Military police battalions (BPM) are combat units belonging to the military police of the National People's Army (ANP) in Algeria.
These units at the base were to stand guard at the regimental level, and their main purpose was to hunt down recalcitrant conscripts who deserted or sought to escape from national service, and they also had the task of maintaining law and order within the regiments.
[1] From the beginning of the 1990s, the ANP established its first military police battalions, the 85th, the 90th BPM in Beni-Messous, and 93rd.
[citation needed] In addition, the BPMs work jointly with the transport and road control regiments, such as the 571éme Régiment de Contrôle Routier and all regiments of all corps that need an escort for manoeuvres or other activity.
[citation needed] List of Military Police Battalions (Battalions de police militaire, BPM): The military police provide security and law enforcement within the regiments of the National People's Army (NPA).