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CAMBODIA
POLICING SYSTEM
CAMBODIAN
POLICE HISTORY
1863-1883- Cambodia is under the French
protectorate.
1884-1945- Before the establishment of the
Cambodia National Police in 1945, Khmer
people with France did the policing to
strengthen security and social order.
1884- Phnom Penh police force was fully
equipped with arms.
1885- Organization of police in Phnom Penh
Port to improve the inspection of ships
coming through the port.
1896- Promulgation of the law on Sanitary
Police, the law which was used in France
since 1822.
1897- Issuance of a regulation on Maritime
Sanitary Police.
1897- Issuance of a regulation on
Maritime Sanitary Police.
1905- Cambodian Maritime Police were
established.
1912- River Police Brigade was
established.
1925- Establishment of commune Patrols
or Rural Police.
• 1931
1. Establishment of Provincial Patrols or Provincial Police.
2. Phnom Penh-Battambang Railway Police was established to suppress
crime and protect individual property as well as maintain the order along
the railway.
• 1945- The birth of the Cambodian National Police on May 16, 1945.
A Decree made by Cambodia King Norodom Sihakmoni setting May 16,
1945 as the birth of the Cambodian National Police. He made the
decree on August 8, 2006.
• 1953- France transferred police institution to the Royal Government of
Cambodia on August 29, 1953 before gaining full Independence on
November 9, 1953.
Cambodia is a member of Interpol since April 1, 1956.
Cambodia joined Aseanapol in the year 2000.
Cambodia National Police Vision

- Safer Cambodia Together
Cambodia National Police Mission

-Working together to serve and protect the people.
Cambodia National Police Values
1. Honesty
2. Integrity
3. Just and Fair within the law
4. Transparent and Responsible
5. Building relationship with communities
6. Respect the different needs of the people
7. Protecting rights, equality and human dignity
Law enforcement in Cambodia is handled by the
Cambodian National Police, one of three General
Departments within the Ministry of the Interior. The
National Police numbers 64,000 and is divided into four
autonomous units and five central departments. The
National Police share significant functional overlap with
the Military Police (officially the National Gendarmerie),
which functions within the Ministry of Defense.
Cambodia’s Ministry of Interior
It is in charge of the Cambodian National Police and
other law enforcement administrations, including police
training units, the judicial police, drug units, border police
and prisons.
Cambodia Minister of Interior Organization
1. Minister of Interior
2. Six Secretaries of State
3. Four Under Secretaries of State
National police
The General Department of the National Police is one of three
general departments within the Ministry of the Interior. The
others are the General Inspectorate for Political, Administrative
and Police Affairs and the General Department of
Administration. The ministry is headed by deputy prime minister
Sar Kheng and the National Police by a Commissioner-General
with the rank of four-star general. (The current Commissioner-
General is Neth Savoeun, a nephew by marriage of prime
minister Hun Sen; according to a US embassy, he has a good
reputation with the embassy).
The Cambodian National Police is divided into four
autonomous units, headed collectively by the First Deputy
Director of National Police, and five central departments, each
managed by a Chief of Department and Deputy Director:
Four autonomous units:
• Interpol unit
• Headquarters unit
• Intervention unit
• Drug Enforcement unit
Five central departments:
• Department of Border Control
The border police department is divided into three
sub-departments:
Land border
Marine border
Logistics and technic
• Public Order department
Social security
Defense
Administration
Public order
• Department of Justice
While the judicial police (the department in charge of most
forms of criminal law enforcement) are meant to function under
the prosecutor-general's office, they receive orders from the
national police commander, meaning prosecutors lack control
over the judicial police department. The judicial police force is
divided into three sub-departments:
Criminal police
Economic police
Scientific and technical
• Security department
The security police department is divided into
four sub-departments:
General information
Anti-terrorism police
Body-guards
Foreigners
Central Department of Means (support
office)
Personnel
Pedagogy and training
Logistics and material
Military Police
(Royal Gendarmerie)
The Military Police (Royal Gendarmerie) is a branch of the
Royal Cambodian Armed Forces. The Gendarmerie consists of
10 battalion-sized units, each between 500-1000 officers. It has a
strength of more than 7,000 deployed in all provinces, with
headquarters in Phnom Penh. The current commander is
Lieutenant-General Sao Sokha, a former bodyguard and personal
advisor to prime minister Hun Sen. The Gendarmerie monitors all
24 provinces. The unit includes a mobile team, consisting of six
intervention units, an intervention vehicle battalion, a cavalry, and
4 infantry, with bases in Phnom Penh. The Gendarmerie training
school is located in Kambol commune, Kandal province.
Duties
The Royal Gendarmerie is responsible for the maintenance of public order and
internal security, including:
• Restoring peace and stability after a heavy disturbance
• Counter-terrorism
• Countering violent groups
• Suppressing prison riots
Its civil duties include providing security and public peace, investigating and
preventing organized crime, terrorism and other violent groups; protecting state and
private property; helping and assisting civilians and other emergency forces in a case of
emergency, natural disaster, civil unrest and armed conflicts. These functions overlap
between the Gendarmerie and the national police.
Its military duties include preserving and
protecting national security, state, property, public
peace, and public order, and assisting other
security forces in case of emergency, civil unrest,
war; repressing riots; reinforcing martial law and
mobilization; fighting and apprehending suspected
criminals, terrorists and other violent groups.
Cambodian Police Academy
The Royal Krom dated October 6, 1959 established the Royal

