The Namibian Police Force (NAMPOL) is the national police force of
Namibia
Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...
. It was established by the
Namibian Constitution
The Constitution of Namibia is the supreme law of the Republic of Namibia. Adopted on 9 February 1990, a month prior to Namibia's independence from apartheid South Africa, it was written by an elected constituent assembly.
Preamble
"Whereas ...
and enacted by an act of
Parliament
In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: representing the electorate, making laws, and overseeing the government via hearings and inquiries. Th ...
. The Namibian Police Force replaced the
South West African Police
The South West African Police (SWAPOL) was the national police force of South West Africa (now Namibia), responsible for law enforcement and public safety in South West Africa when the territory was administered by South Africa. It was organised ...
as the national police force of the country in 1990.
Sebastian Ndeitunga was its inspector general since 2005 to 2022. Joseph Shikongo is the current IGP.
NAMPOL's functions are overseen by the
Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security.
Organization
The force is headed by an inspector general who holds the rank of lieutenant general. The inspector general is deputised by two deputy inspector generals who both hold the rank of major general. The two deputy inspector general are responsible for administration and operations.
Divisions/directorates
*Communications
*Finance
*Gender & Welfare
*Human Resources
*Internal Investigation
*Procurement & Logistics
*Training & Development
*FPPD Directorate
*Traffic Law Enforcement
*Airwing Directorate
*
Special Reserve Force
The Special Reserve Force is a division with in the Namibian Police Force. Primarily its role is a police tactical unit based on the Special Task Force of the South African Police Service. The unit was a reserve unit within Special Field Force t ...
*Operations Directorate
*VIPP Directorate
*
Special Field Force The Special Field Force (SFF) is a Namibian Namibian Police Force, Police Force paramilitary police unit created in 1995 by the late commissioner Danger Ashipala, Ruben "Danger" Ashipala as an auxiliary aggressive unit to complement the Special Rese ...
*Special Branch
*Explosive
*Public Relations
**NAMPOL Band
*Crime Investigation Directorate
*National Forensic Science
*Agronomic & Animal Husbandry
*Special Operations
*Principal Staff
Regional commands
All police operations in Namibia's 14 regions are headed by a regional commander with the rank of commissioner. The Khomas region hosting the seat of government and capital city is an exception as the regional commander is a major general.
Ranks
Air Wing Directorate
The Namibian Police Force operate a fleet of 3 helicopters.
Helicopters
* 1
Eurocopter EC145
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Helicopter
* 2
Eurocopter AS350
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Helicopter
Water Wing
The Police's water wing is small and consists of a number of swampboats stationed in Zambezi region and a patrol boat in Walvis Bay.
* Dr
Hifikepunye Pohamba Patrol Boat
References
External links
Namibian Police Force Homepage
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Law enforcement in Namibia
1990 establishments in Namibia