The Criminal Investigation Department (known as CID) of the
Sri Lanka Police Service is responsible for carrying out investigations throughout the island into serious crimes, including
murders,
rape
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and
organized crime
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cases of a very serious nature that require special skills and complex detection. At times, the CID carries out investigations pertaining to
national security
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.
It is the premier investigation arm of the Sri Lanka Police Department and was established in 1870.
It is headed by a director, who was of a
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Grade. However, since the late 1970s, the position of
Deputy Inspector General of Police - CID (DIG/CID) was established.
The CID was modeled after the British Police
Criminal Investigation Department
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is the branch of a police force to which most plainclothes criminal investigation, detectives belong in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth nations. A force's CID is disti ...
and hence constitute the plain clothes detectives of the Sri Lanka police. The CID has the power to arrest any person from anywhere in Sri Lanka without getting approval from any Range DIG.
Notable Directors and D.I.G/C.I.D/ASP Officers
*
S.A. Dissanayake
* John Attygalle
* Frank de Silva
* W.K.S Weranga Srilal
* H.M Jazeer
* Bennet Perera
* Tyrrell Goonatilleke
* Punya de Silva
* Lionel Gunathilaka
* J. M Saparamadu
* O. K. Hemachandra
* Keerthi Gajanayaka
*
Sisira Mendis
*
Lal Wickrematunge
*
A Bandula Wickramasinghe
* Rayan Steve Hardy.(ASP)
References
External links
Official Police Website
{{Sri Lankan security forces
Sri Lanka Police units
Criminology organizations
Secret police