1. The
ROYAL LAO POLICE

2. STRUCTURE
The Royal Lao Police is divided into several branches
of service which comprise of the following:
Plainclothes criminal investigation department
Urban constabulary
A Regional gendarmerie
An counter-insurgency armed support unit.

3. STRUCTURE
All these formations were answerable to the Laotian
Ministry of the Interior of the Royal Lao Government
in Vientiane, Laos.
It shares responsibility for internal security with the
Ministry of Defense’s security forces and with
movements organized and controlled by the Laotian
People’s Republic Party.

4. MISSION
The mission of the Royal Lao Police is to ensure
nationwide security social order and prevention,
detection and investigation of crimes.
There are no formal educational requirements to
entry of the police service but it is open graduates.