Police Origins Worldwide

AuthorGeorge Kurian
Pages1157-1159

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Afghanistan

1880s

Algeria

1962

Andorra

Andorran Police, 1931

Angola

People's Police Corps of Angola, 1978

Anguilla

Anguillan Police, 1972

Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda Police, 1886

Argentina

Federal Police, 1880

Australia

1788

Austria

City Guard, 1569

Bahamas

Royal Bahamas Police Force, 1840

Bahrain

Bahrain Police, 1926

Bangladesh

Provincial Police, 1861

Barbados

Barbados Police Force, 1835

Bermuda

1879

Bolivia

1886

Botswana

Bechuanaland Mounted Police, 1884

Brunei

Straits Settlement Police, 1905

Burundi

Judicial Police, 1967

Cambodia

1970

Cameroon

Cameroon National gendarmerie, 1960

Canada

Quebec, 1651

Chad

Surete, 1961

Chile

Queen's Dragoons, 1758

China

Public Security, 1949

Colombia

1858

Congo

National Gendarmerie, 1961

Cyprus

1960

Denmark

Copenhagen, 1590

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Dominican Police

National Police, 1936

Ecuador

Municipal Police, 1830

El Salvador

National Guard, 1912

Ethiopia

1935

Finland

Servants of the Town, 1700s

France

Commissaire-Enqueteurs, 615; Marechausee, 1544

Gambia

River Police, 1855

Germany

1732

Ghana

Gold Coast Militia and Police, 1844

Gibraltar

Gibraltar Police, 1830

Greece

Gendarmerie (Khorofylaki), 1833

Grenada

Grenada Militia, 1783

Guyana

Guyana Police Force, 1891

Honduras

Special Security Corps, 1963

Hong Kong

Royal Hong Kong Police Force, 1841

India

Sind Constabulary, 1843

Indonesia

Dutch Algemeene Politie, pre-1947

Iran

Gendarmerie, 1911

Iraq

Iraq Police Force, 1919

Ireland

Provincial Police, 1822

Israel

Palestine Police Force, 1922

Italy

Carabinieri, 1814

Ivory Coast

Gendarmerie, 1854

Jamaica

Jamaica Constabulary, 1867

Japan

1871

Jordan

1956

Kenya

1886

Korea, South

Paramilitary Constabulary, 1945

Laos

1945

Lesotho

Lesotho Mounted Police, 1872

Liberia

National Police, 1924

Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein Corps, 1933

Luxembourg

Marechausee, seventeenth century

Malawi

Malawi Police Force, 1921

Malaysia

Colonial Police, 1806

Malta

Malta Police, 1814

Mauritius

Mauritius Police, 1859

Monaco

1867

Mozambique

Public Security Force, 1975

Nepal

Raksha Dal, c. 1952

Netherlands

1795

New Zealand

Armed Constabulary, 1846

Nigeria

Lagos Police Force, c. 1890s

Norway

Local Police, twelfth century; first chief constable, 1686

Oman

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