Royal Bhutan Police

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Royal Bhutan Police
རྒྱལ་གཞུང་འབྲུག་གི་འགག་སྡེ
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MottoTruth, Service & Security
Agency overview
Formed1951 C.E. (2007 B.S.)
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionNp
Legal jurisdiction Bhutan
Primary governing bodyRoyal Government of Bhutan
Secondary governing bodyMinistry of Home and Cultural Affairs (Bhutan)
Constituting instrument
  • Royal Bhutan Police Act, 2009
General nature
Operational structure
HeadquartersThimpu, Bhutan
Agency executive
  • Major General Chimi Dorji, Chief of Police
Website
www.rbp.gov.bt
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The Royal Bhutan Police (Dzongkha: རྒྱལ་གཞུང་འབྲུག་གི་འགག་སྡེ་; gyal-zhung druk-ki gaag-de) is the national police force of the Kingdom of Bhutan. It is responsible for maintaining law and order and prevention of crime in Bhutan.[1] It was formed on 1 September 1965 with 555 personnel reassigned from the Royal Bhutan Army.[2] It was then called the "Bhutan Frontier Guards." Its independent statutory basis was first codified with the Royal Bhutan Police Act of 1980. This framework was repealed and replaced in its entirety by the Royal Bhutan Police Act of 2009.[3]

  1. ^ "Article 27" (PDF). The Constitution of the Kingdom of Bhutan. Government of Bhutan. 18 July 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
  2. ^ "History of Royal Bhutan Police". Royal Bhutan Police. Archived from the original on 20 March 2013.
  3. ^ "Royal Bhutan Police Act 2009" (PDF). Government of Bhutan. 2009. Retrieved 7 January 2011.[permanent dead link]