Security Force Monitor supports human rights researchers, litigators and investigative journalists working to make state security forces more accountable.

We are a non-profit research group that analyzes thousands of public records to create a simple searchable database of the commanders and the command structures, locations, and areas of operations of security force units and investigate their potential connections to alleged human rights violations.

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We conduct open source research and publish detailed information about the command structures of the police, military and other branches of state controlled security forces around the world.

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