Macau Security Force

Macau Security Force
Macau Security Force
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	澳門保安部隊
Simplified Chinese	澳门保安部队
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Àomén Bǎoān Bùduì
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	ou3 mun42 bou2 on1 bou6 deoi62
Portuguese name
Portuguese	Forças de Segurança de Macau

The Macau Security Force (Chinese: 澳門保安部隊,^[1] Portuguese: Forças de Segurança de Macau)^[2] is Macau's public security body under the Secretariat for Security, responsible for handling government activities ranging from law enforcement to public safety.

History

In 1975, the MSF was created to take the place of the Macau Independent Territorial Command, which was in charge of Portuguese military forces involved in the colony's national security.^[3] Portuguese military involvement ended in 1995 and was replaced by Macanese officers recruited to the MSF.^[3]

On December 20, 1999, the various police force branches of Macau (Security Forces of Macau and Judiciary Police), under the jurisdiction of Security and Justice departments (except the customs police, who were reassigned to the Financial Service Department) were assigned to the MSF, under the supervision of the secretary of security (security department). At the time of the handover of Macau to the People's Republic of China, plans were in place to modernize the police force with the goal of better positioning the force to combat organized crime and to stop illegal immigration.^{[citation needed]}

On October 15, 2019, the MSF's Discipline Supervision Committee was given the power to investigate complaints made towards anyone working under the MSF.^[4]