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| Goa Police | |
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 Emblem of the Goa Police | |
| Abbreviation | GP |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | Goa, IN |
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| Map of Goa Police Department's jurisdiction | |
| Legal jurisdiction | As per operations jurisdiction |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Panjim, Goa, India |
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TheGoa Police is thelaw enforcement agency for the coastal state ofGoa, India.
The Goa Police operates under direct control of the Department of Home Affairs,Government of Goa.
The Goa Police was established in 1966 after the transfer of authority over Goa from theIndian military administration to the civil administration. It replaced the formerPortuguese administration'sPolícia do Estado da Índia (State of India Police), disbanded after theannexation of Goa by India in 1961.
Until 1946, the police services in Portuguese India were provided by the militarygendarmerie forceCorpo de Polícia e Fiscalização da Índia (CPFI, India Inspection and Police Corps). In that year, the CPFI was substituted by the civil police forceCorpo de Polícia do Estado da Índia (State of India Police Corps), modeled after the PortuguesePublic Security Police.[1][2] ThePolícia do Estado da Índia included the public security, judiciary police, transit police, administrative police and civil identification branches.
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Besides this corps, in Portuguese India also existed theGuarda Fiscal[3] (Fiscal Guard) under the dependency of the Customs Bureau and theGuarda Rural (Rural Guard) under the dependency of the agriculture services.
