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Egypt Police
Egypt Police
• Judicial system in Egypt - Is an Independent branch of the government which includes both secular and
religious courts. - is base on European and primarily French legal concept and methods.
• Napoleonic Code
1. Family Law
2. Islamic
3. Christian
• The judicial branch play an important role in the:
1. Political process in Egypt
2. Parliamentary
3. Presendential
• Example:
The common or general court system has three basic levels: Courts of First Instance,
Courts of Appeal, and the Court of Cassation. In criminal cases, those three levels take the
form of summary courts (misdemeanors and petty offenses), criminal courts (felonies), and
the Court of Cassation.
four pillars,
law enforcement, prosecution, courts and corrections.
LAW ENFORCEMENT
• Almost all commissioned officers were graduates of the Police Academy at Cairo where police had to complete four
years at the academy. The Police Academy is a modern institution equipped with laboratory and physical-training
facilities. The police force also sent some officers abroad for schooling.
• The Police Academy offers a four-year program which includes: security administration, criminal investigation, military
drills, civil defense, fire fighting, forensic medicine, communications, cryptology, first aid, sociology, anatomy, and
foreign languages (French and English). Also included are: political orientation, public relations, and military subjects
(such as infantry and cavalry training), marksmanship, leadership, and field exercises. Graduates receive
a bachelor of police studies degree and are commissioned first lieutenants.
• Advanced officer training was given at the Academy's Institute for Advanced Police Studies, completion of which was
required for advancement beyond the rank of lieutenant colonel. The academy's three-month course for enlisted
personnel is conducted in a military atmosphere but emphasizes police methods and techniques.
• Some police officers, especially the special operations officers, are well trained by the Egyptian Armed Forces in Al-
Sa'ka Military School.
RANKS
• Egyptian police rank insignia are the same as those used by the Egyptian Army.
Commissioned police ranks resemble those of the Egyptian Army. The highest-
ranking Egyptian police officer is a Lieutenant General and officer ranks descend
only to first lieutenant. Enlisted police ranks include master
sergeant, sergeant, corporal, and private.
UNIFORM
NATIONAL ORGANIZATION
• The Ministry of Interior divides the functions of the police and public security among four Deputy Ministers of Interior
while the Minister of Interior himself retained responsibility for state security (Qitaa' al-amn al-watani),[2] investigations
and overall organization.
• There are four Deputy Ministers:
• Public Security responsible for public safety (inc Municipal Police), travel, Immigration, passports, port security,
and criminal investigation.
• Special Police responsible for prison administration, the Central Security Forces, civil defense, police transport,
police communications, traffic police, and Tourism and Antiquities Police.
• Personnel Affairs was responsible for police-training institutions, personnel matters for police and civilian employees,
and the Policemen's Sports Association.
• Administrative and Financial Affairs responsible for general administration, budgets, supplies, and legal matters.