This study examined the issues pertaining to the status and challenges of research practices inrnthe context of the Ethiopian Federal Police Commission. A conceptual model derived from thernreview of literature that focuses on the organizational characteristics, external actors andrnresearch practices was used to guide this research. The qualitative approach was employed torncollect and analyze data for the study. The data were collected through interviews withrnresearchers and managers as well as document mining including research outputs andrnpublications. The results of the data analysis showed that the commission is well organized andrnstructured with its own policy frameworks and regulations and research infrastructure; however,rnthere are limited research activities carried out by the commission to serve different purposes.rnAs it was discussed under the conceptual model, the findings showed that the interaction betweenrnthe internal and external environments on research activities seemed neglected. For this reason,rnthe research activities were not extended in accordance with the national demand of therncommission in terms of adequate human and financial resources. Even if there were researchrnoutputs undertaken by the organization within the past ten years, the amount is negligible andrnthey were simply shelfed in the library. In addition, it is assumed that the commission was openrnfor and ready to interact with outside nongovernmental bodies without any shared vision;rnhowever, most of the available collaboratorsâ€Ÿ policies do not align with the mission of therncommission and this caused the commission to be challenged by inadequacy of trained manpowerrnand scarcity of external funding sources. Moreover, the research policies and strategiesrnwere not designed in a way that they either attract or accommodate any external co-workers andrncollaborators without any shared visions. Implications and recommendations were suggested inrnaccordance with the major findings