Police Academy under the Ministry of National Security. One of the
responsibilities of the Royal Police Academy was to train new
recruits of high-ranking level, and provide a proficiency course to
the existing staff on laws, procedure and police professionalism so
that they could hold and perform their duties effectively.
The Royal Police Academy was changed to the Royal Police

School.
Trainees from the school included inspectors and officers.
The Cambodian Police Chief is called
Commissioner-General.
Commissioner-General
The head of the Cambodia National
Police. He holds the rank of a 4 star
General.
Cambodian Police Ranking System (From Highest to Lowest Rank)
- Commissioner General
- Lieutenant General
- Major General
- Brigadier General
- Colonel
- Lieutenant Colonel
- Major
- Captain
- 1st Lieutenant
- 2nd Lieutenant
- Chief Warrant Officer
- Warrant Officer
- Sergeant Major
- First Sergeant
- Staff Sergeant
Cambodian Police Salary
Police Staff Sergeant typically receives
about 118 US Dollar a month in salary.
Aside from the monthly salary, the staff
sergeant also receives a monthly ration of
rice.
Uniform
in Cambodia
Police Car
CRIME IN
CAMBODIA
Cambodia remains a lawless place. Drug
dealers, sex traffickers and gangsters
reportedly run Phnom Penh; bandits and
rogue soldiers control many roads at night; bill
collectors hire private executioners to collect
money; and assassins can reportedly be hired
for as little as $20 a hit.
One of the main problems in Cambodia is the
prevalence of weapons in the country. Guns are
everywhere. In some places AK-47 can be purchased at
local markets for as little as $50 and gun fire is so
common that people have gotten used it. There are so
many guns in Phnom Penh that some businesses have
signs that read, "Please Check Your Weapons."
According to sources, weapons used during the civil war
have been smuggled through southern Thailand to
Southeast Asian countries. These weapons are often
used for crimes in Cambodia.
The rates of murders, armed robberies and kidnappings are
believed to be high and rising. No one knows what the murder
and crime rates are because the government doesn't keep
accurate crime statistics. Everyday newspapers run pictures of
murder victims and print stories of lynching's by vigilante mobs,
grenades thrown into the homes, and people being mowed
down by automatic gun fire as they work in rice paddies.
Cambodia is a major transshipment center for drugs and
counterfeit money. In the early 2000s lots of North-Korean-made
counterfeit $100 were in circulation in Cambodia. At one time
they were on sale in the central market in Phnom Penh and
people stashed there pockets with them to give out if they got
mugged at night.
POLICE IN CAMBODIA
Cambodia’s police are notoriously corrupt and inept. They
are known for refusing to investigate high profile crimes
because of their implications and offering money for leads but
then refusing to follow up on the tips. High profile crimes
involving members of the government are ignored and not
investigated at all.
“Investigations” often consist of beatings and torture
sessions used to extract confessions. According to the human
rights group Licadho the police whip suspect with wire,
suffocate them with plastic bags and beat them in bed with
hoes.
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Cambodia joined Aseanapol in the year 2000.

Cambodia National Police Vision

Cambodia National Police Mission

The Royal Krom dated October 6, 1959 established the Royal

The Royal Police Academy was changed to the Royal Police

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