The police station was built around 1871 and serves as the SMPF's Kuala Lumpur district headquarters.

Bluff Hill Police Station was involved in the Selangor Civil War and was captured by rebel forces in 1872.

Captain Charles Henry Syers, the SMPF Commissioner of Police, relocated the SMPF's Headquarters from Klang to Kuala Lumpur in 1882, after Kuala Lumpur grew into a larger city as a result of tin mining activities.

After the Imperial Japanese Army had taken over Malaya, the FMSP withdrew from Selangor and temporarily relocated to Singapore.

[4] Bluff Road Police Station was returned to the British Administration after the Imperial Japanese Army surrendered.