Cảnh sát Quốc gia Việt Nam Cộng hòa | |
Agency overview | |
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Formed | 1955 |
Dissolved | 1975 |
Superseding agency | |
Jurisdiction | National |
Headquarters | Saigon |
Motto | Tổ quốc, Công minh, Liêm chính (Fatherland, Justice, Integrity) |
Employees | 130,000 agents (at height in 1973) |
Annual budget | 7,000,000 piastres |
Agency executive |
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The Republic of Vietnam National Police – RVNP (Vietnamese: Cảnh sát Quốc gia Việt Nam Cộng hòa; Chữ Hán: 警察國家越南共和), Police Nationale de la République du Vietnam or Police Nationale for short (Vietnamese: Cảnh sát Quốc gia – CSQG; Chữ Hán: 警察國家) in French,[1] was the official South Vietnamese national police force from 1962 to 1975, operating closely with the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) during the Vietnam War.