Be driven by the urge to serve your country, AIGP Kasingye tells police officers

The Police’s Chief Political Commissar, AIGP Asan Kasingye, has urged officers to embrace team work but above all be driven by the need to serve the public.

Kasingye was on Thursday speaking during the opening of Katwe-Kabatoro Police division headquarters in Kasese as part of his ideological orientation tour in the Rwenzori Region.

He emphasized professionalism and appealed to officers to avoid any acts of unethical conducts like corruption and bribery.

"Do things with the lowest cost of doing so. Be effective and be driven by service,” Kasingye said.

He urged the officers to understand the mission, vision and mandate of the force by being ideologically grounded, so that the public appreciates the services offered.

According to Kasingye, officers face challenges while on duty but urged senior officers to care for the welfare of junior officers by showing them care and support.

He further urged them to help revamp the image of the police in the eyes of the public by improving community policing services and adopting a people- centered approach in delivering police services. This, he said, can be achieved if every police officer changes their attitude about the public.

"Every police officer’s ideological orientation must be one that focuses on serving the wanainchi in a timely, ethical and professional manner," AIGP Kasingye noted.

He said police officers must now focus more on crimes that directly affect the economic and wellbeing of the common man.

These, he said, include theft of animals and crops, SMEs that are started using SACCO loans and protection of power lines, among others.

"These are the crimes that directly touch their livelihoods. Ultimately, this supports the government in uplifting the people from poverty which is a prerequisite for development. This therefore, will change the face and image of the police that have hitherto be badly dented," AIGP Kasingye said.