I.G Munu On A Working Tour Of Police Academy Site Inspector General of Police IG Munu inspecting the site of the proposed Police Academy at the Makeni/Magburuka Highway Inspector General of Police, Francis Alieu Munu made a working visit to the site of the proposed Police Academy at Makeni / Magburuka Highway on Friday 7th and Saturday 8th November 2014. Accompanied by Senior Police personnel, the IGP was received on arrival at the site by Regional Commander North East, Mustapha Kamara, AIG. In attendance at the site prior to the I G P’s visit were Aiah Komba AIG (Director of Training) and Mustapha Kambeh IAG (Director of Corporate Affairs). On arrival, Inspector General Francis Munu made an exhaustive inspection of the proposed site area of approximately 200 acres. He noted the unique qualities of the site being strategically located near the Highway but of such vast expanse that the Academy can be located off road with vast grounds for student and lecturer amenities and facilities. He also noted that with the imminent arrival of block making equipment, the Sierra Lone Police would have its work cut out to erect buildings, training halls and faculty buildings in a relatively short period of time. A guest house for the accommodation of visiting officers would be prioritized as he has it in mind that this project would be heavily supervised by Senior officers over the period of construction. A bulldozer crew operating a D12 earth moving equipment were also on site doing clearance. By the second day of the visit The Bulldozer crew had done extensive clearance of the initial space on which the block making equipment would be located once cleared from customs in the coming weeks. Prior to visiting the site for the proposed Police Acedemy, Inspector General Munu paid a courtesy call on the Ebola Incident Control Centre (ICC) at Makeni Town Hall. He was given a conducted tour by Col. Riddick of the British Marines, a member of the contingent that came in with HMS Argos. The Inspector General of Police was shown how tracking and exit of cases were done and a system for contact tracing through triage and holding centre was monitored by the ICC. The sequential tracking of cases by name and locality at the ICC level underscores the effectiveness of the new statistical source gathering exercise that feeds into the national figures for new and accumulated cases of Ebola in the country. Col Riddick also explained that this system captures all cases known in the area and the progress that is made in monitoring quarantined homes and areas for onward referral to holding centers as the case may arise. On a map of the Bombali District, the hot spots were demarcated with pressure points indicating the areas of spread marled by colored pins. From this map, a clear transmission path was realized with Col Riddick explain a phenomenon of a movement of the cases upwards as if exiting the district to the neighboring areas as towards Koinadugu. The major spread was however shown to be in a central area in Makeni town itself. Col Riddick later mentioned that the HMS Argos was expected to be here for around six months as the ship has enough supplies to hold out for that period. It is anticipated that if their tour of duty would have to be lengthened, then another vessel would replace HMS Argos off shore in Sierra Leone. He confirmed that HMS Argos shipped out to Freetown from out of Portsmouth Naval base in England.
Posted on: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 11:11:37 +0000
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