Cairo Metropolitan Police Service

The Cairo Metropolitan Police Service (Arabic: خدمة الشرطة المتروبوليتاني للقاهرة khedmet esh-shorṭeh el-metrōbōlītānī lel-qāhirah) is the civilian police agency for the city-governorate of Cairo, the federal capital of the Arab Union and national capital of the Egyptian Arab Republic. It is responsible for all regular law enforcement operations within the civilian population of Cairo. The Egyptian National Police is mostly responsible for the security of the Egyptian government agencies in the city, while national security and protection of the federal government and military installations is handled by the Military Police Directorate. However, the Cairo Metropolitan Police is by far the largest law enforcement agency operation entirely within Cairo, handling the vast majority of public security operations and criminal investigations. It also assists national and/or federal agencies in their local operations, and vice-versa.

The Cairo Metropolitan Police Service is led by the Chief of Cairo Police Abdel Raouf el-Lahoury, who is appointed by the Mayor-Governor of Cairo. In his capacity as a law enforcement agency official, however, the Chief of Police answers ultimately to the Minister or Interior of the Egyptian Arab Republic.

The Cairo Metropolitan Police has 11,408 sworn officers, and an additional 5,100 administrative support staff. Its area of jurisdiction covers 3,085 km2 and a resident population of approximately 11.6 million, with a weekday daytime population regularly exceeding 20 million due primarily to the commuting labour force.