[1] The largest force and the most published in the media is the Korps Politie Suriname (KPS), the national police force of the Republic of Suriname.
[1] The third largest law enforcement/security entity are the Surinamese Directorate of National Security.
The Directorate is responsible for the Central Intelligence and Security Service (CIVD) and the presidential personal security unit.
In general, the Security Service is responsible for: LGBT individuals have made claims of police mistreatment in Paramaribo.
[2] A 2012 UN report stated that Suriname's police scored the lowest in the region in communicating respectably with citizens.