The Police Service Commission (PolSC), receives administrative, technical and financial support from the Service Commissions Department (SCD) through the Police Service Commission Secretariat (PolSec). The SCD is headed by the Director of Personnel Administration (DPA) who is the Accounting Officer for all Service Commissions.
The Police Service Commission Secretariat was established by Cabinet Minute No. 1564 dated 21st June, 2007.
It supports the Police Service Commission in its examination of the performance of the Commissioner of Police (CoP) and Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCoPs) through monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness and efficiency of police systems, and operations using pre-determined and agreed indicators and targets.
The Secretariat also provides administrative and clerical services to the Commission’s Appeal Tribunal as well as assists in the dissemination of information and the conduct of the Commission’s public education programmes.
The Secretariat is headed by an Executive Director Human Resource Management and comprised of six (6) functional Units namely Administration, Legal, Appeals Body, Monitoring and Evaluation, Research and Evaluation and Public Education. The current organisational structure currently comprises thirty-three (33) contract positions many of which have a life span of three (3) years.