Bahrain Police Force Celebrates Achievements, Enhances Safety, and Strengthens Community Engagement on Police Day
The General Directorate of Traffic continues its efforts to improve road safety. It began implementing the latest amendments to the Traffic Law and introduced modern patrols to enhance road safety. Traffic patrols responded to 80,167 traffic accidents up to last October, including 464 fatalities and serious injuries. The total number of traffic violations recorded during the same period reached 289,683, mostly involving speeding, running red lights, and using a mobile phone while driving. This coincided with an increase in licensed vehicles to 780,592. The General Directorate of Traffic also launched 506 awareness projects, lectures, programmes, and events to promote road safety, benefiting around 30,000 people. Additionally, it won the Best Practice in e-Participation Award at the 2025 e-Government Excellence Awards.
Strategic initiatives in passport development and ambitious customs projects
The Nationality, Passports and Residence Affairs’ (NPRA) institutional transformation plan, comprising 25 strategic initiatives, continued to achieve a 100% completion rate. To date, more than 300,000 electronic passports have been issued, and passport delivery services are available both within and outside the Kingdom. Bahrain ranked fifth in the Arab world and 59th globally in the Henley Passport Index. Additionally, the “Smart Travel” system was implemented, utilising artificial intelligence to analyse passenger data and proactively monitor risks, thereby optimising the balance between procedural speed and security efficiency. Between January and October 2025, over 32 million travellers entered and exited Bahrain, with the majority travelling via the King Fahd Causeway.
On another front, Customs Affairs continued its modernisation initiatives and projects to enhance control methods and provide high-quality customs facilities and infrastructure to accommodate 14 million vehicles and 350,000 trucks. This reduced the average waiting time from 45 minutes in 2023 to 21 minutes this year. Customs at the airport recorded 228 seizures, and truck traffic in the third quarter of 2025 reached approximately 313,409 entries and exits. The Customs Affairs also managed 6,117 smuggling cases.
The Financial Investigations National Centre has made significant progress in combating terrorist financing and money laundering. This year, HE the Minister of Interior and Chairman of the Committee for Combating Extremism, Terrorism Financing, and Money Laundering, introduced the National Strategy for Combating Money Laundering, Terrorism Financing, and the Proliferation of Weapons, marking an important step in bolstering Bahrain’s financial and economic security.
Training Programmes at the Royal Academy of Police
This year, the Royal Academy of Police participated in organising and implementing 22 events to promote and raise awareness of the National Human Rights Plan, benefiting 761 individuals. In a related context, the Training Directorate organised approximately 685 internal and external training courses from January to September 2025, benefiting 10,353 ministry personnel and contributing to improved performance, enhanced security readiness, and the provision of distinguished services.
Security awareness and education projects
Security awareness and education projects have remained a vital part of the Police Media Centre, providing professional media content and high-level security awareness. The number of followers of the Ministry of Interior’s social media accounts reached approximately 838,000 by last November. The Police Media Centre issued approximately 103,000 reports, news, and monitored materials. The Radio and Television Affairs Division produced 4,196 materials, including coverage, reports, video and audio clips, and more. In addition, the monthly and quarterly “Al Amn” and “Watani” magazines continued to be published to raise national awareness among children.
Six years since the launch of “Bahrainouna”
The National Plan to Promote the Spirit of Belonging to the Nation and Reinforce the Values of Nationalism (Bahrainouna) has undergone several stages since its launch six years ago. In May, an exhibition was held to showcase the finalists’ entries in the “Generations Challenge” competition, presented in an interactive format to enhance community awareness. In September, the Executive Office organised interactive, innovative platforms that reflect national values and encourage community participation.
Projects and Awards
• Maan (together) programme against violence and addiction achieved further successes during 2025 as part of its pioneering role in protecting youth. Bahrain was designated a regional centre for the programme. It also won the Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz Security Research Award in the Leading Security Programmes category. Notably, the programme is implemented in 173 public schools and all private schools, benefiting more than 120,000 students.
• Bahraini women, represented by the Women’s Police, have strengthened their position and achieved success in community partnerships and social security initiatives.
• The Human Resources Directorate received the Diamond Certificate for its “Healthy Workplaces” project and two awards at the 2025 Government Human Resources Summit in Abu Dhabi.
• The sports teams of the Public Security Sports Association continued to achieve successes and honourable accomplishments in sporting events.
• This year, the Permanent Tennis Committee at the Ministry of Interior continued its activities, building on the successes of the Bahrain Ministry of Interior Tennis Challenger.
• Among the governorates’ achievements, the Southern Governorate launched a video call service for customers. The Northern and Muharraq Governorates received accreditation certificates from the World Health Organisation as healthy governorates, and the Muharraq Governorate received the Community Commitment Leadership Award from the Bahrain Society for the Care of Parents.
In conclusion, on Bahrain Police Day, the Ministry of Interior, on behalf of all its members, renews its pledge of allegiance and loyalty to HM and reaffirms its commitment to remain under his leadership as King and leader of the nation.
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