Somali Police Force

Ciidanka Booliska Soomaaliya Somali Police Force قوة الشرطة الصومالية
Logo of the Somali Police Force
Flag of the Somali Police Force
Abbreviation	SPF
Motto	Kahortag iyo U adeegid (English: Protect and Serve)
Agency overview
Formed	1960; 64 years ago (1960)
Preceding agency	Police Corps of Somalia (1910–1960)
Jurisdictional structure
National agency	Somalia
Operations jurisdiction	Somalia
Governing body	Government of Somalia
General nature	Local civilian police
Operational structure
Headquarters	Mogadishu, Somalia
Elected officer responsible	General Asad Osman Abdullahi, Ministry of Internal Security (Somalia)
Agency executive	Maj General Asad Osman Abdullahi, Police Commissioner
Divisions	11 Criminal Investigation Division Tributary Division Traffic Division Communications Unit Training Unit Women's Unit Transport Department Health Service Somali Custodial Corps Fire Brigade Riot Unit Rapid Response Team
Website
police.gov.so

The Somali Police Force (SPF; Somali: Ciidanka Booliska Soomaaliya (CBS); Arabic: قوة الشرطة الصومالية, romanized: Qūwat al-Shurṭah al-Ṣūmālīyah) is the national police force and the main civil law enforcement agency of Somalia. As with most other police forces in the world, its duties include crime fighting, traffic control, maintaining public safety, counter-terrorism. It is under the jurisdiction of the Minister of Internal Security.

It served from 1960 to 1991 as one of the principal organs of the Somali Armed Forces and upon reorganisation distanced itself away from the Armed Forces. While organised at a national level, each arm reports to a county police authority, which in turn divides its force by local Police Divisions, headquartered at local police stations; the police force was later reconstituted at the start of the 21st century.

In an emergency, the police can be reached by dialing 888 from any telephone in Somalia.^[1]