UGANDA POLICE FORCE

Uganda Police Force Official Website

• Vision
  
  To provide an enlightened and motivated police force that is efficient and accountable to the people.


• Mission
  
  To secure life and property in partnership with the public in a committed and professional manner in order to promote development.

Functions of the Uganda Police Force

• To protect life and property;


• To preserve law and order;


• To prevent and detect crime; and


• To cooperate with the civilian authority and other security organs established under this Constitution and with the population generally.

HISTORY

When the 1967 Constitution abolished the federal states and Buganda\'s special status, the local police forces merged into the Uganda Police Force or became local constabularies responsible to the district commissioner under the inspector general\'s authority.

During the 1960s, the Uganda Police Force comprised a Uniform Branch, which was assigned mainly to urban duties...

UPF Directorates

• ICT


• Human Resource and development


• Operations


• Criminal Investigations


• Research Planning and Development


• Logistics and Engineering


• Political Commisariat

Police Act

• to protect the life, property and other rights of the individual;


• to maintain security within Uganda;


• to enforce the laws of Uganda;


• to ensure public safety and order;


• to prevent and detect crime in the society;


• subject to section 9, to perform the services of a military force


• to perform any other functions assigned to it under this Act.