National Police

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The National Police were the central law enforcement and internal security force of South Vietnam, operating under the Republic of Vietnam government until 1975.

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National Police canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct organization ⓘ
law enforcement agency ⓘ
national police force ⓘ
activeUntil 1975 ⓘ
collaboratedWith Army of the Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
United States advisory missions ⓘ
country South Vietnam ⓘ
disbandedBy Socialist Republic of Vietnam authorities after reunification ⓘ
dissolutionCause Fall of Saigon ⓘ
end of the Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
dissolvedIn 1975 ⓘ
employerOf intelligence and investigative personnel ⓘ
plainclothes security officers ⓘ
uniformed police officers ⓘ
engagedIn counterinsurgency operations against the Viet Cong ⓘ
rural pacification support ⓘ
urban security operations ⓘ
existedDuring Cold War ⓘ
governedBy laws and decrees of the Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
headquartersLocation Saigon ⓘ
historicalEra Vietnam War era ⓘ
linked to: Vietnam War
jurisdiction civilian population of South Vietnam ⓘ
languageOfOperation Vietnamese ⓘ
legalStatus state security organ of the Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
notableFor cooperation with U.S. and allied advisory programs ⓘ
role in internal security during the Vietnam War ⓘ
operatedUnder Republic of Vietnam government ⓘ
oversaw local police units in provinces and cities of South Vietnam ⓘ
partOf security apparatus of the Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
precededBy colonial-era French-controlled police structures in Indochina ⓘ
primaryFunction enforce criminal law ⓘ
internal security operations ⓘ
maintain public order ⓘ
responsibleFor border and immigration control in some periods ⓘ
counter-subversion ⓘ
criminal investigations ⓘ
intelligence gathering on internal threats ⓘ
political security ⓘ
traffic control ⓘ
role central law enforcement force of South Vietnam ⓘ
internal security force of South Vietnam ⓘ
subordinateTo Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
supportedBy Central Intelligence Agency (in training and advisory roles) ⓘ
United States Agency for International Development Public Safety Program ⓘ
typeOfOrganization centralized police force ⓘ
usedFor political repression in some periods ⓘ

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