Police Origins Worldwide
Author | George Kurian |
Pages | 1157-1159 |
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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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