{"id":4924,"date":"2020-11-18T10:03:34","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T10:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goc2020.govmu.org\/policenew\/?page_id=4924"},"modified":"2020-11-20T10:07:30","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T10:07:30","slug":"port-louis-north-division","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/police.govmu.org\/police\/?page_id=4924","title":{"rendered":"Port Louis North Division"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4924\" class=\"elementor elementor-4924\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a484d52 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a484d52\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9f14f69\" data-id=\"9f14f69\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15426e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"15426e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Historical Background<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0c43b10 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0c43b10\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d9db2d8\" data-id=\"d9db2d8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b1edc9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9b1edc9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Port Louis was named by the Dutch as \u2018Noordwester haven\u2019. During the French occupation, it was called successively Port \u2013Louis Nord Ouest, Le Camp, Port de la Montagne and later Port Louis. Generally, it is accepted that Port Louis has derived its name from King Louis XV (1715-1771). Port Louis became a town in 1850 and the first Mayor was Louis Lechelle. Later in 1966, Mr. Dorasamy Moorghen became the first Lord Mayor. For effective and efficient policing, the Metropolitan Division was divided into two parts, namely the Port Louis North and the Port Louis South Divisions.<\/p><p>The Division covers and area of some 73.75 Square Km with an important local population of about 187,800 inhabitants together with Banking Institutions, Industrial Zones, Shopping Centres, Commercial Areas, Educational Institutions, Ministries, Amusement and Entertainment Centres.<\/p><p>Abercrombie is found at St Croix. In 1860, the Police Station was known as Briquetterie Police Station. Later, it was changed to Abercrombie in memory of Late Major General John Abercrombie (1772-1817) who was the commander of British Military Forces who conquered Mauritius in 1810.<\/p><h3>Structure of Port-Louis Division<\/h3><p>The Port Louis North Division with its Headquarters at Nicolay Street, is one of the seven Police Divisions; it is headed by a Divisional Commander holding the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP). He is working under the Supervision of a Deputy Commissioner of Police and is responsible to plan, Co-ordinate and Police his division in accordance with the entire force strategic planning but without underlying the priorities pertaining to his own area.<\/p><p>The Divisional Commander is supported in his task by Superintendents who in turned have under their orders a number of Assistant Superintendents who supervise the conduct of enquiries and the proper running of police stations placed under their command.<\/p><p>Police stations are run by Chief Inspectors or Inspectors depending of the category whether A, B or C depending on the size of the community it is serving.<\/p><p><strong>The Port Louis North Area Headquarters houses the following offices:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>The Alpha Squad-<\/li><li>The Family Protection Unit-<\/li><li>The Criminal Investigation Division-<\/li><li>The Traffic Unit North-<\/li><li>The Port Louis North Police Prosecution Unit-<\/li><\/ul><p>Some historical places and buildings are:-<\/p><p>China Town \u2013 China Town is a hive of activity with boutiques selling Chinese silks and porcelain, ornamental knick-knacks such as dragons and Buddha statutes, food and medicinal herbs<\/p><p>Jummah Mosque \u2013 One of the island\u2019s most outstanding mosques, which was built in the middle of the 19th century.<\/p><p>Immigration Square \u2013 The Immigration Square is now the standing point of buses, which serve the island. It derived its name, according to common belief that carts were waiting for Indian Immigrants who had just disembarked from ships to take them to different sugar estates of the island.<\/p><p>Camp Yoloff \u2013 situated not far from Trou Fanfaron, has got its name from the Wolof\u2019s craftman and slaves from Senegal who were confined to that area and who were employed for chore works. Camp Yoloff was the first place of the capital to resound to the tune of the sega.<\/p><p>Fort Adelaide or Citadelle \u2013 Overlooking the city of Port Louis, the Citadelle or Fort Adelaide is now a disused fortress constructed on a hill between 1834 and 1840, under the rule of British Governor William Nicolay. It is often used as an open concert by local and foreign artists.<\/p><p>The Shrine of Pere Laval \u2013 Father Jacques Desire Laval, a catholic priest who was much concerned with the plight of the black slaves in Mauritius. Thousands of pilgrims from all over the island gather there each 9th of September on the anniversary date of his death in the year 1864 to pay tribute to him. He was beatified on 19 May 1979 by Pope John Paul II.