South Sudan Police Service

National Police Service
National Police Service
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
Legal jurisdiction	South Sudan
Governing body	Interior
Constituting instrument	Constitution of South Sudan;
General nature	Civilian police;
Operational structure
Headquarters	Police Headquarters, Buluk, Juba.
Police Officers	40,000
Elected officer responsible	Hon. Angelina Teny, Minister of Interior;
Agency executive	Gen. Atem Marol Biar, Inspector General of Police;
Parent agency	Ministry of Interior
Departments	List •Operations ; •Administration ; •Logistics ; •Traffic ; •Criminal investigations Division (CID) ; •Training ; •Customs ; •Immigration ; •Diplomatic Police Unit ;
Regions	List 1.Northern Bahr el Ghazal ; 2.Western Bahr el Ghazal ; 3.Lakes ; 4.Warrap ; 5. Western Equatoria ; 6.Central Equatoria ; 7.Eastern Equatoria ; 8. Jonglei ; 9. Unity ; 10. Upper Nile 11. Abyei Administrative Area 12. Ruweng Administrative Area 13. Pibor Administrative Area ;

National Police Service (NPS) is the armed national police force in South Sudan.

Human rights

Amnesty International accused it of torture in its 2012 Annual Report.^[3]

^ "Est South Sudan Population July 2020". Central Intelligence Agency: The World Factbook. Retrieved 13 July 2020.^{[dead link‍]}
^ South Sudan State TV
^ "Annual Report 2012 – South Sudan". Amnesty International. Archived from the original on 6 June 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2012.