{{Researchers and academicians from the International Victimology Institute Tilburg (INTERVICT) in Netherlands and the University of Rwanda College of Arts and Social Sciences visited the Rwanda National Police (RNP) headquarters in Kacyiru on March 20 to learn about force’s Post-Genocide policing.}}
The team of seventeen students was received and briefed by the Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIGP) in charge of Operations, Dan Munyuza, who explained to them the evolution of the RNP and its achievements in the last 14 years of its existence.
DIGP Munyuza said it required a focused and committed leadership to unite a divided society and to build a credible Rwanda National Police force.
“All this was possible because of the visionary leadership, patriotism and community partnership,” DIGP Munyuza said.
He said the force also engaged in fighting poverty by supporting vulnerable groups and joining forces with locals in community development programmes such as Umuganda, Gir’Inka and paying medical insurance for the poor, which increased a sense of responsibility among the public to fight and prevent crimes.
Students also asked various question related to corruption and solving the public’s issues.
DIGP Munyuza said the force established an Anti-Corruption unit, ethics centre and Inspectorate of Services to keep the officers in the check against graft.
He also said that the force works with other judicial and anti-corruption private and public institutions like Transparency International-Rwanda and Ombudsman office to fight the vice.
Rwandans, he said, can now report their complaint, corrupt or indiscipline officers by calling various hotlines or by filling the online complaint or compliment form.
The online form can be obtained on the RNP web site by clicking on the E-Policing link.
The hotlines include 3512 for gender violence, 3511 to report abuse by police officer, 112 for emergence and 113 for traffic accident.
The students are in the country since March 12 on a study tour about Transitional Justice mechanisms and to clarify on the complex nature of re-building a post-Genocide society.
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