Royal Brunei Police Force
Polis Di-Raja Brunei
ڤوليس دراج بروني
Logo of the Royal Brunei Police
Logo of the Royal Brunei Police
Flag of the Royal Brunei Police
Flag of the Royal Brunei Police
AbbreviationRBPF / PPDB
MottoFast and Perfect
Agency overview
Formed1 January 1921
Jurisdictional structure
National agency
(Operations jurisdiction)		Brunei
Operations jurisdictionBrunei
Legal jurisdictionNational
Governing bodyBrunei Prime Minister's Office
General nature
Operational structure
HeadquartersBandar Seri Begawan
Agency executives
Facilities
Police carsMitsubishi Lancer, Mitsubishi Pajero, Toyota Corolla, Toyota Vios, Chevrolet Epica etc.
Website
www.police.gov.bn

The Royal Brunei Police Force, RBPF (Malay: Polis Diraja Brunei (PDB) is in charge of keeping law and order in Brunei. The RBPF has been one of the 190 members of INTERPOL, an intergovernmental organisation worldwide since 1984.

With a force of more than 4,400 officers, the RBPF is responsible for keeping law and order and providing law enforcement services. The mandate for the RBPF in keeping the law in the Sultanate of Brunei Darussalam includes the prevention, detection and investigation of crime, collection of criminal intelligence, traffic control, escort duties (VIPs, cash, prisoners), sea and border patrol, public order, riot as well as public event control.[1]

Policemen carrying out escort duty for VIPs in Jerudong.

History

1906
Secondment of Police officers & personnel from the Straits Settlements.
1909
Insp. S.G Crummy was appointed as CPO.
1917
Ch/Insp. G.C. Mc Afee took over as CPO.
1921
Brunei Police Force Enactment was passed.
1923
Police duties were expanded to cover fire services, prisons, immigration, registration of motor-vehicles, issuing of driving licences, and miscellaneous licences, registration of aliens etc.
1942–45
Brunei Police Force were placed under the Japanese Military Administration.
1950Police HQ was moved to Kuala Belait and the CPO was answerable to CP Sarawak.
CID was established.
1951
Brunei Police Force established its own Training Centre at Seria.
1957
The Royal Brunei Police Force Band was set up with its first director of music, R.E.House.
1958
Immigration Department was established.
1959
The Constitution of Brunei required the Sultanate to have its own Commissioner of Police.
1960Land Transport Department was established.
Reserve Unit was established to replace Sarawak Field Force Platoon.
1962
Brunei Police Force involved in defending the country against rebellion caused by the People's Party.
1965
HM Sultan Sir Muda Omar Ali Saifuddien III formally presented the Brunei Police Force with the Police Colour.
1967
Police Training Center was established at Jalan Aman, Berakas.
1971The RBPF Golden Jubilee was celebrated.
The old police colour was replaced in a solemn Presentation of Colours ceremony by HM Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah with the new Police Colour.
1974Prince Mohamed Bolkiah appointed as the Honorary Commissioner of Police.
Women's Police Contingent was established.
1975HM The Sultan consented to appoint Princess Masna as the "Commandant of Women Police" and Hajjah Nor'ain as the "Deputy Commandant of Women Police".
First Bumiputera officer, Jaya Rajid, promoted to the rank of Commissioner of Police.
1984
Became member of INTERPOL on 4 September and ASEANAPOL.
1992
Participated in UNTAC mission in Cambodia.
1993Participated in COMSA mission in South Africa.
Special Branch was disbanded and three-fourths of the personnel were absorbed into the newly formed Internal Security Department.
1995
RBPF reorganised its administrative structure.
1996
RBPF celebrated its Diamond Jubilee.
1997
Created additional Police District known as Jerudong Police District and upgraded its Traffic Division into Traffic Department.
2013
Royal Brunei Police Force 92nd Anniversary on 1 January since its establishment.

Organisation structure

Bruneian police patrolling the streets during a public event.

1. Commissioner

(The Secretariat Office of the Police Commissioner)

2. Deputy Commissioner

Departments

1. General Administration and Finance Department[2]

The department consists of 4 units:

i) General Administration and Finance Division

ii) Training Unit

iii) Membership and Career Planning Division

iv) Purchasing and Supply Unit

2. Logistics Department[3]

Logistic Police Department in Mata-Mata, Bandar Seri Begawan.

Logistics Department roles & responsibilities:

i) To ensure sufficient needs for the team.

ii) To protect the assets of the team.

iii) To provide technical assistance.

iv) To prepare the Country's Development Plan Project.

v) To prepare the Annual Budget.

3. Criminal Intelligence Department[4]

Functions and Roles:

i) To provide timely and accurate criminal intelligence.

ii) To provide crime statistics and daily crime report.

iii) To prepare threat assessments and intelligence reports among others on crime situation, national events, state visits by VVIPs and many more.

iv) To monitor and analyse local and international affairs which may pose a security threat to the country.

v) To issue security passes and process crime-scene films and photographs.

4. Criminal Investigation Department[5]

Traffic police checkpoint on a highway.

Functions & Roles

i) To enforce law and order of the country

ii) To provide service to the community

iii) To prevent crime

iv) To apprehend offenders

v) To conduct investigations on cases relating to offences breaking the law and acts.

5. Operations Department[6]

The Operations Department of the Royal Brunei Police Force is responsible on all aspects of operations in the areas of security and control aside from playing the role of enforcing the laws of the nation.

