Strategic Meeting with Chief of Police Force
Effective Training with Limited Resources
In a strategic meeting held on September 16, 2024, the Chief of Tanzania Police Force (TPF), IGP Camillus Wambura, and the Hanns Seidel Foundation's Resident Representative for Tanzania and Uganda, Mr. Frank Gollwitzer, discussed approaches for implementing key community policing activities ahead of the local government elections scheduled for November 2024. Given budget constraints, the focus was on cost-effective solutions, such as online training sessions and a peer-to-peer learning model for police officers.
Mr. Gollwitzer, emphasized the importance of maintaining quality of training and its impact despite reduced funding. The meeting resulted in an agreement to conduct training sessions for police officers on election conduct and community policing, ensuring readiness of the police officers for upcoming local government electoral duties. The proposed training methods aimed to maintain quality while minimizing costs, ensuring a sustainable approach to police capacity building. The proposed training methods included:
- Increase online training for senior police officers, with German police facilitating sessions to share and learn about community policing.
- Implement peer-to-peer learning by conducting a Training of Trainers (ToT) for selected officers, creating a sustainable pool of community policing trainers.
- Onsite community policing training for junior officers focusing on local government election related guidelines.
The strategic meeting came ahead of the 60th anniversary celebrations of the Tanzania Police Force, where President Samia Suluhu Hassan praised the TPF’s role in national security using community policing program countrywide.
