[Rev. 2012] National Police Service CAP. 84 (2) Where the officer retires after serving for more than twenty years and before attaining fifty years, in terms of subsection (1), the benefits payable shall be calculated as if the officer had retired after twenty years of service. (3) An officer below the rank of sergeant may voluntarily retire from the service upon completion of twelve or twenty years of service. (4) Subject to subsection (2), where the officer is interdicted from duty in accordance with the Service Standing Orders or any other written law, the officer’s appointment as such does not cease only because of such interdiction. (5) While a police officer is interdicted from duty, the police officer’s powers, privileges and benefits as a police officer shall be suspended, but the officer continues to be subject to the same discipline and penalties, and to the same authority, as if the officer had not been interdicted. 77. Retention in Service Any police officer whose period of service expires during a state of war or state of emergency or during any time when any regulations are in force under any law relating to a state of emergency may be retained in the Service and his service prolonged for such further period as the Inspector-General may direct, but not for more than six months after the ending of such state or time. 78. Membership of International Organizations (1) Police officers may join international police associations in accordance with rules made by the Inspector-General. 79. Training policy and curriculum (1) The Commission shall— (a) develop a training policy; (b) approve training curricula; and (c) oversee their implementation. (2) The Commission shall regularly review the training curricula to ensure its relevance to policing requirements. 80. Training institutions (1) The Service shall establish and maintain police training institutions for purposes of training and retraining of its officers. (2) Training in police institutions shall be conducted in accordance to the training curriculum. (3) The Service may collaborate with other training institutions to provide training to its officers. 81. Examinations and certification The Commission shall develop guidelines on examination and certification of police trainees. N18 - 41 [Issue 1]