[2] 1829 Later additions by formation date The Hong Kong Police Force divides its territory into 23 divisions or districts, each reporting to one of the six regions.
In the Republic of Ireland, the Garda Síochána divides its operational area into 26 divisions, which in turn report to one of four regions.
The Singapore Police Force divides the city-state into seven divisions of varying physical sizes and population.
These boundaries tend to be demarcated in terms of cases handled by observing criminal trends over time, instead of being based on area or population sizes alone.
A few police departments in Canada use divisions to represent stations or patrol areas, but some are a mix of operational and administrative units with the force.