IG can only monitor, audit operations, coordinate operations and deploy officers within the service but not to the field. NPS ACT 10. (1) The functions of the Inspector-General shall be to — (a) implement policy decisions; (b) audit of police operations and functioning; (c) co-ordinate all police operations; (d) advise the Government on policing matters and services; (e) prepare budgetary estimates and develop a policing plan before the end of each financial year, setting out the priorities and objectives of the service and the justification thereof; (f) determine the establishment and maintenance of police stations, posts, outposts, units or unit bases in the county and determine the boundaries of the police stations, outposts or unit bases; (g) determine the distribution and deployment of officers in the Service and recommend to the Commission and the County Policing Authorities; (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 Inspector- General; (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.
Posted on: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 10:40:30 +0000
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