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  2. Thanas of Bangladesh - Wikipedia

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    'police station') serves as a fundamental administrative unit in Bangladesh, [1] functioning as a city district governed by a police station (analogous to a police district or a police precinct). In rural areas, the thana system, originating in the 18th century under British rule , served as a sub-district administration, overseen by a Thana ...

  3. Johannesburg - Wikipedia

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    Controversy surrounds the origin of the name. There were quite a number of people with the name "Johannes" who were involved in the early history of the city. Among them is the principal clerk attached to the office of the surveyor-general Hendrik Dercksen, Christiaan Johannes Joubert , who was a member of the Volksraad and was the Republic's ...

  4. Johannesburg Central Police Station - Wikipedia

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    The Johannesburg Central Police Station is a South African Police Service police station in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa. From its unveiling in 1968 until September 1997, it was called John Vorster Square , after Prime Minister B.J. Vorster .

  5. Police station - Wikipedia

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    A police station (sometimes called a "station house" or just "house") is a building which serves to accommodate police officers and other members of police staff. Police stations typically contain offices and accommodation for personnel and vehicles, along with locker rooms , temporary holding cells and interview/interrogation rooms.

  6. Bangladesh Police - Wikipedia

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    The main training institution of the Bangladesh Police is the Bangladesh Police Academy, established in 1912 in Sardah. [citation needed] The Police Staff College, which trains officers from ASP to DIG in-service, was established in 2000 in Dhaka. [14] Bangladesh Police also maintains Police Training Centre (PTC) in Tangail, Rangpur, Khulna and ...

  7. Municipal Police (South Africa) - Wikipedia

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    The Durban Borough Police created in 1854, later to become the Durban City Police, and now the Durban Metro Police, to police the city of Durban: the force was headed by a Chief Constable and was modelled on British police forces. [1] "Municipal police forces" were also established in some cities in the 1980s, during the apartheid era.

  8. History of Johannesburg - Wikipedia

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    A new police force was established for the whole Witwatersrand. Its leader was Captain de Korte, a former officer in the Dutch army. [50] Johannesburg was relatively unaffected by the first eight months of the war. There were of course disrupted services, shortages and a certain amount of fear, tension and boredom. [51]

  9. Law enforcement in Bangladesh - Wikipedia

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    The current Bangladesh Police is based on the British colonial police administration. The head of Bangladesh Police is the Inspector General of Police. Then under the Inspector General of Police is the Deputy Inspector Generals of Police, they are responsible for six civil range and one additional range responsible for Bangladesh Railway.