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Botswana Police Service

The Botswana Police Service is the police service of
Botswana.
Botswana Police Service

Contents
History
Agency overview
Colonial era
Post-Independence Formed 1 July 1884

Gallery Jurisdictional structure

Structure Operations Botswana

Divisions jurisdiction

Ranks
Branches and Divisions
See also
References
External links

History

Colonial era
Map of Botswana Police Service's
The service has its origins in the Bechuanaland Mounted
jurisdiction
Police, which was formed on 1 July 1884. The
Bechuanaland Border Police were formed on 4 Aug 1885. Governing body Government of
In October 1889 a royal charter established the British Botswana
South Africa Company's Police, which absorbed part of General nature Civilian police
the BBP. During the 1890s the various police forces in the
area went through a number of name changes until BSAP Operational structure
No.1 (Bechuanaland) Division ceased to exist, becoming Headquarters Gaborone,
the Bechuanaland Protectorate Police.[1] This force Botswana
recruited few Bechuanaland natives, instead it mostly
Sworn members Unknown
recruited black constables in Basutoland (modern
Lesotho), Rhodesia (modern Zimbabwe) and Zambia.

Post-Independence

In 1965 following the independence of Botswana the Botswana Police Force, was formed and in
1971 the first female police constables were recruited. In 1977 in a reversal of earlier policy and
in response to growing threats to Botswana's security, the Botswana Defence Force was formed.
In 2009 the Botswana police force subsumed the Botswana local police to create the Botswana

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Police Service. The modern Botswana police service is an

armed police service of 8500 officers, including 2000 female
officers. Botswana Police Service runs a police college near
Otse village.

Gallery

Two Botswanan mounted police

officers in 1970s era khaki uniform.

Structure

Divisions

The force is divided into 5 divisions:

▪ Northern
▪ North Central
▪ Northwest
▪ Southern
▪ South Central

Ranks
▪ Commissioner of Police,
▪ Deputy Commissioner of Police,
▪ Senior Assistant Commissioner,
▪ Assistant Commissioner,
▪ Senior Superintendent,
▪ Superintendent,
▪ Assistant Superintendent,
▪ Inspector,
▪ Sub-Inspector,

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▪ Sergeant,
▪ Constable,
▪ Special Constable

Branches and Divisions

The BPS is divided into various branches and the most notable are:

▪ Special Support Group (SSG)

▪ Air Support Branch (ASB)
▪ Transport and Telecommunications Branch (TTB)
▪ Anti-Stock Theft Unit
▪ Training Branch
▪ Criminal Investigation Department (CID)

The SSG is the paramilitary branch of the BPS and it is run along military lines. Police officers
in this branch are called operatives and they undergo 3 months military training upon
completion of the mandatory 12 months Police training. The branch is divided into various
units/companies:

▪ SWAT Unit
▪ Anti Poaching Unit (APU)
▪ Band Wing Unit (BND)
▪ Training Wing Unit (TRG)
▪ Specialized Unit (SPU)
▪ Command and Logistics Unit

See also
▪ Botswana Police College
▪ Botswana

References
Botswana Police helicopter
1. Andrew Field. "An Abbreviated History of the British Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil.
South Africa Police" (http://www.bsap.org/hischronology.
html). Retrieved 13 Nov 2017.

External links
▪ Official website (http://www.Police.gov.bw)
▪ History of the Botswana Police Service - Government of Botswana website (https://web.arch
ive.org/web/20171113165532/http://1govportal.imexsystems.net/en-gb/Citizens-Residents/E
ducation/Pages/History-of-the-Botswana-Police-Service.aspx)

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