South Sudan Police Service
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National Police Service | |
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Common name | South Sudan Police Service |
Abbreviation | SSPS |
Agency overview | |
Formed | 2009 |
Employees | 50,000 |
Annual budget | $100m |
Jurisdictional structure | |
Operations jurisdiction | SSD |
Map of South Sudan showing Police jurisdiction | |
Size | 644,329 square kilometres (248,777 sq mi) |
Population | 10,561,244[1] |
Legal jurisdiction | South Sudan |
Governing body | Interior |
Constituting instrument |
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General nature | |
Operational structure | |
Headquarters | Police Headquarters,Buluk, Juba. |
Police Officers | 40,000 |
Elected officer responsible |
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Agency executive |
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Parent agency | Ministry of Interior |
Departments | List
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Regions | List
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National Police Service(NPS) is the armednational police forceinSouth Sudan.
Human rights[edit]
Amnesty Internationalaccused it of torture in its 2012 Annual Report.[3]
References[edit]
- ^"Est South Sudan Population July 2020".Central Intelligence Agency: The World Factbook.Retrieved13 July2020.[dead link]
- ^South Sudan State TV
- ^"Annual Report 2012 – South Sudan".Amnesty International.Archived fromthe originalon 6 June 2012.Retrieved19 July2012.