Myanmar Police Force

Myanmar Police Force
မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ ရဲတပ်ဖွဲ့
Myanmar Police Force; မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ ရဲတပ်ဖွဲ့
	Coat of arms
	Emblem
	Flag
Agency overview
Formed	1964
Preceding agency	Indian Imperial Police;
Employees	93,000 (2012)
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Myanmar
Legal jurisdiction	Myanmar
General nature	Civilian police;
Operational structure
Headquarters	Naypyidaw
Elected officer responsible	Moe Aung, Minister of Home Affairs;
Agency executive	Lieutenant general Ni Lin Aung, Chief of Police;
Parent agency	Ministry of Home Affairs
Child agencies	State and Division Police; Special Forces; Training Department; Reserve Units; Combat Police Battalions; Anti-Narcotics Task Force;
Website
	Official website

The Myanmar Police Force (Burmese: မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ ရဲတပ်ဖွဲ့), formerly the People's Police Force (ပြည်သူ့ရဲတပ်ဖွဲ့), is the law enforcement agency of Myanmar. It was established in 1964 as an independent department under the Ministry of Home Affairs.

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