Municipal police force to increase

In a release from the Ministry of Rural Development and Local Government said following the advertisement for the post of Police Constable (Range 21/24C) Municipal Police Service which ended on February 24, 2017, the Ministry are currently entering the rest of applications into the database to be sent to the Office of Law Enforcement Policy (OLEP).

The application period is now closed and the Ministry is moving forward with the next steps of the process.

Minister Kazim Hosein said, “We have received a wonderful response from the public, with thousands of applicants expressing their interest in joining our protective service. The Human Resources Department at the Ministry of Rural Development and Local Government has been working diligently from the very beginning to prepare the advertisement, and continue now as they build the database of applicants and relay the information to OLEP.

They must truly be commended for their meticulous efforts.” The release said after the compilation of the database, applicants will be asked to take an examination which is administered by the Service Commissions Department. The ministry also said they have sought approval from the Service Commissions Department to update the previously used examination to ensure that it is in keeping with the intention of building a modernised Municipal Police Service that is well-equipped to deal with the issues faced in every region, borough and city.