Royal Bahamas Police Force
Overview
Law enforcement agency
In North American English, a law enforcement agency is a government agency responsible for the enforcement of the laws.Outside North America, such organizations are called police services. In North America, some of these services are called police while others have other names In North American...
of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. The RBPF is located within the portfolio of the Ministry of National Security
Ministry of National Security (Bahamas)
Ministry of National Security is the primary law enforcement and national defense agency within the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. MNS has responsibility for customs and immigration, defense and the national police force...
. The police force was established on 1 March 1840. The force is headquartered on the hill on East Street, New Providence
New Providence
New Providence is the most populous island in the Bahamas, containing more than 70% of the total population. It also houses the national capital city, Nassau.The island was originally under Spanish control following Christopher Columbus' discovery of the New World, but the Spanish government showed...
. The motto of the Royal Bahamas Police force is: "Working together for a safer Bahamas".
From the early eighteenth century to the latter part of the nineteenth century, the development of policing generally followed the pattern of policing in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the formal name of the United Kingdom during the period when what is now the Republic of Ireland formed a part of it....
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