Individual Corruption

Conclusions from the US Department of State 2010 and the Fund for Peace 2006 agree that the police force is not particularly corrupt and that police officers have usually received training in how to avoid corruption.

The report further states that the police has forcibly entered the homes of foreign migrant workers with valid work and residency permits without warrants, as part of a joint police and labour inspection campaign designed to verify the legal status of workers. This is despite the fact that the law requires a warrant from the prosecutor general or a judge before security forces can conduct a search.

Political Corruption

The Jordanian national police, the Public Security Directorate (PSD), re not significantly corrupt, but allegations of impunity are frequently made against the PSD. According to the Human Rights report of US Department of State 2010, complaints against the PSD, gendarmerie, and GID can be filed with the NCHR or NGOs (for example the Arab Organisation for Human Rights AOHR). The PSD's preventive security office is tasked with investigating allegations of police corruption. The PSD and gendarmerie try their personnel internally with their own courts, judges, and prosecutors, in a manner not transparent to the public. It is also noted that the government do not thoroughly investigate nor punish all complaints about corruption or abuses by security forces, and there are widespread allegations of impunity among the police.

Frequency

World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2010-2011:
- Business executives give the reliability of Jordanian police services to enforce law and order a strong score of 5.7 on a 7-point scale (1 being 'cannot be relied upon at all' and 7 'can always be relied upon'), representing a competitive business advantage for the country.