The Botswana Police Service is set to establish a new police district in Mahalapye. The new No.16 Police District will be headquartered in Mahalapye and its formal operations will take effect from 1st April 2013.
The District is made up of five police stations namely Mahalapye, Machaneng, Shoshong, Martins Drift and Dibete. This brings to 16 the total number of police districts in the Botswana Police Service. Before the establishment of this District, these police stations were under Serowe Police District, except Dibete which was under Mochudi Police District.
The establishment of this District was done to ease the workload of Serowe Police District.