The Police chief, Martin Okoth Ochola, has commended police officers who conduct themselves in a professional manner and with restraint in the course of executing their duties.
As a result, the police chief pledged to continue pushing for an end to the use of force in line with the directive from President Yoweri Museveni, by issuing circulars encouraging officers to resolve incidents before needing to turn to a deadlier force, involving the use of a gun.
Ochola’s salutation came after Uganda Police was ranked as the kindest police force in the world by the World Internal Security and Police Index (WISPI).
“Following the most recent ranking of the Uganda Police Force as the “kindest police” in the World by WISPI, the IGP has come out to thank all officers who conducted themselves professionally, and with great restraint in the course of their duties,” a statement signed by the police spokesperson, Fred Enanga, said.
As part of global competitiveness where countries and organisations compete to blaze a trail in various fields of development and progress, internationally accredited think tanks launch indices annually and organizations such as UN adopt such indices.
WISPI was proposed by Dr Mamdooh Abdelmottlep and was designed and constructed by experts, researchers and scholars from different countries worldwide…read more…
