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FOREWORD

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HonKazembeKAZEMBE(
MP)
Mi
nist
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fai
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it
age

COMMI
SSI
ONERGENERAL’
SNOTE

TheZi
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an,Hor
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2025,atachal
l
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ter
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ment
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ustaf
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mor
edi
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s’needst
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mbabwe.

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ary
t
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ts.Weshal
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ori
sm,humananddr
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hesol
enat
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ernment
’sf
iscalsuppor
tandpol
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cygui
dance.Si
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y,wear
eful
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zantoft
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heat
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mi
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thi
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it
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e and secur
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nst
it
uti
onalcapaci
tyandhumandev
elopment
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nst
reami
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env
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l
ity
,amongot
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s,whi
chwi
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lrequi
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ar
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stencehencei
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at
tai
nmentof t
he v
isi
on and goal
s enunci
ated t
her
eto.Letus al
l
,
i
ndi
vi
dual
l
yandsev
eral
l
y,maket
her
eal
i
zat
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mi
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,at
angi
bler
eal
i
ty.

TGMATANGA
Commi
ssi
onerGener
alofPol
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TABLEOFCONTENTS

FOREWORD I
COMMI
SSI
ONERGENERAL’
SNOTE I
V
TABLEOFCONTENTS VI
I
ACRONYM /ABBREVI
ATI
ON VI
II
1.
0 BACKGROUND 1
2.
0 SI
TUATI
ONALANALYSI
S 3
2.
1 EXTERNALENVI
RONMENTALANALYSI
S 3
2.
1.1 Pol
i
ticalEnvi
ronment 3
2.
1.2 ECONOMI
CENVI
RONMENT 5
2.
1.3 SocialEnvi
ronment 6
2.
1.4 Technologi
calEnvir
onment 6
2.
1.5 LegalEnvir
onment 7
2.
1.6 Ethi
calEnvironment 8
2.
2 I
NTERNALE RONMENTALANALYSI
NVI S 8

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2.
2.1 Strategy 8
2.
2.2 Structur
e 9
2.
2.3 Systems 9
2.
2.4 Style 10
2.
2.5 SharedValues 10
2.
2.6 Staff 11
2.
2.7 Skill
s 11
3.
0 VI
SION 11
4.
0 MI
SSI
ON 12
5.
0 COREVALUES 12
6.
0 CLI
ENTNEEDSANDPROBLEM ANALYSI
S 14
7.
0 BROADOBJECTI
VES 15
8.
0 CRI
TICALSUCCESSFACTORS 15
9.
0 KEYDELI
VERABLES 16
10.
0 KEYRESULTAREAS 17
10.
1 SAFEANDSECUREENVI
RONMENT 17
10.
1.1 Cr
imeManagement 17
10.
1.1.
1 Cr
imePreventi
on 18
10.
1.1.
2 Cr
imeI
nv est
igat
ions 20
10.
1.1.
3 Cr
imeDetecti
on 30
10.
1.2 TRAFFICMANAGEMENT 32
10.
1.3 PUBLICORDERANDDISASTERMANAGEMENT 34
10.
2 INSTI ONALCAPACI
TUTI TYANDHUMANDEVELOPMENT 35
(
i) I
mageBui ldi
ng 36
(
ii) Inf
rastructur
e(Of
ficeandResi
dent
ialAccommodat
ion) 37
(
ii
i) Restructur
ing 37
(
iv) Trai
ningandSt af
fCapacit
ati
on 38
(
v) Wel fare 39
10.
3 GOVERNANCE 44
10.
5 ENVI
RONMENTALSUSTAI
NABI
LITY 48
11.
0 MONI
TORI
NGANDEVALUATI
ON 51

