auxiliary force under the Youth Welfare Department, distinct from the Home Guards, with duty allowances raised to Rs 600 per day.
Punjab Police (India)
Punjab Police (India) is the state law enforcement agency of Punjab, India, descended from the colonial-era force under the Police Act 1861 and now governed by the Punjab Police Act 2007, with its 1891 Phillaur training school and the Saanjh community policing programme.
Punjab Police (Pakistan)
Punjab Police (Pakistan) is the provincial law enforcement force of Punjab, headed by an IGP under the Police Order 2002, tracing to the Police Act of 1861 and Punjab Police Rules of 1934, with an Investigation Branch, Women Safety App, and contested human rights record.
Royal Malaysia Police
Royal Malaysia Police (Polis Diraja Malaysia, PDRM), Malaysia's national police force founded 25 March 1807 in Penang, granted the Royal title 24 July 1958; 137,574 personnel, Bukit Aman HQ, 14 contingents, 837 stations.
Royal Newfoundland Constabulary
Royal Newfoundland Constabulary (RNC), provincial police service of Newfoundland and Labrador, one of North America's oldest forces with roots in 1729; formally established 1871, granted Royal title 1979, serves about 257,000 people.
Royal Thai Police (สำนักงานตำรวจแห่งชาติ)
Royal Thai Police (สำนักงานตำรวจแห่งชาติ) is Thailand's national police force, governed by the Royal Thai Police Act B.E. 2547, with 1,451 stations, Metropolitan and Provincial commands, and Pol.Gen. Samran Nualma as 16th chief (2026).
Royal Ulster Constabulary
Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), police force of Northern Ireland from 1 June 1922 until it became the Police Service of Northern Ireland on 4 November 2001; 312 officers killed, awarded the George Cross in 2000.
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy (सरदार वल्लभभाई पटेल)
SVPNPA (सरदार वल्लभभाई पटेल राष्ट्रीय पुलिस अकादमी), founded 1948 at Mount Abu and moved to Hyderabad in 1975, is India's premier training academy for Indian Police Service officers, running the 49-week IPS Basic Course, induction and mid-career training.
Scotland Yard
Scotland Yard, the metonym for New Scotland Yard, is the headquarters of London's Metropolitan Police, founded 1829 at Great Scotland Yard; moves 1890, 1967, 2016; current site is Curtis Green, Victoria Embankment.
Search Bloc
Search Bloc (Bloque de Búsqueda) was a Colombian National Police unit created to hunt Pablo Escobar and the Medellín cartel leadership. Distinguished by U.S. support (DEA, Centra Spike, Delta Force), heavy officer casualties from Escobar's bounty, and killing Escobar in Medellín on 2 December 1993.
Shinsengumi (新選組)
The Shinsengumi (新選組) was a pro-shogunate corps of masterless samurai, led by Kondō Isami and Hijikata Toshizō, that policed Kyoto from 1863 until its surrender at Benten Daiba in 1869.
Singapore Police Force
The Singapore Police Force (Polis Repablik Singapura) is Singapore's national police agency under the Ministry of Home Affairs, established in 1820 and numbering about 15,000 officers.
South African Police Service
South African Police Service (SAPS), South Africa's national police force under section 205 of the Constitution and the SAPS Act 1995; formed 1995 from eleven agencies; R120.89 billion 2025/26 budget; led by a President-appointed National Commissioner.
Special Branch
Special Branch: police intelligence units, originating in London's Metropolitan Police in 1883 to counter Irish republican terrorism, later spread across the Commonwealth; Met unit ended 2006.
Specialist Firearms Command
Specialist Firearms Command (MO19, formerly SO19, CO19, SCO19) is the Metropolitan Police's firearms unit, providing armed response, ARVs, SFO and CTSFO teams for unarmed London policing.
Sub-inspector
Sub-inspector (SI), a mid-level police rank in South and Southeast Asian forces, between inspector and assistant sub-inspector in India and Bangladesh and the top rank-and-file rank in Malaysia; recruited via state exams with physical tests.
Superintendent of police (India)
Superintendent of Police (SP), head of the district police force in most Indian states, typically an IPS officer. Commands law and order, crime prevention and investigation in a police district under the dual system with the District Magistrate, created by the 1861 Police Act.
Tamil Nadu Police (தமிழ்நாடு காவல் துறை)
Tamil Nadu Police (தமிழ்நாடு காவல் துறை), the state law-enforcement force headed by a DGP under the 2013 Reforms Act; led since June 2026 by Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal; 5.40 lakh cases registered in 2023.
Toronto Police Service
Toronto Police Service (TPS), municipal police force of Toronto, Ontario, founded 1834; formerly Metropolitan Toronto Police (1957) and renamed after 1998 amalgamation; governed by the Toronto Police Services Board with a $1.43 billion 2026 budget and 8,419 positions.
Uttar Pradesh Police (उत्तर प्रदेश पुलिस)
Uttar Pradesh Police (उत्तर प्रदेश पुलिस), India's largest state police force with about 3.73 lakh personnel under a DGP, governed by the 1861 Police Act, headquartered at Prayagraj, with commissionerates, UP100, WCSO, and Vigilance wings.
Victoria Police
Victoria Police is the law enforcement agency of Victoria, Australia, established 3 January 1853 as the colony's first unified police force under Chief Commissioner William Mitchell; led by Chief Commissioner Mike Bush, overseen by IBAC.
Volkspolizei
Volkspolizei (Deutsche Volkspolizei, DVP), the public police of the Soviet Occupation Zone and East Germany, 1945-1990, under the Interior Ministry and SED control, distinct from the Stasi, dissolved at reunification.
West Bengal Police (পশ্চিমবঙ্গ পুলিশ)
West Bengal Police (পশ্চিমবঙ্গ পুলিশ), the state police force of West Bengal, India, headed by a DG & IGP, organized in three zones, ranges, districts, and six commissionerates, under the Police Act 1861, distinct from Kolkata Police.