Law enforcement in the Central African Republic is primarily vested in the country's National Police (also known as the Sûreté Nationale), a uniformed civilian branch oriented almost solely towards law enforcement in urban districts, and the paramilitary Central African Gendarmerie.[1] A third department, the Police judiciaire, is the criminal investigation division of the National Police but has become increasingly independent and is widely considered a separate branch in its own right.[1]
The size of the National Police has generally remained consistent at between 1,000 and 2,000 personnel for several decades since the collapse of the Central African Empire.[2] In 2009 there were 1,350 police officers in the country.[3]
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- ^ Becker, Harold; Becker, Donna Lee (1997). Handbook of the World's Police. London: Scarecrow Press. pp. 322–342. ISBN 978-0810818637.
- ^ Yoshida, Yuki (2014). "Understanding the 2013 Coup d'état in the Central African Republic". Ciudad Colón, San Jose, Costa Rica: University for Peace. Archived from the original on 24 July 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
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