Law enforcement in Benin on:
[Wikipedia]
[Google]
[Amazon]
As in many other countries with a
As in many other countries with a French colonial
French colonial architecture includes several styles of architecture used by the French during colonization. Many former French colonies, especially those in Southeast Asia, have previously been reluctant to promote their colonial architectur ...
heritage, law enforcement
Law enforcement is the activity of some members of government who act in an organized manner to enforce the law by discovering, deterring, rehabilitating, or punishing people who violate the rules
Rule or ruling may refer to:
Education ...
in Benin
Benin ( , ; french: Bénin , ff, Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (french: République du Bénin), and formerly Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the nort ...
was a responsibility primarily shared by a gendarmerie and a police
The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state, with the aim to enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Their lawful powers include arrest and th ...
force. Since January 2018, the Republican Police of Benin () is the unique law enforcement force.
Former forces
The National Police (french: Police Nationale) was under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of the Interior, Public Security and Religious Affairs (MISPC, french: Ministère de l’Intérieur, de la Sécurité publique et des Cultes). The country was divided into six directions départementales. Police training was conducted at the national police school in Cotonou. The had both military and police roles. Due to its military status, the gendarmerie answered to the Ministry of Defence. It was headquartered inPorto-Novo
Porto-Novo (Portuguese: "New Port", , ; yo, Àjàṣẹ́, ), also known as Hogbonu and Ajashe, is the capital of Benin. The commune covers an area of and as of 2002 had a population of 223,552 people.
Situated on an inlet of the Gulf of G ...
. As a police force, it has administrative and judiciary police powers. It operated both in territorial units, responsible for defined areas, and mobile units. Overall, it had jurisdiction in nearly 90% of the country's territory.
Other forces
In addition to the police, law enforcement is provided by several forces, including customs (''les Douanes''),game warden
A conservation officer is a law enforcement officer who protects wildlife and the environment. A conservation officer may also be referred to as an environmental technician or technologist, game warden, forest ranger, forest watcher, forest g ...
s (''les Eaux et forêts'') and the ''Unité mixte de contrôle des conteneurs'' (UMCC).
Joint container inspection unit
The Unité mixte de contrôle des conteneurs'' includes staff from the ''Police'', ''Douanes'', and ''Eaux et forêts''. Stationed in the harbour of Cotonou, it inspectscontainers
A container is any receptacle or enclosure for holding a product used in storage, packaging, and transportation, including shipping.
Things kept inside of a container are protected on several sides by being inside of its structure. The term ...
in order to prevent the shipping of prohibited items such as drugs, weapons and counterfeit goods.
References
Sources
# World Police Encyclopedia, ed. by Dilip K. Das & Michael Palmiotto published by Taylor & Francis. 2004, # World Encyclopedia of Police Forces and Correctional Systems,second edition, Gale., 2006 # Sullivan, Larry E. Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, 2005. {{Africa-law-stub