As with most other police forces in the world, its duties include crime fighting, traffic control, maintaining public safety, counter-terrorism.
It conducts management and supervision of the specialist agencies and police districts, including organizational development and support activities.
Commissioner is led by the Puntland Police Force, who, since 2022, has been Gen. Mumin Abdi Shire.
Puntland Police Force has 11 basic units and they are: Criminal Investigation Department is a state unit which works with organized and serious crime which handled investigations, fingerprinting, criminal records, immigration matters, and passports.
CID works as full member unit for Puntland Police Force, with special focus on technical and tactical investigation, in addition to being responsible on its own for organized crime.