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ACRONYM /ABBREVI
ATI
ON

AFI
S Aut
omat
edFi
nger
pri
ntI
dent
if
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ionSy
stem
AFU AssetFor
fei
tur
eUni
t
AFRI
POL Af
ri
canPol
i
ceCooper
ati
onOr
gani
sat
ion
CBD Cr
imi
nal
Bur
eauDocket
CCD Commer
cial
Cri
mesDi
vi
si
on
CI
U Cr
imi
nal
Int
ell
i
genceUni
t
COVI
D-19 Cor
onaVi
rusDi
sease
DFDC Di
str
ictFor
ceDev
elopmentCommi
tt
ee
ETMS El
ect
roni
cTr
aff
icManagementSy
stem
I
CT I
nfor
mat
ionCommuni
cat
ionTechnol
ogy
I
NTERPOLI
nter
nat
ional
Pol
i
ceOr
gani
sat
ion
I
RBM I
ntegr
atedResul
tsBasedManagement
PDFC Pr
ovi
nci
alFor
ceDev
elopmentCommi
tt
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SADC Sout
her
nAf
ri
caDev
elopmentCommuni
ty
SARPCCO Sout
her
n Af
ri
ca Regi
onalPol
i
ce Chi
efs Cooper
ati
on
Or
gani
sat
ion
SDC St
ati
onDev
elopmentCommi
tt
ee
TSP Tr
ansi
ti
onal
Stabi
l
isat
ionPr
ogr
amme
WoGPMS Whol
eofGov
ernmentPer
for
manceManagementSy
stem
ZACC Zi
mbabweAnt
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Cor
rupt
ionCommi
ssi
on
ZESA Zi
mbabweEl
ect
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ZI
MRA Zi
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1.
0 BACKGROUND

Moder
nor
gani
sat
ionsut
il
izest
rat
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cpl
anni
ngasamanagement
t
oolf
orenhanci
ngser
vicedel
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ver
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ert
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sembr
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pl
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dingopt
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ensesi
nfor
mingpol
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nit
iat
ives,st
rat
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esandoper
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her
eto.Thi
spar
adi
gm shi
ft
f
rom t
heknee-
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est
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exposed t
othor
ough di
agnost
ict
houghtpr
ocessbef
orebei
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packaged i
nto an i
nci
siv
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l
-def
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raj
ect
oryr
emai
ns
car
dinal
.Essent
ial
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his cr
it
icalendeav
ourspawned posi
ti
ve
changes i
n t
he manner t
he or
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ion di
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ges i
ts
const
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uti
onalmandat
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er,i
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imi
nalsophi
str
y
ai
dedbyadv
ancementi
ntechnol
ogy
,hei
ght
enedpol
i
ticalact
ivi
sm
and pol
ari
zat
ion,t
he usher
ing i
n oft
he Second Republ
i
c of
Zi
mbabwe,t
heexpi
ryoft
het
enur
eoft
hecur
rentst
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egi
cpl
an,
among ot
herf
act
ors,obl
i
ge t
he or
gani
zat
ion t
oreor
ientand
r
econf
igur
eit
sst
rat
egi
cresol
ve and t
he pol
i
cing di
scour
se i
n
gener
al.

Tot
hisend,t
hiscur
rentpl
ani
sasuccessort
otheSt
rat
egi
cPl
an
Vi
sion2020andcov
erst
heper
iod2021-
2025whi
l
erunni
ngunder
t
het Pol
heme‘ i
cingt
owar
dsanUpperMi
ddl
eIncomeSoci
ety’
.

The new or
gani
zat
ionalr
oadmap der
ived gui
dance f
rom t
he
Gov
ernment
’sTr
ansi
ti
onalSt
abi
li
zat
ionPr
ogr
amme(
TSP)aswel
l

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asVi
sion2030whi
char
eai
medatt
ransf
ormi
ngZi
mbabwei
ntoan
uppermi
ddl
eincome soci
ety
.Fur
ther
mor
e,nat
ionalpr
ior
it
ies
enshr
inedi
nthegov
ernment
’sVi
si
on2030wer
einf
usedi
nthe
env
isagedpol
i
cingi
ti
ner
aryt
ogi
vei
mpet
ust
othei
mpl
ement
ati
on
oft
hecount
ry’
spol
i
cies.Cr
it
icall
essonsf
rom t
heor
gani
sat
ion’
s
pr
ecedi
ngpl
an,Vi
sion2020shal
lal
sobeusedasbui
l
dingbl
ocks
i
ndr
ivi
ngt
hepol
i
ceagendai
nthecur
rentpl
an.

