Kampala Metropolitan Police South would like to inform revellers, who were planning to attend a concert at Dungu Resort this evening, that it has been stopped after the organisers failed to meet basic security and safety standards. The organisers were given guidelines to follow, like having a traffic plan for the revellers, who are to […]
Continue ReadingBetween 2011 and December 2021, the Uganda Police Force through the Directorate of Criminal Investigations handled a number of high-profile cases namely; Attacks on Security Personnel between September and December, 2021, where 06 police officers and 02 UPDF Officers were 04 Police Officers were killed, 02 UPDF Officers seriously injured and 08 guns robbed, out […]
Continue ReadingWe wish to refute social media reports making rounds about the closure of the Special Investigations Division(SID), Kireka. The public should know that the SID is a Division under the Directorate of Criminal Investigations headquartered in Kibuli. Its establishment is approved under the Police Structure by Public Service. Therefore, any plans of degazetting or closing […]
Continue ReadingThe Territorial Police in North Kyoga carried out an intelligence led operation in Lira, Kwania and Apac and cracked down an organized criminal gang, that had specialized in the theft of bodaboda motorcycles all over the country. The gang had agents and collaborators in almost every part of the country, who would identify newly bought […]
Continue ReadingOne of the features that distinguishes policing from other occupations is the lawful authority given to police to arrest and detain suspects. The disposal of a person(s) arrested by a police officer, is provided for by Law under Section 25(1) of the Police Act, CAP 303 (Act 16/2006). Our responses range from cautioning suspects, releasing […]
Continue ReadingAs you are aware, today 7.02.2022, 6pm, marks the end of curfew restrictions on movement of bodabodas and the curfew in general. This now makes the night economy fully complete, where all members of the public can move without any restrictions. We want to congratulate all stakeholders in the sector, because bodabodas are the most […]
Continue ReadingThe territorial police in Sironko has registered 6 cases of theft, arson, destruction of property, and house break-ins, in the last two weeks. The cases have all these been resolved and suspects arrested with the help of police canine that successfully helped to trace, recover and identify criminals behind the acts. The first case was […]
Continue ReadingThe Police has also recovered a dead body of a yet to be identified person at the home of home of Tumwine Charles and wife Naome Tumwine in Kabowa. The discovery comes just a week after another body of Turyasingura Patrick who had been reported missing on the 26th .01.2022, was found in a septic […]
Continue ReadingFollowing intense operations on the Northern Bypass with the aim of clamping down on thugs, criminals have shifted to villages near the Northern Bypass. Joint task teams of the police and UPDF on Tuesday (01.02.2022) carried out an intelligence-led operation in areas of Gaza, which is located in Mabito. The village is a known hiding […]
Continue ReadingThe Territorial Police in Luwero is actively investigating the murder of a tipper driver and subsequent robbery of his Tipper Lorry. The facts reveal that on the 27.01.2022, Ntanzi David, a driver of Tipper Lorry, under registration number, UAT 840 C, left his stage at around 3pm, upon receiving a phone call from Mubiru Lawrence, […]
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