Public Security Directorate مديرية الأمن العام | |
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Abbreviation | PSD |
Agency overview | |
Formed | January 1, 1956 |
Preceding agency | |
Employees | 50,000 (2016 est.) |
Annual budget | $1 billion (2016 est.) |
Jurisdictional structure | |
National agency | Jordan |
Operations jurisdiction | Jordan |
Governing body | Government of Jordan |
General nature | |
Operational structure | |
Headquarters | Amman, Jordan |
Location of PSD headquarters | |
Minister responsible | |
Agency executive |
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Parent agency | Ministry of Interior |
Website | |
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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.