ABSTRACT
This chapter explores how the municipal police in three dominant Gulf countries–namely, the former Republic of Yemen, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia–were affected by the Conflict. It reviews the legal structures, history, organization, challenges, and changes that have been implemented in the municipal police forces of the three countries before, during, and since the Conflict. The Gulf crisis and war of 1990, hereafter referred to as the Gulf Conflict, left in its wake the potential for major western style democratic reforms, many of which can affect policing. All the Masters' theses focus on Saudi Arabia, including the results of a survey of attitudes towards the police in Riyadh, the effect of Islamic law on police administration, and the consequences of modernization on law enforcement education. The police were a "national organization also directly under the Ministry of Interior. Inflation also led to an increase in corruption amongst poorly paid civil servants, including the police.
