Directorate General for National Security المديرية العامة للأمن الوطني
Badge of the National Police.
Agency overview
Formed
22 July 1962
Jurisdictional structure
National agency
Algeria
Operations jurisdiction
Algeria
Governing body
Cabinet of Algeria
General nature
Local civilian police
Operational structure
Overseen by
Direction générale de la police nationale
Headquarters
Algiers, Algeria
Agency executive
Farid Zineddine Bencheikh[1], Director-General
Website
Official website
The Directorate General for National Security (Arabic: المديرية العامة للأمن الوطني (also DGSN, Sûreté nationale, or Sûreté) is the national civil police force of Algeria. It polices Algeria's larger cities and urban areas. The Sûreté is part of the Ministry of Interior and is charged with maintaining law and order, protecting life and property, investigating crimes, and apprehending offenders. It also performs other routine police functions, including traffic control.
^"Directeur Général de la Sûreté Nationale". www.dgsn.dz (in French).
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