Police in new alliance
Jul 26, 2006
THE Police have initiated a community policing partnership with private security organisations (PSOs) that will see the two teaming up in patrols in a bid to make the city more secure.
By Steven Candia
THE Police have initiated a community policing partnership with private security organisations (PSOs) that will see the two teaming up in patrols in a bid to make the city more secure.
The partnership will see both policemen and private security guards carry out joint motorised patrols aboard PSO patrol trucks.
Kampala Police chief Grace Turyagumanawe recently lauded the partnership, describing it as another step in community policing.
Under the arrangement, he said, the PSOs will allow on board two policemen who will carry out patrols with PSO personnel.
“It’s a partnership with PSOs in policing the areas they work in, to make the city more secure. It’s a new means of community policing,†Turyagumanawe said.
The partnership, he said, was being piloted with one security firm, KK Security, in areas under Jinja Road and Kira Road Police stations as the Police and PSOs find ways of getting other PSOs on board.
“A final meeting is slated for Saturday to get others on board and see how to expand the partnership to other areas,†he said.
The PSOs, he said, will provide and fuel the vehicles. KK security, he said, had fitted radio equipment in the Police radio room.
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THE Police have initiated a community policing partnership with private security organisations (PSOs) that will see the two teaming up in patrols in a bid to make the city more secure.
The partnership will see both policemen and private security guards carry out joint motorised patrols aboard PSO patrol trucks.
Kampala Police chief Grace Turyagumanawe recently lauded the partnership, describing it as another step in community policing.
Under the arrangement, he said, the PSOs will allow on board two policemen who will carry out patrols with PSO personnel.
“It’s a partnership with PSOs in policing the areas they work in, to make the city more secure. It’s a new means of community policing,†Turyagumanawe said.
The partnership, he said, was being piloted with one security firm, KK Security, in areas under Jinja Road and Kira Road Police stations as the Police and PSOs find ways of getting other PSOs on board.
“A final meeting is slated for Saturday to get others on board and see how to expand the partnership to other areas,†he said.
The PSOs, he said, will provide and fuel the vehicles. KK security, he said, had fitted radio equipment in the Police radio room.
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