page_title: Royal Bahamas Police Force
section_title: Organisation
hierarchical_section_title: Royal Bahamas Police Force / Structure / Organisation
caption_attribution_description: English: Royal Bahamas Policeman manually controlling traffic in downtown Nassau.
context_page_description: The Royal Bahamas Police Force is the national law enforcement agency of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. It operates within the portfolio of the Ministry of National Security. The police force was established on 1 March 1840. The Force is headquartered on East Street Hill in Nassau, Bahamas.
context_section_description: The force is divided into three sections: The New Providence District, Grand Bahama District and the Family Islands District. Each district is headed by an Assistant Commissioner. The police service is divided into several different branches, including:
  Air Wing
  Central Detective Unit (CDU)
  Commercial Crime Section
  Community Policing/Community Relations Unit
  Complaints and Discipline
  Crime Scene Investigation Unit/Scenes of Crime Office
  Criminal Records Office
  Divisional Detective Units
  Drug Enforcement Unit
  Fire Branch
  Firearms Tracing and Investigation Unit
  Flying Squad
  Forensics
  Gang Intervention Unit
  Harbour Patrol
  Homicide Squad
  Interpol
  Internal Security Division
  Missing Persons Investigation Unit
  Mobile Patrol Division
  Police Reserve
  Research and Planning
  Security and Intelligence Branch – Special Branch
  Selective Enforcement Team
  Serious Crime Section
  Stolen Vehicles Task Force
  Technology Crime Investigation Unit
  Traffic Division
caption: Royal Bahamas Policeman controlling traffic in Nassau.
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