Damascus Metropolitan Police

The Damascus Metropolitan Police Service (Arabic: خدمة شرطة دمشق المتروبوليتانية khidmat shurṭat dimashq al-mitrūbūlītānīyah), colloquially known as the Damascus Metropolitan Police (شرطة دمشق المتروبوليتانية shurṭat dimashq al-mitrūbūlītānīyah) or just the Damascus Police (شرطة دمشق shurṭat dimashq), is one of 11 territorial police agencies of Syria, responsible for policing the five municipalities which make up the capital of Damascus as well as nine adjacent municipalities, which together constitute the Damascus Metropolitan Police District. It is headquartered in Central Damascus.