January 17, 2022
Creating link between the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) for capacity building and equipment, the Sierra Leone Ambassador to the United States of America, His Excellency Sidique Aboubakarr Wai, has on the 14th January, 2022 paid a courtesy call to the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr Ambrose Michael Sovula.
According to HE Sidique Wai, his visit was to get firsthand information and interact with the IGP and his management team.
Dr. Sovula he said is not just an IGP with a reputation limited to national level but has attracted international attention and normally when that happened, he is in the middle.
“One would want to come and get the feel” said Ambassador Wai.
He continued that he was therefore at the police headquarters to see the IGP, the men and women in uniform and have an opportunity to learn more, so that when he goes back to New York, he would be in a better position to talk to his friends about help for the SLP.
He therefore called on the police management to support the leadership of Dr. Ambrose Michael Sovula.
In his contributions, the IGP stated that the engagement was important and significant as it was aimed at capacity building and equipment for the SLP through link with the NYPD
The visit of the Ambassador he said was timely, referencing President Bio desire for human capital development in all sectors including the security.
“We are currently on transformative drive and what we need now from our partners is training, training and training to enable us meet modern trend of policing” said Dr. Sovula.
SLP he added would have to prepare a concept paper that would determine the required training needed.
He concluded by expressing optimism that the engagement would yield fruit.
Prior to his appointment as Sierra Leone Ambassador to US, HE Wai was a Policy adviser to the NYPD and the initiator for the use of “Body Camera” which has become a world class crime fighting tool.