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Minister for Interior : Sheikh
Jaber al Mubarak al Hamad al Sabah (also
the First Deputy Prime Minister)
Website : www.moi.gov.kw
The Interior Ministry is responsible for maintaining law
and order in the country. Its duties are varied and broad,
which in turn calls for many departments with different
responsibilities.
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Police and Security
Kuwait's law and order machinery carries out its operations through
a variety of specialised departments and professionals -- criminal
detectives, supply, traffic and patrol, nationality and travel documents,
the Police Academy, investigations, planning and organisation, legal
affairs, special security forces, immigration affairs, border security,
coast guards, trials and military councils, civil defense, Arab
and international police, security facilities, criminal sentences,
execution and prisons.
State-of-the-art security systems and computers have been placed
at the service of the police; each car driven on the streets of
Kuwait has a corresponding file encapsulating its details in the
police computer. The police also keeps track of every person who
is barred by law from leaving or entering the country. The Ministry
has provided the Department of Criminal Evidence with the most
modern scientific equipment, which helps security agencies in
analysing material found at the crime scene.
Training and rehabilitating policemen has been the top priority
of the Interior Ministry. In 1965, the Kuwait Police Academy was
set up to provide the country with the much required police officers
and police science professionals. The duration of study at the
Academy is two to four years, and each year has two academic terms.
Women have been incorporated as staff in some Interior Ministry
departments such as Criminal Evidence, Airport Police and the
Public Department of Investigations.
Following liberation, the Ministry took steps to further strengthen
security and stability in the country by increasing the number
of patrols, and opening a number of commands and police stations
in the capital governorate. The Ministry also organised courses
in inspection and training, controlling residency and traffic
law violations, and establishing round-the-clock inspection posts
in various areas.
Civil Defence
Civil Defence has become one of the most necessary security requirements
in modern times, especially in cases of emergency and natural
disasters such as earthquakes, floods or external invasion. The
Ministry of Interior has thus given top priority to the Department
of Civil Defence, which counts on highly trained manpower, modern
equipment and alarm systems.
Governors and Governorate Councils
The Interior Ministry is also responsible for assisting the Governor
of each governorate in discharging his duties as and when required.
Further, the Interior Minister is on the board of the Governorates
Affairs Council, which is headed by the Prime Minister and which
looks after the performance of various governorate councils.
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