Kandal: Speaking at the closing ceremony of the training course and awarding certificates to the winning police and prison students of the Cambodian Police Academy on July 20, 2026, Deputy Prime Minister Sar Sokha, Minister of the Ministry of Interior, expressed satisfaction with the results of efforts to increase the number of national police officers at the local level, especially at commune and sangkat administrative police stations.
According to the head of the Ministry of Interior, in 2025, the Ministry of Interior increased the annual national police officer quota for local police units by more than 70%, reducing the new quota for the ministry to only 20%. In 2026, the Ministry of Interior continued to increase the new quota for local police units by more than 80%, and this number will continue to increase next year.
Deputy Prime Minister Sar Sokha acknowledged that the results of the reform to deploy more police resources to the local level will inevitably lead to a reduction in the number of cadres that units under the ministry receive annually. However, His Excellency affirmed that the leadership of the ministry’s units has truly taken ownership of this reform and maintained a united stance to continue this reform for the benefit of the nation and the people.
The Deputy Prime Minister added that this work has a strategic goal to strengthen and directly support the work of officers at administrative police stations and inspectorates so that they are capable and sufficient capacity to protect security, safety, and provide public services to local citizens more effectively, quickly, and in a timely manner.
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