The role and importance of municipal police force (zabıta) local administration the case of Küçükçekmece

The local administrations are one of the most important factors for the increase andconduct of quality of life of the society. The most important task within the subject matterhereinabove falls in the share of municipalities. The activities, conducted by themunicipality, pose great importance in respect of the satisfaction of fundamentalrequirements of the society in local respect and maintenance of its life.Certain rules are brought forward in order that people can increase the quality oftheir lives within the consciousness of the society. It is the sole duty of the municipalitiesto apply these rules and gather the same into a regulation. For this reason, it establishesvarious departments within its structure and provides services pertaining thereto. Themunicipal police organization takes place among this structure as well. In this research, theplace, importance, history, structure and functions of the municipal police organization arehandled and examined accordingly.Finally, the Municipality of Küçükçekmece, a Town of the city of Istanbul, whichis one of the municipalities applying this structure in the best way, is taken intoconsideration as an example.