6. Traffic Control and Investigation Department[7]

The roles of this department are quite diverse, among them are:

i) To investigate and charge road traffic offenders.

ii) To conduct operations and road enforcements.

iii) To provide required assistance to road users while patrolling.

iv) To conduct road safety campaign and awareness programmes.

v) To provide motorcycle escort and other escort services to local and foreign VVIP.

Belait District Police Headquarters

Police sub-divisions[8]

1. Brunei and Muara District Police

2. Tutong District Police

3. Belait District Police

4. Temburong District Police

5. Police Training Centre

Ranks

Royal Brunei Police Force Commissioner Ranks and Insignia[9]
Rank Inspector general of police Deputy Inspector general of police Commissioner Deputy commissioner Senior assistant commissioner Assistant commissioner
Insignia (since 2004)
Insignia (pre-2004)
Royal Brunei Police Force Officer Ranks and Insignia[9]
Rank Senior superintendent Superintendent Deputy superintendent Assistant superintendent Senior inspector Inspector Probationary inspector Cadet inspector
Insignia (since 2004)
Insignia (pre-2004)
Royal Brunei Police Force Other Ranks and Insignia[9]
Rank Sergeant major Staff sergeant Sergeant Corporal Lance corporal Police
Insignia (since 2004) No Insignia
Insignia (pre-2004) No Insignia

Equipment

Commissioners

Name Term of office Ref
Took office Left office
Alexander John Waterfield Slater 1964 1966 [10]
James Richard Henry Burns 12 August 1966 1975 [10]
Alan Nail Outram - - [11]
Jaya Rajid 1975 1983 [12]
Umar Apong 1 January 1984 31 Mac 1991 [13]
Abdul Rahman Besar - - [14]
Abdul Rahman Abu Bakar - - [15]
Ya'akub Zainal - - [16]
Abdul Rahman Johan - 31 January 2005 [17]
Zainuddin Jalani 1 February 2005 2010 [17]
Hasrin Sabtu 13 September 2010 4 August 2013 [18]
Bahrin Mohd Noor 23 August 2013 29 May 2016 [19]
Jammy Shah Al-Islam 29 May 2016 23 June 2019 [20]
Irwan Hambali 4 March 2021 present [21]

On 4 February 2009, the RBPF officially opened the Police Museum Gallery in conjunction to its 88th anniversary.[22]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Brunei". www.interpol.int. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  2. ↑ "Pasukan Polis Diraja Brunei – Jabatan Pentadbiran Am dan Kewangan" [Royal Brunei Police Force - Department of General Administration and Finance]. www.police.gov.bn (in Malay). Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  3. ↑ "Pasukan Polis Diraja Brunei – Jabatan Logistik" [Royal Brunei Police Force - Logistics Department]. www.police.gov.bn (in Malay). Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  4. ↑ "Pasukan Polis Diraja Brunei – Jabatan Perisikan Jenayah" [Royal Brunei Police Force - Criminal Intelligence Department]. www.police.gov.bn (in Malay). Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  5. ↑ "Pasukan Polis Diraja Brunei – Jabatan Siasatan Jenayah" [Royal Brunei Police Force - Criminal Investigation Department]. www.police.gov.bn (in Malay). Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  6. ↑ "Pasukan Polis Diraja Brunei – Jabatan Gerakan" [Royal Brunei Police Force - Operations Department]. www.police.gov.bn (in Malay). Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  7. ↑ "Pasukan Polis Diraja Brunei – Jabatan Siasatan dan Kawalan Lalulintas" [Royal Brunei Police Force - Department of Investigation and Traffic Control]. www.police.gov.bn (in Malay). Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  8. ↑ "Pasukan Polis Diraja Brunei – Carta Organisasi" [Royal Brunei Police Force - Organization Chart]. www.police.gov.bn (in Malay). Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  9. 1 2 3 "Royal Brunei Police Force". International Encyclopedia of Uniform Insignia. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  10. 1 2 "Negara Brunei Darussalam: obituaries 2006. - Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  11. ↑ Haji Abdul Majid, Dato’ Haji Harun Bin. "The Brunei Rebellion" (PDF). December 1962 The Popular Uprising: 11.
  12. ↑ "Sultanate - News | Negara Brunei Darussalam | Death of Cheteria". www.sultanate.com. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  13. ↑ "Berkenan berangkat ziarah jenazah » Media Permata Online". Berkenan berangkat ziarah jenazah. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  14. ↑ "94 ekor binatang" (PDF). Pelita Brunei. 17 June 1992. p. 8. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  15. ↑ "HM Sultan receives pledge of loyalty from RBPF and visits Sultanate's Air Force" (PDF). Pelita Brunei. 28 February 1993. p. 1. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  16. ↑ "police commissioner Brunei Dato Paduka Yaakub - Google Search". www.google.com. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  17. 1 2 "Sultanate - News | Negara Brunei Darussalam". sultanate.com. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  18. ↑ "Penetapan jawatan Pesuruhjaya Polis yang baru" (PDF). Borneo Bulletin. 24 August 2013. p. 12. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  19. ↑ "Police force urged to maintain integrity, teamwork". borneo363.rssing.com. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  20. ↑ "20170518_others_commissioner_rbpf_conferred_dso". Singapore Police Force. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  21. ↑ Kon, James (23 June 2019). "New Police Commissioner takes charge". Borneo Bulletin. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  22. ↑ "Lest We Forget » Borneo Bulletin Online". Lest We Forget. 9 February 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
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