Law enforcement in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...

falls under the jurisdiction of the Sri Lanka Police Service

Sri Lanka Police Service

The Sri Lanka Police Service is the civilian national police force of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. The police force has a manpower of approximately 85,000. It is responsible for enforcing criminal and traffic law, enhancing public safety, maintaining order and keeping the peace...

, a national police agency.

Moreover, the Sri Lanka Police includes several specialized agencies. The Criminal Investigation Department

Criminal Investigation Department

The Crime Investigation Department is the branch of all Territorial police forces within the British Police and many other Commonwealth police forces, to which plain clothes detectives belong. It is thus distinct from the Uniformed Branch and the Special Branch.The Metropolitan Police Service CID,...

 (CID) is a national unit tasked with investigations of serious crims. The Finnish Security Police "specializes in the prevention of security threats of the State. The Special Task Force

Special Task Force

The Special Task Force is an elite special forces unit of the Sri Lanka Police Service specializing in Counter-Terrorist and Counter-Insurgency operations. It was formed in 1983 not as a military force but rather as a highly specialised police unit...

 is reproducible for Counter-Terrorist and Counter-Insurgency

Insurgency

An insurgency is an armed rebellion against a constituted authority when those taking part in the rebellion are not recognized as belligerents...

 operations. Other include the Traffic Police, Police Narcotic Bureau and the Children & Women Bureau.

Limited law enforcement authority is also given to other departments of the government for specific reasons. The Sri Lanka Customs

Sri Lanka Customs

Sri Lanka Customs is a non-ministerial government department, which performs the duties of collecting customs duties and other taxes and levies in Sri Lanka. It comes under the purview of the Ministry of Finance. Head of the Sri Lanka Customs is the Director General of Customs, Mrs...

 have certain police powers within ports, airports and other customs

Customs

Customs is an authority or agency in a country responsible for collecting and safeguarding customs duties and for controlling the flow of goods including animals, transports, personal effects and hazardous items in and out of a country...

 related matters. The Commission to Investigate Allegation of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC), commonly referred to as the Bribery Commission has powers to arrest persons suspected of bribery or corruption. The military has police powers limited to military personal, mainly for internal investigation and guarding military facilities.

Specialized agencies of the Sri Lanka Police

• Criminal Investigation Department
  Criminal Investigation Department
  The Crime Investigation Department is the branch of all Territorial police forces within the British Police and many other Commonwealth police forces, to which plain clothes detectives belong. It is thus distinct from the Uniformed Branch and the Special Branch.The Metropolitan Police Service CID,...
  
   (CID
  Criminal Investigation Department
  The Crime Investigation Department is the branch of all Territorial police forces within the British Police and many other Commonwealth police forces, to which plain clothes detectives belong. It is thus distinct from the Uniformed Branch and the Special Branch.The Metropolitan Police Service CID,...
  
  )
• Colombo Crime Division (CCD)
• Terrorist Investigation Department (TID)
• Special Task Force
  Special Task Force
  The Special Task Force is an elite special forces unit of the Sri Lanka Police Service specializing in Counter-Terrorist and Counter-Insurgency operations. It was formed in 1983 not as a military force but rather as a highly specialised police unit...
  
   (STF)
• Police Narcotic Bureau
• Children & Women Bureau
• Marine Division
• Mounted Division
• Traffic Police
• Tourist Police
• Police Kennels (K9 units)
• Judicial Security Division
• Diplomatic Security Division

Other agencies

• Sri Lanka Customs
  Sri Lanka Customs
  Sri Lanka Customs is a non-ministerial government department, which performs the duties of collecting customs duties and other taxes and levies in Sri Lanka. It comes under the purview of the Ministry of Finance. Head of the Sri Lanka Customs is the Director General of Customs, Mrs...
  
   (in Customs
  Customs
  Customs is an authority or agency in a country responsible for collecting and safeguarding customs duties and for controlling the flow of goods including animals, transports, personal effects and hazardous items in and out of a country...
  
   related matters)
• Department of Coast Guard (in Sri Lankan territorial waters)
• Sri Lanka Navy
• Commission to Investigate Allegation of Bribery or Corruption (in bribery or corruption related matters)
• Department of Forest Conservation
  Department of Forest Conservation
  The Department of Forest Conservation is a non-ministerial government department responsible for forestry in Sri Lanka. Its mission is to protect and expand Sri Lanka's forests and woodlands. The head of the department is the Conservator General, M.P.A.U.S. Fernando...
  
  (within protected forest areas)