Interior Ministry to mark 100th anniversary of Bahrain Police

Manama, Aug. 31 (BNA): The Ministry of Interior will launch, starting September, a series of ceremonies and community events to mark the 100th anniversary of Bahrain Police. The celebration comes to cherish the Bahrain Police’s decades of loyalty and continuation of the journey of accomplishments and sacrifices to protect the security of the nation during the era of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. The events will begin with the hoisting of the Ministry of Interior’s flag, in which it will have the centennial logo. The activities will highlight the civilised history and the development and modernisation journey of the police, which are the foundations for the overall security performance. The Bahrain Police was established in 1919 by order by His Majesty Shaikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa, the former Bahrain ruler. After that, the police law was endorsed in 1920 as the first legislation in Bahrain to regulate the police work within specific standards to protect the security of the nation was issued. Since then, the Bahrain Police have continued to achieving milestones in different security fields and services. The police forces have been witnessing rapid developments because of the dedication of the Al Khalifa rulers to protect the security of the nation and citizens and the relying on national competencies. Many security authorities were formed to meet requirements and a strategy of development and modernisation launched to cover all of them. Besides the security work, the police have also focused on providing services. Throughout 100 years, the Bahrain Police have been close to all citizens and committed to loyalty, nationalism and the community partnership, in a way that contributed to the excellence of the police forces in Bahrain in combining modern, service and community policing. Along with the implementation of security and safety standards and meeting awareness and partnership needs of different sectors, the Bahrain Police have become a modern organisation that adopts the community policing as its foundation for operation, along with the utilisation of industrial intelligence methods and applications.