The project aims at restoring trust and supporting the Sierra Leone Police’s capacity to ensure public order and reduce criminality. This will be done through a combination of training and provision of equipment to support the crowd control capacity of the SLP as well as the Complaints Disciplinary Internal Investigations Department’s capacity to monitor the SLP integrity.

Main Goal:

• Restore civilian trust in the Police force and strengthen the institution as a contributor to a just and peaceful.

Immediate Objective:

• Quickly enhancing the operational capacity of the SLP to ensure public order, prevent and reduce crime and provide for security for all Sierra Leoneans;
• Providing the Sierra Leone Police with essential means to improve and maintain its integrity.

Outputs/Key Activities:

• Provision of adequate equipment, to police officers in the Operational Support Division and the Crowd Control Units, e.g. riot gear for crowd control.
• Training to OSD and the CCU officers
• Enhanced capacity of the Sierra Leone Police Force to respond to public complaints against police officers and to confirm their credibility

Procurement:

• Crowd control non-lethal equipment for SLP Vehicles
• CDIID office equipment and motorcycles (IT and vehicles)