The Department of Namibian Police Force performs the following functions:

the preservation of the internal security of Namibia;  the maintenance of law and order;  the investigation of any offence or alleged offence;  the prevention of crime; and  the protection of life and property.

External link to the Namibian Police Force Website

The Department of Namibian Correctional Service performs the following functions:

to ensure that every inmate is secured in safe and humane within a correctional facility, until lawfully discharged or therefrom; to render health care to inmates; as far as practicable, to apply such rehabilitation programmes other meaningful and constructive activities to sentenced that contribute to their rehabilitation and successful reintegration into community as law abiding citizens; to supervise offenders who are on conditional release; to perform all work necessary for, arising from, or incidental to, the effective management, administration and control of correctional facilities and community correctional centres; and to perform such other functions as the President may from time to assign to the Correctional Service.

External link to the Namibian Correctional Service Website