National Police of East Timor

National Police of East Timor
Polísia Nasionál Timór Lorosa'e
Polícia Nacional de Timor-Leste
Badge of the National Police of East Timor
Badge of the National Police of East Timor
AbbreviationPNTL
MottoServir e Proteger
Serve and Protect
Agency overview
Formed10 August, 2001 (as East Timor Police Services)
Preceding agencies
Legal personalityPolice service
Jurisdictional structure
National agencyEast Timor
Operations jurisdictionEast Timor
Size5,773 sq mi (14,950 km2)
Population1,261,407
Governing bodyMinistry of the Interior
Constituting instrument
  • UNTAET No.: 22/2001[1]
General nature
Operational structure
HeadquartersQuartel Geral da PNTL. Rua, Jacinto de Cândido, Dili, East Timor
Police officers4,165 (2018)[2]
Elected officer responsible
Agency executive
Units
12
  • •General Command
  • •Police Training Center
  • •Ministry of the Interior
  • •Police Information Service
  • •Criminal Investigation Service
  • •Migration service
  • •Border Patrol Unit
  • •Special Police Unit
  • •Maritime Police Unit
Website
www.pntl.tl

The National Police of East Timor (Tetum: Polísia Nasionál Timór Lorosa'e, Portuguese: Polícia Nacional de Timor-Leste) or PNTL is the national police force of East Timor.

  1. ^ United Nations Transitional Administration Administration in East Timor. "Regulation No. 2001/22: On the Establishment of the East Timor Police Service" (PDF) – via peacekeeping.un.org.
  2. ^ Direção Geral de Estatística. Timor-Leste em Números, 2018 / Timor-Leste in Figures, 2018 (PDF) (in Portuguese and English).