Somali Police Force

Ciidanka Booliska Soomaaliya
Somali Police Force
قوة الشرطة الصومالية
Logo of the Somali Police Force
Logo of the Somali Police Force
Flag of the Somali Police Force
Flag of the Somali Police Force
AbbreviationSPF
MottoKahortag iyo U adeegid
(English: Protect and Serve)
Agency overview
Formed1960; 64 years ago (1960)
Preceding agency
  • Police Corps of Somalia (1910–1960)
Jurisdictional structure
National agencySomalia
Operations jurisdictionSomalia
Governing bodyGovernment of Somalia
General nature
Operational structure
HeadquartersMogadishu, Somalia
Elected officer responsible
Agency executive
Divisions
11
Website
police.gov.so

The Somali Police Force (SPF; Somali: Ciidanka Booliska Soomaaliya (CBS); Arabic: قوة الشرطة الصومالية, romanizedQūwat 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]

  1. ^ "Somali Police Force". pol.gov.so. Retrieved 6 May 2017.