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country to recruit women to its police, and opened a women's police academy in Amman in 1972. Before being assigned to positions in law enforcement, the women recruits completed a four-month classroom course followed by one month of practical training in the field. Assignment opportunities expanded
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Administrative Police: routine crime prevention and the maintenance of public security; additionally special elements of the police perform traffic control, vehicles licensing, licensing of certain business activities, enforcing of trade regulations, enforcing building codes and zoning ordinances,
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The Special Security Forces (SSF) used to be separate and elite branch of the Public Security Directorate (PSD) that focused primarily on combating terrorism. It has been taken from the PSD and has become a separate law enforcement agency in Jordan known as
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steadily after the program began. Women served primarily in the police laboratory, in budgeting and accounting, public relations, licensing, and in prison operations. Some also served in street patrols and traffic control in Amman and in border security.
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Desert Police Force (official name is the Royal Bedouin Police)—also responsible for detecting and preventing drug and gun smuggling, had also been greatly expanded. The Desert Police use camel-mounted as well as four-wheel-drive vehicle
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government. The first security force was composed of the Gendarmerie Battalion, and the Gendarmerie regiment, the reservist regiment, the regulars, and the desert patrol force.
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locating missing persons, guarding public places, plus assisting customs and immigration officials. The police also operate Jordan's prison system.
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was appointed as the first commander of the security force and as a National Security Counsellor (minister) in the first
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The Royal Bedouin Police (also known as the Desert Police Force and a division of the national police) wear an
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is the purview of the "Public Security Force" (includes approximately 50,000 persons), the Jordanian national
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shirt and dark blue slacks with either a blue beret (enlisted) or red and blue garrison cap (officers).
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Judicial Police: conduct of criminal investigations and assistance to the public prosecutor’s office);
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Support Operations: provide training, logistics, public affairs, communication, etc.
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The operations of the Public Security Force are divided into three major functions:
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Additionally, the General Intelligence Department (GID), generally known as the
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Additionally, there are three major structural divisions for the police force:
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uniform lighter in shade than that of the army but otherwise similar.
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The first police force in the Jordanian state after the fall of the
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The Desert Police Force retained their traditional Arab garb.
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Until 1956, the police duties were carried totally by the
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of the Police are identical with those of the army.
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