Sierra Leone Police Force
| Sierra Leone Police | |
|---|---|
| Common name | Salone Police |
| Abbreviation | (SLP) |
| Motto | A Force for Good |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1894 |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Legal jurisdiction | Throughout Sierra Leone |
| Governing body | Government of Sierra Leone |
| General nature |
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| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | George Street, Freetown, Sierra Leone |
| Officers | 12,500 |
| Agency executives |
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| Website | |
| http://www.police.gov.sl/ | |
| Footnotes | |
| * Divisional agency: Sub division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
The Sierra Leone Police (SLP) is the national police force of the Republic of Sierra Leone, that is primarily responsible for law enforcement and crime investigation throughout Sierra Leone. The heavily armed unit of the Sierra Leone Police is known as the Operations Support Division, widely known as OSD, who are primarily responsible to put down riot, violence protest, and severely violence activities overall.
The Sierra Leone Police is headed by the Inspector General of police, who is appointed by the president of Sierra Leone, and can be fired by the president at anytime. The current Inspector General of the Sierra Leone Police is Francis Munu.
Sierra Leone Police was established by the British colony back in 1894 and is one of the oldest police forces in West Africa.
The key mission of the Sierra Leone Police include to prevent crime, to protect life and property, to detect and prosecute offenders, to maintain public order, to ensure safety and security, to enhance access to justice and to ensure police primacy for internal security and safety.
The Sierra Leone Police (SLP) was established following the founding of the Colony of Freetown in 1808 as a settlement for freed slaves. Police authority then was only restricted to the Colony of Freetown. By 1889 colonial authority had been extended to the provinces. Police authority was also extended to these areas and performed largely paramilitary duties as opposed to the civil police back in the colony. The force at this point became known as the West African Frontier Force.
A Royal Gazette of October 1894 established the Sierra Leone Police Force. Following independence in April 1961, the Sierra Leone Parliament passed the Police Act of 1964 to consolidate and amend the law relating to the organization, discipline, powers and duties of the Sierra Leone Police (SLP).
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