Sri Lanka Police
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Sri Lanka Police is the civilian national police force of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. The police force is responsible for enforcing criminal and traffic law, enhancing public safety, maintaining order and keeping the peace throughout Sri Lanka. The police force consists of 43 Territorial Divisions, 67 Functional Divisions, 432 Police Stations with more than 84,000 people. The professional head of the police is the Inspector General of Police who reports to the Minister of Law and Order as well as the National Police Commission. The current Inspector General of Police (Acting) is Deshabandu Tennakoon.
Sri Lanka Police officers on independence day parade
Police Constables with Walisinghe Harischandra following his arrest in 1903.
Seal of the Ceylon Police Force
Ceylonese policeman in colonial uniform shown here after arresting the well known Sri Lankan bandit Sura Saradiel's lifelong friend Mammale Marikkar
Sri Lankan Civil War
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The Sri Lankan Civil War was a civil war fought in Sri Lanka from 1983 to 2009. Beginning on 23 July 1983, it was an intermittent insurgency against the government by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam led by Velupillai Prabhakaran. The LTTE fought to create an independent Tamil state called Tamil Eelam in the north-east of the island, due to the continuous discrimination and violent persecution against Sri Lankan Tamils by the Sinhalese-dominated Sri Lanka government.
Seven pillars surround the site of the blast, at the Rajiv Gandhi Memorial in Sriperumbudur
Improvised armoured bulldozer used by the LTTE in the operation Aakaya Kadal Veli, also known as the First Battle of Elephant Pass (1991), one of the major battles. This bulldozer was destroyed by Cpl. Gamini Kularatne. Today it stands on display as a war memorial.
LTTE Sea Tiger boat patrolling during the peace
Photo release by the Tamils Rehabilitation Organisation dipicting civilians being displaced as a result of the Sri Lanka Army's military offensive. January 2009.