20 Countries With the Best Police in The world
Out of the 127 nations ranked by the World Internal Security and Police index (WISP) The Nigeria Police was placed at the bottom of the List.
According to WISP, the aim was to measure security provider performance across the four domains of internal security: capacity, process, legitimacy and outcomes.
Secondly, to see how these domains relate to each other and finally to track trends in these domains over time, and to inform the work of security providing agencies, researchers, and practitioners in the field of peace and conflict studies, criminology, and police studies.
1. Singapore (0.8978)
The
Singapore Police Force is the Republic's main police agency tasked with
maintaining law and order in the island city-state. Formerly known as
the Republic of Singapore Police, it has grown from an 11-man
organisation to a 38,587 strong force.
Commissioner of Police responsible: Hoong Wee Teck
Motto: "Setia dan Bakti" (Malay); "Loyalty and Service"
Parent agency: Ministry of Home Affairs
Founded: 1819
Boats: 61
Stations: 97
2. Finland (0.8637)
The Police of Finland is a government agency responsible for general police and law enforcement matters in Finland.
Headquarters: Helsinki, Finland
Parent agency: Ministry of Interior
General nature: Law enforcement; Civilian agency
3. Denmark (0.8594)
The police of Denmark is the interior part of the Danish legitimate force providers. The police are empowered to enforce the law and to effect public and social order, as well as being responsible for border control.
Founded: 1919
Headquarters: Copenhagen, Denmark
4. Austria (0.8499)
The
Federal Police is the law enforcement agency of Austria. The Austrian
Federal Police were formed in July 2005 as one formal unit of police.
Founded: 2005
General nature: Federal law enforcement; Local civilian police
Province police commands: 9: Burgenland; Carinthia; Lower Austria; Upper Austria; Salzburg; Styria; Vorarlberg; Vienna
Stations: More than 1000
Legal jurisdiction: As per operations jurisdiction
5. Germany (0.8475)
The Federal Police is a uniformed federal police force in Germany. It is subordinate to the Federal Ministry of the Interior.
Founded: 1 July 2005, Germany
Number of employees: 40,000
Headquarters: Potsdam, Germany
Plane: 132
Predecessor: Bundesgrenzschutz (BGS, Federal Border Guard)
Parent organization: Federal Ministry of the Interior (Germany)
6. Australia (0.8413)
The Australian Federal Police is the principal federal law enforcement agency of the Australian Government with a unique role to investigate crime and to protect the national security of the Commonwealth of Australia.
Headquarters: Edmund Barton Building, Canberra
Founded: 19 October 1979
Number of employees: 6,598 (30 June 2008)
Minister responsible: Hon. Michael Keenan MP, Minister for Justice
Agency executive: Andrew Colvin, Commissioner
Legal personality: Governmental: Government agency
Law enforcement in the Netherlands is provided by the National Police Corps, divided in ten regional units and a central unit, and the Royal Marechaussee, a gendarmerie.
Headquarters: The Hague, Netherlands
CEO: Gerard Bouman (3 Jan 2013–)
The
Norwegian Police Service is the Norwegian civilian police agency. It
consists of a central National Police Directorate, seven specialty
agencies and twelve police districts.
Number of employees: 13,000
Lockup: 301
Parent agency: Ministry of Justice and Public Security
Stations: 66
Helicopters: 2 Eurocopter EC135
9. Sweden (0.8300)
The Swedish Police Authority is the central administrative authority for the police in Sweden, responsible for law enforcement, general social order and public safety within the country.
Minister responsible: Morgan Johansson, Minister for Home Affairs
Agency executive: Dan Eliasson, National Police Commissioner
Founded: 1 January 2015
General nature: Law enforcement; Local civilian police
Annual budget: 21 billion SEK (2015)
Headquarters: Kungsholmen, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden
10.Switzerland (0.8250)
Law enforcement in Switzerland is mainly a responsibility of the 26 cantons of Switzerland, who each operate cantonal police agencies. Some cities also operate municipal police agencies as provided for by cantonal law.
The federal government provides specialised services and is responsible for the protection of the Swiss border. Throughout Switzerland, the police may be reached by the emergency telephone number 1-1-7
11. Iceland (0.8227)
The Police is responsible for law enforcement throughout the country, except in Icelandic territorial waters which fall under the jurisdiction of the Icelandic Coast Guard.
Number of employees: 805
Motto: Með lögum skal land byggja
Founded: 1778
Elected officer responsible: Ólöf Nordal, Minister of the Interior
Police cars and motorcycles: c. 300+ (2012)
The
New Zealand Police is the national police force of New Zealand,
responsible for enforcing criminal law, enhancing public safety,
maintaining order and keeping the peace throughout New Zealand.
Minister responsible: Hon. Stuart Nash, Minister of Police
Motto: Safer Communities Together
Agency executive: Michael Bush, Commissioner of Police
Headquarters: Wellington, New Zealand
13. Ireland (0.8103)
An
Garda SÃochána, more commonly referred to as the Gardaà or "the
Guards", is the police force of the Republic of Ireland. The service is
headed by the Garda Commissioner who is appointed by the Irish
Government.
Elected officer responsible: Charles Flanagan (TD), Minister for Justice and Equality
National agency: Republic of Ireland
Headquarters: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
14. Slovenia (0.8124)
Law enforcement in Slovenia is governed by the Slovenian Ministry of Internal Affairs and is the responsibility of the Slovenian National Police force, which is composed of the 8 police directorates in .
Annual budget: 257 million EUR
Number of employees: 8,517 (2016)
Headquarters: Ljubljana, Slovenia
Stations: 111
15. Japan (0.8075)
The
National Police Agency is an agency administered by the National Public
Safety Commission of the Cabinet Office of the Cabinet of Japan, and is
the central coordinating agency of the Japanese police system.
Founded: 1 July 1954
Number of employees: 7,721 (2013)
Headquarters: Chiyoda, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Parent agency: National Public Safety Commission
16. Estonia (0.8046)
The Estonian Police (Estonian: Eesti Politsei) are the law enforcement agency of Estonia since 2010 it is Estonian Police and Border Guard Board (Estonian: Eesti Politsei- ja Piirivalveamet).
17. Canada (0.8013)
The
Royal Canadian Mounted Police is both a federal and a national police
force of Canada. The RCMP provides law enforcement at a federal level in
Canada, and also on a contract basis to the three
Garrison/HQ: RHQ—Ottawa
Nickname(s): The Mounties
Motto: Maintiens le droit
Founded: 1920
Abbreviation: RCMP/GRC
Commissioner-in-Chief: HM The Queen
18. Belgium (0.7934)
The Federal Police carries out specialized and supra-local administrative and judicial police operations, and supports both local and federal police services and units. The Federal Police has approximately 12,300 officers and civilian personnel.
Number of employees: 12,262 (9,065 operatives and 3,197 civilian personnel)
Founded: 2001
General nature: Federal law enforcement; Civilian police
Agency executive: Catherine De Bolle, General Commissioner
Legal personality: Governmental: Government agency
The
National Police Corps is the national civilian police force of Spain.
The CNP is mainly responsible for policing urban areas, whilst
countryside policing is generally the responsibility of the Civil Guard,
the Spanish gendarmerie.
Founded: 13 March 1986, Spain
Motto: Ley y Orden
Headquarters: Madrid, Spain
Sworn members: 87,872
20. United Kingdom (0.7812)
Law enforcement in the United Kingdom is organised separately in each of the legal systems of the United Kingdom: England and Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland. Most law enforcement is carried out by police officers serving in regional police services within one of those jurisdictions.
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