Mor
eimpor
tant
ly,t
heZi
mbabweRepubl
i
cPol
i
ce’
soper
ati
onsf
or
t
henextf
ivey
ear
s(2021-
2025)ar
egoi
ngt
obepr
edi
cat
edont
he
or
gani
zat
ion’
svi
sion and br
oad obj
ect
ives espoused i
nthi
s
st
rat
egi
c pl
an.One maj
or depar
tur
efr
om t
he pr
edecessor
st
rat
egi
c pl
ans i
sthe r
ecogni
ti
on oft
he need t
o adoptand
ent
rencht
echnol
ogyai
dedpol
i
cingi
nit
iat
ivesi
nconj
unct
ionwi
th
t
hosewhi
chr
equi
ret
hephy
sicalpr
esenceofpol
i
ceof
fi
cer
s.I
nas
muchascr
imi
nal
sar
etaki
ngadv
ant
ageoft
echnol
ogyandt
he
cy
ber space, pol
i
ce or
gani
zat
ions can al
so do bet
ter by
t
echnol
ogi
cal
l
yout
paci
ngt
hem.

2.
0 SI
TUATI
ONALANALYSI
S

I
nanal
yzi
ngt
heext
ernalenv
ironmentoft
heZi
mbabweRepubl
i
c
Pol
i
ce,emphasi
s was pl
aced on i
dent
if
ying oppor
tuni
ti
es and
t
hreat
sthatmay char
act
eri
ze t
he pol
i
tical
,economi
c,soci
al,

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t
echnol
ogi
caland et
hicalspher
esofZi
mbabwef
ort
heper
iod
2021t
o2025.Thet
hrustoft
heanal
ysi
swasai
medatpl
aci
ngt
he
or
gani
zat
iononapedest
alofexpl
oit
ingoppor
tuni
ti
eswhi
l
eatt
he
samet
imemi
ti
gat
ingagai
nstpossi
bleconsequencesofpot
ent
ial
t
hreat
s.Si
mil
arl
y,t
he i
nter
nalenv
ironment
alanal
ysi
sis an
or
gani
sat
ionalsel
f-
int
rospect
ionofi
tsst
rengt
hsandweaknesses
usi
ngMcki
nsey
’s7sModel
.

2.
1 Ext
ernalEnv
ironment
alAnal
ysi
s

2.
1.1 Pol
it
icalEnv
ironment

Gener
all
y,pol
i
ticalenv
ironmenti
nthecount
ryhasr
emai
nedst
abl
e
par
ti
cul
arl
yint
he r
uralar
eas.Howev
er,ur
ban ar
eas hav
e
per
iodi
cal
l
ydemonst
rat
edt
obehot
bedsofpol
i
ticalv
iol
enceand
act
ivi
sm.

The per
iod 2021 t
o 2025 i
s ant
ici
pat
ed t
o be punct
uat
ed by
pol
i
ticalst
abi
l
ityev
ent
hought
he2018Har
moni
sedEl
ect
ionsl
eft
some sect
ions of t
he soci
ety di
sgr
unt
led. Consequent
ly,
pol
ari
zat
ion and t
ensi
on r
emai
n ev
identas t
hey cont
inue t
o
domi
nat
ethe soci
aland mass medi
a.Ther
efor
e,si
nce t
he
pl
anni
ngper
iodaheadal
sohasHar
moni
sedEl
ect
ionssl
atedf
or
2023,
ani
ncr
easei
ntensi
onandpol
i
tical
cont
est
ati
oni
sexpect
ed.

