[Rev. 2012] National Police Service CAP. 84 CHAPTER 84 NATIONAL POLICE SERVICE ACT [Date of assent: 27th August, 2011.] [Date of commencement: 30th August, 2011.] [Act No. 11A of 2011, Corr. No. 69/2012.] PART I – PRELIMINARY 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the National Police Service Act. 2. Interpretation (1) In this Act unless the context otherwise provides— “administration police officer” means an officer appointed to serve as a police officer in the Administration Police Service; “Administration Police Service” means the Service established under section 25; “area” includes a geographical area, village, residential estate, location, ward or community of interest as may be identified by the County Policing Authority for the purposes of community policing; “arms” includes any means to use force and includes firearms; “arrest” means the act of apprehending a person for suspected commission of an offence or by the action of legal authority; 41; “Authority” means the County Policing Authority established under section “Cabinet Secretary” means the Cabinet Secretary for the time being responsible for matters relating to the Service; “Commission” means the National Police Service Commission established by Article 246 of the Constitution; “community policing committee” means a committee elected by a community policing forum in accordance with section 98(4) for the purposes of co-ordinating, leading and representing the forum; “community policing” means the approach to policing that recognizes voluntary participation of the local community in the maintenance of peace and which recognizes that the police need to be responsive to the communities and their needs, its key element being joint problem identification and problem solving, while respecting the different responsibilities the police and the public have in the field of crime prevention and maintaining order; N18 - 9 [Issue 1]