[Rev. 2012]
National Police Service
CAP. 84
(h)
organize the Service at national level into various formations, units or
components;
(i) recommend the establishment of, manage and maintain training
institutions, centers or places for the training of officers joining the
service and other officers;
(j) commission research and benchmark against best practices;
(k) issue guidelines on community policing and ensure co-operation
between the Service and the communities it serves in combating
crime;
(l) provide the command structure and system of the Service for the
efficient administration of the Service nationally;
(m) subject to the Constitution and this Act. or any written law, cooperate with and implement the decisions of the Independent Policing
Oversight Authority;
(n) designate any police station, post, outpost, unit or unit base as a place
of custody;
(o) promote co-operation with international police agencies;
(p) establish and devolve the services of the Internal Affairs Units that are
able and equipped to conduct investigations into police misconduct
in a fair and effective manner and report directly to the InspectorGeneral;
(q) monitor the implementation of policy, operations and directions of the
Service;
(r) issue and document Service Standing Orders;
(s) cooperate with other public or private bodies to provide reliable police
statistics on crime rates, detection rate, public confidence in the
police, number of complaints against the police, as well as personnel
statistics;
(t) act on the recommendations of the Independent Policing Oversight
Authority, including compensation to victims of police misconduct; and
(u) perform any other lawful act on behalf of the Service.
(2) The Service Standing Orders issued under subsection (1) shall—
(a) be administrative orders;
(b) be for the general control, direction and information of the Service, and
(c) not be inconsistent with the Constitution, this Act or any written law.
(3) The Service Standing Orders shall be made available to each serving police
officer and wherever possible, be accessible to the public.
(4) In the performance of functions set out under the Constitution, this Act or
any other law, the Inspector-General shall—
(a) have all the necessary powers for the performance of such functions;
and
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