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Pol
i
cingTowar
dsanUpperMiddl
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ncomeSoci
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Pol
i
ticalst
abi
l
ity af
for
ds t
he Zi
mbabwe Republ
i
c Pol
i
ce an
oppor
tuni
tyf
ori
mpr
ovedser
vicedel
i
ver
yandchannel
i
ngener
gy
t
owar
dscr
imer
educt
ion.Howev
er,
pol
ari
zat
ionbr
eedshei
ght
ened
pol
i
ticalact
ivi
sm r
esul
ti
ngi
npol
i
cehav
ingt
odev
otemor
eti
me
andr
esour
cest
omanagi
ngpubl
i
cdi
sor
dert
her
ebyconst
rai
ning
t
heor
gani
sat
ion'
scr
imer
educt
ionef
for
ts.

Theor
gani
zat
ioni
sal
soal
i
vet
othef
actt
hatpol
i
ticalext
remi
sm
mani
fest
ingi
nthef
orm oft
err
ori
sm hasnow f
oundi
tswayi
nto
someSADC memberst
ates.Thi
sscour
gehast
hepot
ent
ialt
o
engul
ftheent
ir
eregi
on.Tot
hisend,
enhancedi
nfor
mat
ionshar
ing,
useofadv
ancedt
echnol
ogi
es,t
rai
ningandr
esour
cemobi
l
izat
ion
wi
l
lgoal
ongwayi
ncount
eri
ngt
err
ori
sm.

On anot
hernot
e,i
tis env
isaged t
hatt
he gov
ernment
’sr
e-
engagementt
hrustwi
l
lunl
ockoppor
tuni
ti
esf
ort
heor
gani
zat
ion
t
olear
nfr
om ot
hercount
ri
es and adoptbestpr
act
ices f
or
i
mpr
ovi
ngpol
i
cingi
ngener
al.I
nthi
sregar
d,t
hepl
anni
ngper
iod
shal
lbechar
act
eri
zed bycont
inuousscanni
ng oft
hepol
i
tical
env
ironmentt
ogui
depr
o-act
iveact
ions.

2.
1.2 Economi
cEnv
ironment

Thecount
ry’
seconomyhascont
inued t
o gr
appl
ewi
th sev
eral

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negat
ivef
act
orswhi
chi
ncl
udeper
sist
entcl
i
mat
e-changei
nduced
dr
ought
s,har
sheconomi
csanct
ionsi
mposedont
hecount
ryat
t
het
urnoft
hemi
l
lenni
um and t
hedev
ast
ati
ng ef
fect
soft
he
Cov
id19pandemi
c.Howev
er,i
nvi
ew oft
henat
ionalv
isi
onf
oran
uppermi
ddl
eincomest
atusbyt
hey
ear2030,
Zimbabwe’
smacr
o-
economi
cout
lookexhi
bit
spot
ent
ialf
orbot
heconomi
cboomsand
downt
urns.

Househol
dfood secur
it
yhas decl
i
ned due t
olow agr
icul
tur
al
pr
oduct
ivi
ty,unempl
oymentand pov
ert
y cul
minat
ing i
n some
ci
ti
zens especi
all
ythe y
out
hs r
esor
ti
ng t
o cr
ime f
orsur
viv
al.
Fur
ther
mor
e,t
he f
ormalmi
ning sect
orcont
inues t
o pr
ovi
de
si
gni
fi
cantr
evenuei
nfl
owst
hought
her
eisani
mper
ati
veneedt
o
f
ormal
i
zet
heact
ivi
ti
esofsomear
ti
sanalmi
ner
sinor
dert
opl
ug
l
eakagesandpr
omot
eenv
ironment
alf
ri
endl
ypr
act
ices.Ont
he
ot
herhand,t
our
ism,manuf
act
uri
ngandr
etai
lsect
orscont
inuet
o
r
eelundereconomi
ctur
bul
ence mani
fest
ing t
hrough;f
orei
gn
cur
rency shor
tages,i
nfl
ati
on,domest
ic cur
rency v
olat
il
it
y,l
ow
f
orei
gn di
rect i
nvest
ment
, among ot
her
s. These economi
c
chal
l
engesar
egoi
ngt
oimpactnegat
ivel
yont
hecapaci
tyoft
he
or
gani
sat
iont
omobi
l
izer
esour
ces.

