Merger of security agencies, upon Royal directive, reaps rich dividends PSD
Merger saved exchequer some JD180 million police chief
By JT - Dec 27,2020 - Last updated at Dec 27,2020
Public Security Directorate Director Maj. Gen. Hussein Hawatmeh listens to a senior citizen during a recent field tour of downtown Amman (Photo courtesy of PSD)
AMMAN Following His Majesty King Abdullah’s directive to the government in December 2019 to embark immediately on merging the Civil Defence and the Gendarmerie departments into the Public Security Directorate (PSD), the Kingdom welcomed 2020 with a stronger and more capable security apparatus, according to the PSD.
After the merger, the directorate over the past year proceeded with more reforms reorganising several units, resulting in the merger of more than 99 units with similar tasks and, as a result, saving some JD180 million, PSD Director Maj. Gen. Hussein Hawatmeh said in a PSD statement.