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Rebranding Police Intelligence as “National Intelligence Service” - A Wrong Move
Former Police Commissioner Mohamed Hameed argues that the Maldives Police Service's reported decision to rebrand its intelligence function as the "National Intelligence Service" is a wrong and unhelpful move. He contends that a national intelligence service must be established through law, consultation, and democratic oversight rather than internal police restructuring, and that the rebranding risks institutional disharmony without a proper national intelligence coordination framework.
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A national intelligence service cannot be created by internal police restructuring. It must be established through law, policy, consultation and democratic oversight.