Somali Police Force
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Somali Police Force Ciidanka Booliska Soomaaliya قوة الشرطة الصومالية |
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| Abbreviation | SPF |
Logo of the Somali Police Force
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| Motto | Kahortag iyo U adeegid (English: Protect and Serve) |
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| Formed | 1960 |
| Preceding agency | Police Corps of Somalia (1910–1960) |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
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| National agency | Somalia |
| Governing body | Government of Somalia |
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| Headquarters | Mogadishu, Somalia |
| Elected officer responsible | Mohamed Sheikh Hassan, Minister of Defense |
| Agency executive | Mohamed Sheikh Ismail, Chief of Police |
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The Somali Police Force (SPF) (Somali: Ciidanka Booliska Soomaaliya (CBS); Arabic: قوة الشرطة الصومالية) is the national police force and the main civil law enforcement agency of Somalia, as with most other police forces in the world, its duties include crime fighting, traffic control, maintaining public safety, and counter-terrorism. It is under the jurisdiction of the Minister of Public Security.
It served as one of the principal organs of the Somali Armed Forces. While organised at a national level, each arm reports to a County police authority, which in turn divides its force by local Police Divisions, headquartered at local police stations the police force was later reconstituted at the start of the 21st century.
In an emergency, the police can be reached by dialing 888 from any telephone in Somalia.
in 1884 the British formed an armed constabulary to police the northern coast. In 1910 the British created the Somaliland Coastal Police, and in 1912 they established the Somaliland Camel Constabulary to police the interior. In 1926 the colonial authorities formed the Somaliland Police Force. Commanded by British officers, the force included Somalis in its lower ranks. Armed rural constabulary (illalo) supported this force by bringing offenders to court, guarding prisoners, patrolling townships, and accompanying nomadic tribesmen over grazing areas.
In 1960, the British Somaliland Scouts joined with the (Police Corps of Somalia) (1910–1960) to form a new Somali Police Force, which consisted of about 3,700 men. The authorities also organized approximately 1,000 the force as the Daraawishta Booliska, a mobile group used to keep peace between warring clans in the interior. Until 1991, the government considered the SPF a part of the armed forces. In its inception in 1960, Mohamed Abshir Muse became the first commander of the police force.
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