Role
The Military Police force carries out the following missions:
- Maintenance of order and a high standard of discipline by provision of garrison police facilities: Consists of monitoring, maintaining and, if necessary, re-establishing discipline and military order. This also involves controlling stragglers and refugees in times of war.
- Security missions: Prevents and deters any threat to or attack against the personnel and property of the armed forces. MPs also provide VIP motorcycle escorts and honour guards, perform close protection missions, and escort classified documents and money transports.
- Tactical military police support to the Army in all phases of military operations and guarding prisoners of wars.
- Counter-intelligence operations are also carried out by MP's within the army.
- Traffic control.
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