La Direction Générale de la Sûreté Nationale (DGSN) inaugurated its new headquarters complex over the weekend, unveiling what the Arabophone daily Assabah describes as one of the most significant security and administrative projects in the history of Morocco’s police institution — and one of the clearest expressions of the deep modernization that Director General Abdellatif Hammouchi has driven since taking the helm of the DGSN-DGST.
The new headquarters is more than a building. It is an integrated facility combining the institutional ambition of a national security campus with the operational infrastructure of a digital intelligence center. Its most striking feature is a large-scale camera surveillance room that monitors the majority of Morocco’s major cities in real time. Assabah describes this room as having “transformed time into a decisive factor and information into an anticipation tool,” enabling the coordination of security interventions within minutes. Dozens of screens feed live footage into a command environment capable of detecting suspicious behavior or public safety incidents the moment they occur.
The facility represents a hardware and human investment designed to sustain the DGSN’s performance at the frontier of technology-driven policing. State-of-the-art equipment has been installed to allow the institution’s officers to carry out their missions under optimal conditions. A modern fitness and sports facility is integrated into the complex, reflecting the consistent emphasis on the physical and psychological preparedness of police personnel as a component of institutional readiness, not an afterthought.
A museum of the DGSN has also been established within the complex, allowing visitors and staff alike to trace the history of Morocco’s national police institution through seven decades of independence — from the formation of the first post-colonial security apparatus to the digitally integrated institution of 2026. The museum serves as both a pedagogical resource and an institutional memory, anchoring the DGSN’s forward-looking modernization agenda in a narrative of continuous development since 1956.
The inauguration coincided with the 7th edition of the DGSN’s Journées Portes Ouvertes, held on the 70th anniversary of the institution, during which Interpol President Lucas Philippe delivered remarks praising Morocco’s sustained investment in its police institution and describing the new headquarters as “a genuine expression of confidence in the mission and professionalism” of the police family. The convergence of a new flagship headquarters, a high-profile international tribute, and a landmark institutional anniversary reinforces the DGSN’s positioning as one of the most credible and internationally recognized security institutions on the African continent.