Public Security Directorate
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Public Security Directorate مديرية الأمن العام |
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| Abbreviation | PSD |
Official logo of the PSD
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| Agency overview | |
| Formed | January 1, 1956 |
| Preceding agencies | |
| Employees | 50,000 (2016 est.) |
| Annual budget | $1 billion (2016 est.) |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| National agency | jo |
| Governing body | Government of Jordan |
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| Headquarters | Amman, Jordan Coordinates: 31°54′05″N 35°52′35″E / 31.901309°N 35.876274°E |
 
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| Minister responsible | Ghaleb Zu'bi |
| Agency executive | Ahmad Al-Faqih, Director General |
| Parent agency | Ministry of Interior |
| Website | |
| http://www.psd.gov.jo | |
Jordan Public Security Directorate, or PSD (Arabic: مديرية الأمن العام) is a public security agency of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, which lies under the jurisdiction of the country's Ministry of Interior.
Jordan's law enforcement is under the purview of the Public Security Directorate (which includes approximately 40,000 persons). The Jordanian national police is subordinate to the Public Security Directorate of the Ministry of Interior. The first police force in the Jordanian state, was organized after the fall of the Ottoman Empire on 11 April 1921.Ali Khulqi Pasha Alsharairi was appointed as the first commander of the security force and as a National Security Counsellor (minister) in the first Transjordan government. The first security force was composed of the Gendarmerie Battalion, and the Gendarmerie regiment, the reservist regiment, the regulars, and the desert patrol force. Until 1956 police duties were carried out totally by the Arab Legion and the Transjordan Frontier Force. After the 1956 Arabization of the Jordanian Army command, the Public Security Directorate was established.
Jordan's law enforcement ranked 24th in the world and 4th in the Middle East, in terms of police services' reliability, in the Global Competitiveness Report. Jordan also ranked 13th in the world and 3rd in the Middle East in terms of prevention of organized crime.
The number of female police officers is on the rise in Jordan. In 1972, it was the first Arab state to introduce females to its police force. The number of police women grew from 6 in 1972 to over 3,500 in 2012.
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