<\/p><p><strong>The division also has the following:<\/strong><br \/>Area Health Centres \u2013 06<br \/>Clinics \u2013 02<br \/>Stadium and sport complexes \u2013 08<br \/>Commercial Banks \u2013 09<br \/>Primary\/Secondary Schools \u2013 28<br \/>Churches \u2013 08<br \/>Temples \u2013 16<br \/>Mosques \u2013 22<br \/>Filling Stations \u2013 08<\/p><p><strong>The following Police Stations\/Posts are located in the Divison:<\/strong><\/p><p>Abercrombie- is an \u201cA\u201d class station covering an area of approximately 22 Sq Kms extending from Bazire Bridge along Pamplemousses Rd to Vallee Des Pretres Junction and Nicolay Road near BAT with an estimated population of about 30,000 inhabitants.<\/p><p>Fanfaron- is an \u201cA\u201d class station policing an area of about 5.5 Sq Kms extending from Nicolay Road, to the New Trunk Road, Corderie Street and Corner La Paix street from Sir Seewoosagar Ramgoolam St to Quay D Round About, with an estimated population of 20,000 inhabitants.<\/p><p>Plaine Verte- is an \u201cA\u201d class station with a population of about 50,000 inhabitants. It extends over an area of 2.5 Sq Kms from Vallee Des Pretres Junction to, Gorah Issaac Street, and from La Paix Street to Dauphine Street.<\/p><p>Roche Bois- is a \u201cC\u201d class station covering an area of about 1.76 Sq Kms with an estimated population of about 9,800 inhabitants extending from Pont Bruniquel to Allee Tamarin, and Latanier Bridge .<\/p><p>Vallee Pitot- is a \u201cC\u201d class station extending from Diego Garcia Street to Sebastopol Road. Vallee Pitot has a population of about 35,000 inhabitants in an area of about 1.5 Sq Kms.<\/p><p>Tombeau Bay- is a \u201cC\u201d class station it covers an area of 1.8 Sq Kms extending from Pont Bruniquel along Royal Road up to Tombeau Bay bus Terminal with an estimated population of 40,000 inhabitants.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><section class=\"vc_cta3-container\"><div class=\"vc_general vc_cta3 vc_cta3-style-classic vc_cta3-shape-rounded vc_cta3-align-center vc_cta3-color-classic vc_cta3-icon-size-md vc_custom_1598873669173\"><div class=\"vc_cta3_content-container\"><div class=\"vc_cta3-content\"><header class=\"vc_cta3-content-header\"><h3>Vision<\/h3><\/header><p>To establish a secure and safe environment for welfare and wellbeing of our community.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1598873590969\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h3>Mission<\/h3><p>Our mission is to keep the Public peace, maintain law and order and be committed to delivering policing services that meet the expectation of our community.<\/p><h3>Our Purpose<\/h3><p>We are committed to ensuring that all people who come into contact with us are provided with an equally high standard of service, which addresses their specific and individual needs. We are dedicated to delivering policing services that meet the Government\u2019s National priorities. We are also acutely aware of the importance of the views and priorities of the communities we serve. We recognise the need to continually improve police services in consultation with the community and other stakeholders, so we can be confident that we meet the needs of local people.<\/p><h3>Our Objectives<\/h3><ul><li>Identify and tackle problems in partnership with local community.<\/li><li>Show a visible police presence in our division<\/li><li>Reduce the number of larceny in our division<\/li><li>To keep criminality under control<\/li><li>Reduce the cases of drugs abuse<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Historical Background Port Louis was named by the Dutch as \u2018Noordwester haven\u2019. During the French occupation, it was called successively Port \u2013Louis Nord Ouest, Le Camp, Port de la Montagne and later Port Louis. Generally, it is accepted that Port Louis has derived its name from King Louis XV (1715-1771). Port Louis became a town &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/police.govmu.org\/police\/?page_id=4924\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Port Louis North Division<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4924","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/police.govmu.org\/police\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/police.govmu.org\/police\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/police.govmu.org\/police\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/police.govmu.org\/police\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/police.govmu.org\/police\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4924"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/police.govmu.org\/police\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5142,"href":"https:\/\/police.govmu.org\/police\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4924\/revisions\/5142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/police.govmu.org\/police\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/police.govmu.org\/police\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/police.govmu.org\/police\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}