Law enforcement in Kuwait
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Kuwait Police وزارة الداخلية الكويتية |
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| Common name | Kuwait Police |
Badge of the Kuwait Police
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| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1938 |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Governing body | Ministry of Interior (Kuwait) |
| General nature |
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| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Kuwait City |
| Facilities | |
| Stations | 62 |
| Website | |
| www.moi.gov.kw | |
The Kuwait Police (Arabic: شرطة الكويت) is an agency of the Ministry of Interior of Kuwait, which maintains the national security envelope, defense of land border, coastal and the rule of law in the State of Kuwait. The Kuwait Police Agency was established in 1938 by Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah as the Directorate of Public Security Force.
The Kuwait Army split from the Directorate of Public Security Force in 1953; subsequently, the latter merged with Directorate of Police to form Directorate of Public Security and Police in 1959; following the demolition of the defensive wall of Kuwait in 1957; which later formed the Kuwait Ministry of Interior including the Kuwait Police with the enacting of the first cabinet of ministers in the Government of Kuwait on January 17, 1962.
The main college in charge of training Kuwaiti police recruits is the Academy of Saad Al-Abdullah for Security Sciences, established in 1969 and named after the 14th ruler and 4th Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah.
Following the independence of Kuwait in 1961, the Kuwaiti Police department became attached to the newly formed Ministry of Interior in 1962.
From inception, the director of the Kuwait Public Security Force (today's Ministry of Interior) was part of the military due to the incorporation of the Kuwaiti Army part of the Kuwait Public Security Force under the guidance of Sheikh Abdullah Mubarak Al-Sabah.
Following 1961 and depending on the geopolitical environment; Kuwaiti Ministers of Interior; unless very experienced in handling global operations of departmental affairs; have been seconded from the military as well due to the close historical operation cooperation with other constituents of the Military of Kuwait. For instance, Kuwait's fourth Chief of the General Staff of the Kuwait Armed Forces, Lt.Gen.(ret.) Sheikh Jaber Al-Khaled Al-Sabah held the post of Minister of Interior from October 28, 2007 to February 6, 2011.
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