One thousand police promotions out!
At an emergency press conference held yesterday 23rd June 2010 at the police headquarters, George Street in Freetown, the Inspector General of Police, Brima Acha Kamara informed journalists that next week there will a full list of promotions for one thousand police officers ranging from the ranks of Constables, Sergeants and Inspectors, and this includes women, he added.
Explaining further, IG Acha Kamara said the promotions would target a total of seven hundred constables, sergeants and inspectors, adding that female officers would receive a 30% quota of the promotions. He disclosed that modalities are being worked out for other ranks.
He said the selection for the promotions started seven to eight months ago because there were certain critical criteria they were looking for, noting that the promotions are intended to ensure that those police personnel who have worked so hard in the SLP will benefit from the bonanza.Â
He told journalists that the selection of officers for such promotion was done in a transparent manner as they also took note of disciplinary conduct
The IG further disclosed that very soon one hundred police officers including women would be leaving for Ghana on a pre-deployment while others would be leaving for Dafour in Sudan.
He encouraged more women to join the Sierra Leone as the Sierra Leone police is 80% dominated by men.
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