Public Security Police Force

Public Security Police Force
Corpo de Polícia de Segurança Pública
治安警察局
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Agency overview
Formed14 March, 1691
Employees6,355[1]
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionMacau
Governing bodyUnitary Police Services Macau Security Force
General nature
Operational structure
HeadquartersEdifício Conforseg
Praceta de 1 de Outubro
Macau, China
Elected officer responsible
Agency executive
  • Ng Kam Wa, Superintendent General
Website
fsm.gov.mo/psp/eng
Public Security Police Force
Chinese name
Chinese治安警察局
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhì'ān Jǐngchájú
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingzi6 on1 ging2 caat3 guk6
Portuguese name
PortugueseCorpo de Polícia de Segurança Pública de Macau
The No.2 of Police Commissioner office

The Public Security Police Force[2] (Chinese: 治安警察局;[3] Portuguese: Corpo de Polícia de Segurança Pública de Macau,[3] abbreviated CPSP) is the non-criminal police department of Macau and a branch of the Macau Security Force.[4] Originally known at first as the Macau Police (Portuguese: Polícia de Macau), the force went through several name changes before taking on its current name. The PSP celebrates its foundation on 14 March 1691.[5]

Due to the one country, two systems perspective, it is organisationally separate from the mainland authorities. CPSPM is organisationally independent from the jurisdiction of the mainland's Public Security Ministry.

The force is currently headed by Ng Kam Wa since December 20, 2019.[6][7]

  1. ^ Government Information Bureau (2020). "Public Order" (PDF). Macao Yearbook 2020 (PDF). Macau, China: Government Information Bureau. p. 278.
  2. ^ "Public Security Police Force". 24 November 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Secretaria para e Segurança" (PDF). ssm.gov.mo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Formalidades" [Formalities]. Forças de Segurança de Macau (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
  5. ^ "História" [History] (in Portuguese). Corpo de Polícia de Segurança Pública. Archived from the original on 2 July 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
  6. ^ "Despacho do Secretário para a Segurança n.º 185/2019" [Secretary for Security Order No. 185/2019] (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 January 2021 – via Imprensa Oficial.
  7. ^ Government Information Bureau (26 December 2019). "The Secretary for Security, Mr Wong Sio Chak, Oversees the Swear-in Ceremony of the Commissioner of the Public Security Police Force, Mr Ng Kam Wa". news.gov.mo. Retrieved 1 January 2021.