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Law Enforcement In The Maldives
There are a handful of law enforcement establishments in the Maldives. Police Maldives Police Service The organization is headed by Ministry of Home Affairs, commissioner of Police and Deputy commissioner. Service branches include; * Commissioner’s Bureau * Professional Standards Command * Specialist Crime Command * Central Operations Command * Divisional Operations Command * Directorate of Intelligence * Forensic Service Directorate * Service Development Directorate * Service Support Directorate * Information & Communication Directorate * Institute for Security & Law Enforcement Studies Armed Forces Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) The organization is headed by Ministry of Defense and Chief of Defence Force Major General Abdulla Shamaal. Service branches include; * Coast Guard * Marine Corps * Special Forces * Service Corps * Defence Intelligence Service * Military Police * Corps of Engineers * Special Protection Group * Medical Corps * Adjutant General's Corps * Coast ...
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Maldives
Maldives (, ; dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ, translit=Dhivehi Raajje, ), officially the Republic of Maldives ( dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ, translit=Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa, label=none, ), is an archipelagic state located in South Asia, situated in the Indian Ocean. It lies southwest of Sri Lanka and India, about from the Asian continent's mainland. The chain of atolls of the Maldives, 26 atolls stretches across the equator from Atolls of the Maldives#Ihavandhippolhu, Ihavandhippolhu Atoll in the north to Addu Atoll in the south. Comprising a territory spanning roughly including the sea, land area of all the islands comprises , Maldives is one of the world's most geographically dispersed sovereign states and the List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Asia, smallest Asian country as well as one of the smallest Muslim countries, Muslim-majority countries by land area and, with around 557,751 inhabitants, the 2nd List of Asian ...
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Maldives Police Service
The Maldives Police Service is the civilian national police force of the Republic of Maldives. It is responsible for enforcing criminal and traffic law, enhancing public safety, maintaining order and keeping the peace throughout Maldives. The organization comes under the control of the Ministry of Home Affairs. History A Police force was established by Law on 29 March 1933, during the kingdom of A-Sultan Muhammad Shamsuddeen III. The service consisted initially of 120 officers, organised into duty shifts. Officers were issued with uniforms of Maldivian Traditional Dress of Mundu and Libaas plus black cap, belt and straps on duty. They were equipped with batons and issued whistles for communication. Their duty was to patrol the market area and the island. In other words, establishing peace amongst the citizens and protecting the people and their belongings. The law that established police on 29 March 1933 by Sultan Mohamed Shamsudhdheen, has never been cancelled by any of the ...
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Ministry Of Home Affairs (Maldives)
The Ministry of Home Affairs is part of the Maldivian Executive branch responsible for maintaining law and order in the Maldives at the national level. It was introduced in 1965 after the Maldivian independence under president Ibrahim Nasir, the second president of Maldives. Agencies Maldives police service Maldives Police Service was first introduced to Maldives under a law established on 29 March 1993 under president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom. The military was incharge to keep law and order before the establishment of the police department. The first police was introduced almost 70 years ago by Muhammad Shamsuddeen III Maldives correctional service Maldives correctional service was founded on 31 December 2013 signed into law by president Abdulla Yameen. It is supposed to maintain the jail facilities and make the prisons a safer place for all inmates. It has been part of controversies that they don't give equal treatment for all inmates, though they have denied these claims. Mini ...
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Maldives National Defence Force
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Ministry Of Defense (Maldives)
The Ministry of Defence is the Maldivian government agency responsible for protecting the independence and the integrity of the Maldivian citizenry. The Maldivian Constitution says: The primary object of the Military Service is to defend and protect the Republic, its territorial integrity, its Exclusive Economic Zone and the people. ސިފައިންގެ ޚިދުމަތުގެ މައިގަނޑު މަޤްޞަދަކީ ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާއާއި، ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ސަރަޙައްދާއި، ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޚާއްޞަ އިޤްތިޞާދީ ސަރަޙައްދާއި، ރައްޔިތުން ރައްކާތެރިކޮށް ޙިމާޔަތް ކުރުމެވެ. Founding In 1932, Muhammad Fareed Didi established the Maldives - Ministry of Defence during his first imperial rule. The origin of the current security force can be traced from the initiatives of Sultan Ibrahim Nooraddeen Iskandhar who reigned from 1888 to 1892. The Sultan was ...
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Law Enforcement In The Maldives
There are a handful of law enforcement establishments in the Maldives. Police Maldives Police Service The organization is headed by Ministry of Home Affairs, commissioner of Police and Deputy commissioner. Service branches include; * Commissioner’s Bureau * Professional Standards Command * Specialist Crime Command * Central Operations Command * Divisional Operations Command * Directorate of Intelligence * Forensic Service Directorate * Service Development Directorate * Service Support Directorate * Information & Communication Directorate * Institute for Security & Law Enforcement Studies Armed Forces Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) The organization is headed by Ministry of Defense and Chief of Defence Force Major General Abdulla Shamaal. Service branches include; * Coast Guard * Marine Corps * Special Forces * Service Corps * Defence Intelligence Service * Military Police * Corps of Engineers * Special Protection Group * Medical Corps * Adjutant General's Corps * Coast ...
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