The Independent Police Complaints Board (IPCB), with funding from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Friday 10th December, 2021 held a one-day Media Facilitation Event for members of the media and civil society activists at the IPCB Head office at New England Ville, Freetown. The yearly event is part...
IPCB Hosts UNDP’s Governance and Peace Building Mission from Ethiopia
The Independent Police Complaints Board of Sierra Leone (IPCB – S/L) on Monday 28th June, 2021 played host to the Governance and Peace Building Mission from UNDP’s Regional Service Center for Africa based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The UNDP office in Freetown through a letter dated 21st June, 2021 notified...
‘The New Direction Means New Thoughts” Resident Minister North – East
The Resident Minister North – East, Hon. Abu Abu Koroma has told a cross section of community residents in Makeni that the New Direction meant new thoughts (positive thinking). He was speaking on Thursday 15th July, 2021 at the SLTU Hall in Makeni City during a session of the Regional...
IPCB and UNDP Signs Letter of Agreement
The Independent Police Complaints Board (IPCB) on Wednesday 12th May, 2021 signed a Standard Letter of Agreement (LOA) with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for the implementation of the project – ‘Improving the Rule of Law, Security and Human Rights in Sierra Leone’. The overall goal of the...
IPCB Trains Over 600 Participants on the Luanda Guidelines
The Independent Police Complaints Board (IPCB), with funds from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) under the on-going project of Strengthening the Rule of Law, Security and Human Rights and Social Cohesion in Sierra Leone, has trained 644 participants on the Guidelines on the Conditions of Arrest, Police Custody and...
IPCB Formally Opens its Regional Office in the North-West
Freetown, S/Leone (22nd June, 2020) – As part of the commitment to expand its operations across the country, the Independent Police Complaints Board (IPCB) on Tuesday, 16th June 2020 officially opened its office for the North-West Region at 45 Edward Koroma Street in Port Loko City. Chairing the occasion, the...
Technical Working Group Submits Report to the IPCB Board
The Technical Working Group (TWG) set up to review the IPCB Regulations, 2013, and make appropriate recommendations for the development of an ‘Independent Police Oversight Commission Bill’ has submitted its Report to the Board. The review exercise aims at strengthening the work of the IPCB to discharge its oversight role...
IPCB Engages Residents in Yele, Sahn Malen and Koindu
The Programmes and Communications Department of the Independent Police Complaints Board (IPCB) has from Sunday 20th to Friday 25th October, 2019 engaged police officers, chiefs and other community residents in Yele, Yelen Chiefdom in Tonkolili District, Sahn Malen, Malen Chiefdom in Pujehun District and Koindu Town, Kissi Teng Chiefdom in...
IPCB Commences District Level Training for Community Residents
The Independent Police Complaints Board (IPCB) has on Monday 9th September, 2019 commenced its 2nd phase of district level training in the South and Eastern Regions on Civilian Oversight Mechanism for the Police, starting with Moyamba District. Addressing participants in each session, the IPCB Communications Officer and Lead Facilitator, Amadu...