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      Policija Republike Zimbabwe (The Zimbabwe Republic Police, ZRP) je nacionalna policijska snaga Zimbabwea, do 1980-te poznata kao Britanska južnoafrička policija. Policijskim snagama od najmanje 39.000 pripadnika se upravlja iz Glavne policijske uprave u Harareu (Police general Headquarters PGHQ). Policija je organizirana provicijama, njih sedamnaest i svakom upravlja Stariji pomoćnik komesara (Senior assistant Commissioner). Policijske snage se sastoje od uniformirane nacionalne policije, kriminalističke policije, prometne policije te jedinica za podršku (interventna policija) te policijske obavještajne te ceremonijalne jedinice i jedinice vodiča službenih pasa.

      Prethodnik Policije Republike Zimbabwe je bila Britanska južnoafrička policija Rodezije te policija prelazne države Zimbabwe Rodezija. Nakon dobijanja nezavisnosti 1980. godine policija je brojala oko 9.000 redovnih pripadnika te još 25.000 rezervnih policajaca (od kojih su skoro polovina bili bjeli Zimbabweanci evropskih korijena). Nakon osamostaljenja, provodi se službena politika „afrikanizacije“ te su viši, bjeli policajci poslani u penziju, a njihove položaje su popunili crni policajci. Tako je 1982. godine Wiridzayi Nguruve, koji je policiji pristupio 1960-te kao pozornik, postao prvi crni Komesar na čelu službe. Kasnije ga je zamjenio Henry Mkurazhizha.

      The Zimbabwe Republic Police (or ZRP) is the national police force of Zimbabwe, known until July 1980 as the British South Africa Police. The force consists of at least 39.000 officers and is headquartered in Harare at the Police general Headquarters (PGHQ). The force is organised by province, and comprises uniformed national police, the Criminal Investigation Department, and traffic police. To date, there are 17 known provinces which are headed by a Senior assistant Commissioner. It also includes specialist support units including the (paramilitary) Police Support Unit and riot police, a Police Internal Security and Intelligence unit (the equivalent of the Rhodesian Special Branch); and ceremonial and canine units.

      The predecessor of the Zimbabwe Republic Police was the British South Africa Police of Rhodesia and the interim state of Zimbabwe Rhodesia. Following independence in 1980, the force had a strength of about 9,000 regular personnel and a further 25,000 police reservists (nearly half of whom were white Zimbabweans of European ancestry). After independence, the force followed an official policy of "Africanisation", in which senior white officers were retired, and their positions filled by black officers. In 1982, Wiridzayi Nguruve, who had joined the force as a Constable in 1960, became the first black commissioner of the force. He was then succeeded by Henry Mkurazhizha.