Law enforcement in Cape Verde

Law enforcement in Cape Verde is carried out by the Judicial Police or National Police.

A police motorcycle of the National Police

The captain of the Armed Forces, Abailardo Barbosa Amado, was the first Executive Director of the PJ. The period that followed the creation of legal PJ was tapped to be selected by public tender, the tables, after specific training in criminal investigation techniques and lofoscópicas the country and in Portugal, conducted by the Institute of Judicial and Police Science criminal, would be included in the categories of technical professionals Lofoscopia, Agent, Inspector and Inspectors of the PJ framework.