National police (Arab Union)

In the Arab Union, a national police agency is the term used for the civilian law enforcement agency coming under the jurisdiction of the government of any one of the Arab Union's 20 republics. They use the same ranking system and are similar to territorial police forces, but handle policing at the republican-national level, patrol of republican highways and other intercity roadways, and provide security for the republican government and related institutions. Territorial police forces are by contrast responsible for the vast majority of policing at the local level, which each municipality in the Arab Union belonging to a police district under the jurisdiction of a territorial police force; the only exception are the republics of Bahrain, Qatar and the Gulf Republic, which do not have territorial police and instead use their national police for all local policing as well, covering a single police district for each republic.