Police Embarks on Countrywide Human Resource Audit

Police have started a countrywide audit of its human resource capacity to establish the number of police officers and allow for recommendations on how to make improvements.

Uganda Police Professional Standards Unit commenced the exercise on Monday this week, as part of the exercise to enforce Police Standing Orders and Administrative Orders.

The exercise which started with units divisions and regions within Kampala comes as a recent directive by the Inspector General of Police, Okoth Martin Ochola.

The manpower audit will assist the force to come out with a detailed report containing several powerful recommendations based on facts and not just anecdotal data

Police administrative planners will be able to know the actual numbers of serving officers as a way of professionalizing the force, expose human resource gaps, provide practical recommendations and transforming of the police service.

It has previously been said that the ratio of Police officers to the citizens is below what is required, which partly accounts for the failure to effectively curb crime. But the Force continues to cite funding challenges as the hindrance for not expanding the number.

While handing over office as IGP in March this year, the former Police chief, Gen Kale Kayihura said the human resource stood at 14,000 officers compared to 42,000 in 2006.