General Directorate of Public Security

General Directorate of Public Security
مديرية الأمن العام
Agency overview
Formed1927; 98 years ago (1927)
Preceding agency
  • General Directorate of Police
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionSaudi Arabia
General nature
Operational structure
Agency executive
  • Mohammed bin Abdullah Al-Bassami
Parent agencyMinistry of Interior

General Directorate of Public Security (Arabic: مديرية الأمن العام), formerly General Directorate of Police (Arabic: مديرية عامة للشرطة), are the civilian police force under the Ministry of Interior responsible for law enforcement in Saudi Arabia.

Sections

  • Special Tasks And Duties
  • Traffic department
  • Police department
  • Department of research and investigation
  • Criminal evidence department

Leadership

  • Hassan Faqi Bey (1926-1926)
  • Abdul Aziz bin Saleh Al-Baghdadi (1927-1928)
  • Murad Al-Ikhtiyar (1928-1928)
  • Mahdi bin Qadri bin Saleh Qalaji (1928-1946)
  • Ali Jameel (1946-1952)
  • Talat Wafa (1952-1956)
  • Ghalib Tawfiq (1956-1958)
  • Sulaiman bin Hamad Al Jared (1958-1960)
  • Ahmed Mustafa Yaghmour (1960-1966)
  • Mohamed Eltayeb Eltounsi (1966-1975)
  • Fayez Mohammed Al-Aoufi (1975-1980)
  • Abdullah bin Abdul Rahman Al Sheikh (1980-1991)
  • Ahmed Mohammed Bilal (1991-1998)
  • Asaad bin Abdul Karim Al-Furaih (1998-2003)
  • Saeed bin Abdullah Al-Qahtani (2003-2014)
  • Othman bin Nasser Al-Muhrej (2014-2017)
  • Saud Abdulaziz Al Hilal (2017-2019)
  • Khaled bin Qarar Al Harbi (2019-2022)
  • Saeed bin Abdullah Al-Qahtani (2022-2022)
  • Mohammed bin Abdullah Al-Bassami (2022-Present)

Special Forces

There are forces report to the General Directorate of Public Security. These are as follows:

  • Roads security special forces.
  • Diplomatic security special forces.
  • Hajj and Umrah special forces.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Public Security". General Directorate of Public Security.
  2. ^ "General Public Security Organisation". General Public Security. 2019.