Law enforcement in Mongolia

The Ministry of Justice and Home Affairs is the sole organ of national security in Mongolia.

The primary force is responsible for maintaining law and order and preventing crime throughout the country is the National Police Agency, created in 1965 and headquartered in the capital Ulaanbaatar.

In August 1991, the government prohibited police and security officials from membership in political parties, specifically in light of previous corruption by police officials who were part of the Mongolian People's Party.

[5] In April 2019, the Independent Authority Against Corruption (IAAC) called on Mongolia to strengthen its law enforcement institutions, praising the work of the police in enforcing new criminal laws.

The mandate of police is to implement state policy on crime fighting and maintaining public order, to carry out police duties throughout Mongolia and manage services provided at local level, to develop policy on firearms (shooting techniques, special equipment, and associated needs) and on human resources, training and methods for improving knowledge and skills, protecting the rights and legal interests of police officers, organizing police work in keeping with Mongolia’s Constitution, to inform the President of Mongolia, the Head of the Parliament, the Prime Minister and government members about emerging crime trends, methods for fighting crime and public order issues and to make suggestions as to how to most effectively address them and to develop relations with national and international organizations.