The Duty of the Sierra Leone Police in Detecting and Preventing Crime
The Sierra Leone Police is an important institution that has been in existence since the country was declared a British Crown Colony and up until when the whole territory was amalgamated to constitute the Republic of Sierra Leone. When the Constitution of Sierra Leone Act No. 6 of 1991, was inaugurated, there was already an existing functional police force which the said Constitution further established in section 155 thereby guaranteeing its continuation. The Constitution of Sierra Leone Act No. 6 of 1991 ensured the preservation and continuation of state institutions that were already in existence before it came into force; and among those important state institutions that the Constitution preserved and allowed to continue to function is the Sierra Leone Police Force under section 188 of the same Constitution. The primary and fundamental reason for which the Sierra Leone Police Force was established is to detect, investigate, prevent any crime and prosecute criminals. Therefore in ...
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