General Directorate of Public Security
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| General Directorate of Public Security مديرية الأمن العام | |
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| Formed | 1927 |
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| Operations jurisdiction | Saudi Arabia |
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| Parent agency | Ministry of Interior |
General Directorate of Public Security (Arabic: مديرية الأمن العام), formerly General Directorate of Police (Arabic: مديرية عامة للشرطة), are the civilian police force under the Ministry of Interior responsible for law enforcement in Saudi Arabia.[1]
Sections
[edit]- Special Tasks and Duties Task Force
- Traffic Police Department
- Police Department
- Weapons and Explosives Department
- Search and Investigations Department
- Forensics Department
- Anti-Human Trafficking and Community Security Department
Leadership
[edit]- Hassan Faqi Bey (1926-1926)
- Abdul Aziz bin Saleh Al-Baghdadi (1927-1928)
- Murad Al-Ikhtiyar (1928-1928)
- Mahdi bin Qadri bin Saleh Qalaji (1928-1946)
- Ali Jameel (1946-1952)
- Talat Wafa (1952-1956)
- Ghalib Tawfiq (1956-1958)
- Sulaiman bin Hamad Al Jared (1958-1960)
- Ahmed Mustafa Yaghmour (1960-1966)
- Mohamed Eltayeb Eltounsi (1966-1975)
- Fayez Mohammed Al-Aoufi (1975-1980)
- Abdullah bin Abdul Rahman Al Sheikh (1980-1991)
- Ahmed Mohammed Bilal (1991-1998)
- Asaad bin Abdul Karim Al-Furaih (1998-2003)
- Saeed bin Abdullah Al-Qahtani (2003-2014)
- Othman bin Nasser Al-Muhrej (2014-2017)
- Saud Abdulaziz Al Hilal (2017-2019)
- Khaled bin Qarar Al Harbi (2019-2022)
- Saeed bin Abdullah Al-Qahtani (2022-2022)
- Mohammed bin Abdullah Al-Bassami (2022-Present)
Special Forces
[edit]There are forces report to the General Directorate of Public Security.[2] These are as follows:
Ranks
[edit]- Officers
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| فريق أول Fariq 'awal |
فريق Fariq |
لواء Liwa |
عميد Amid |
عقيد Aqid |
مقدم Muqaddam |
رائد Ra'id |
نقيب Naqib |
ملازم أول Mulazim awwal |
ملازم Mulazim | |||||||||||||||
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| رئيس رقباء Rayiys ruqaba' |
رقيب أول Raqib 'awal |
رقيب Raqib |
وكيل رقيب Wakil raqib |
عريف Earif |
جندي أول Jundiun awwal |
جندي Jundiun | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Public Security". General Directorate of Public Security.
- ↑ "General Public Security Organisation". General Public Security. 2019.
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