Shanghai Municipal Police

Shanghai Municipal Police
Flag of the Shanghai Municipal Council
Abbreviation	SMP
Motto	Latin: Omnia Juncta In Uno All joined as one
Agency overview
Formed	September 1854
Dissolved	31 July 1943
Employees	4,739 (1936) 3,466 (Chinese branch) 457 (foreign branch) 558 (Sikh branch)[1] 258 (Japanese branch)
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Shanghai International Settlement
Map of police area (red)
Size	22.598 km2 (8.725 sq mi)
Population	1,074,794m (1934)
Legal jurisdiction	Shanghai International Settlement
Governing body	Shanghai Municipal Council
General nature	Civilian police
Operational structure
Headquarters	Central Police Station, Foochow Road, Shanghai
Child agencies	Reserve Unit (1925) Special Branch (1898) Shanghai Municipal Gaol Russian Auxiliary Detachment (1941)
Facilities
Stations	14

The Shanghai Municipal Police (SMP; Chinese: 上海公共租界工部局警務處) was the police force of the Shanghai Municipal Council which governed the Shanghai International Settlement between 1854 and 1943, when the settlement was retroceded to Chinese control.

Initially composed of Europeans, most of them Britons, the force included Chinese after 1864, and was expanded over the next 90 years to include a Sikh Branch (established 1884), a Japanese contingent (from 1916) and a volunteer part-time special police (from 1918). In 1941, it acquired a Russian Auxiliary Detachment (formerly the Russian Regiment of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps).