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training and reliability of this force were under question. The target number for the force has been variously estimated at 65,000 and 89,000. In 2004 starting pay for police personnel was US$ 60 per month, with a hazardous duty allowance of an additional US$ 87 per month. Experts consider reform of the police system a long and difficult process. As under the Hussein administration, police corruption, extortion, and theft have continued to be a problem. In the January 2005 elections, the National Guard and police provided polling place security that monitors characterized as adequate, under threats of large-scale insurgent disruption.
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Plans call for a highway patrol element to be added in the future. The Police Service does not conduct investigative operations, but it has been assigned to support some operations of coalition military forces. In early 2005, a nominal total of 55,000 police officers had been trained, but the
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was deployed to Iraq. This is a functional organization made up of police officers from all over the world, serving mostly under the direction of the
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Service was established to act as a municipal law enforcement agency under the authority of the Ministry of Interior. At this time the
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After the previous police force was completely disbanded, in 2003 a new
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system was re-established following the overthrow of
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