2.
1.3 Soci
alEnv
ironment
Gl
obal
i
sat
ionepi
tomi
sedbycr
oss-
cul
tur
ali
sat
ionhasemer
gedas
t
hecent
ralf
act
ori
nshapi
ngandr
e-def
ini
ngt
hesoci
alf
abr
ici
nal
l
count
ri
es.Sadl
y,t
hisphenomenonhasal
socul
minat
edi
nmor
al

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decadence t
her
eby spawni
ng soci
ali
l
ls,mi
sdemeanor
s and
i
ncr
easei
ncr
ime.I
nthesamev
ein,t
hei
ncr
easei
nrur
alt
our
ban
mi
grat
ionhasseenasur
gei
ncr
ime.Thesoci
alout
lookpor
tray
ed
bygl
obalandl
ocalf
act
orsabov
ehav
eli
tt
eredt
heZRP’
spol
i
cing
l
andscapewi
thnumer
ouschal
l
engessuchasi
l
li
ci
tdeal
i
ngsi
n
dr
ugs,compl
ext
ransnat
ionalcr
imes,v
iol
enceandt
hef
tamong
manyot
herv
ices.Howev
er,t
heor
gani
zat
ionwi
l
llev
eragegl
obal
l
i
nkagesr
esi
denti
nregi
onalandi
nter
nat
ionalpol
i
cingbodi
essuch
as Sout
her
n Af
ri
ca Regi
onal Pol
i
ce Chi
efs Cooper
ati
on
Or
gani
sat
ion (
SARPCCO)
,Int
ernat
ional Pol
i
ce Or
gani
sat
ion
(
INTERPOL)
,Af
ri
canPol
i
ceCooper
ati
onOr
gani
sat
ion(
AFRI
POL)
amongot
her
s.

2.
1.4 Technol
ogi
calEnv
ironment
Whi
l
eadv
ancesi
ntechnol
ogyhav
emadel
i
femucheasi
erf
or
humanbei
ngs,t
hedev
elopmenthasal
socomewi
thi
tsf
airshar
e
ofpr
obl
ems.I
tis ev
identt
hatdur
ing t
he t
enur
e oft
he pl
an,
t
echnol
ogi
caladv
ancementwi
l
lbeaper
manentf
eat
ureont
he
pol
i
cingt
err
ain.Theor
gani
zat
ionwi
l
lther
efor
etakeadv
ant
ageof
t
hesecut
ti
ngedget
echnol
ogi
est
oimpr
ovecommuni
cat
ionwi
th
t
hepubl
i
caswel
lasenhanci
ngi
tsi
nfor
mat
ionsy
stemst
obol
ster
cr
imemanagement
.Undoubt
edl
y,t
her
eshal
lbeneedt
hroughout
t
he whol
e pl
anni
ng per
iod t
o out
pace cr
imi
nalent
erpr
ise and
sy
ndi
cat
es.Si
mil
arl
y,t
hewi
deaccesst
othesoci
almedi
ashal
l
al
sopr
esentbot
hoppor
tuni
ti
esf
ori
mpr
ovedcommuni
cat
ionand

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t
hreat
sofabuseandcy
ber
cri
me.

2.
1.5 LegalEnv
ironment

Thef
actofZi
mbabwebei
ngAf
ri
ca’
smostl
i
ter
atenat
ioni
snow
mani
fest
ingi
nci
ti
zensget
ti
ngmor
eandmor
eli
ti
giousast
hey
demandt
heuphol
dingoft
hei
rri
ght
s.Howev
er,sev
eralpi
ecesof
t
he count
ry’
slegi
slat
ion ar
eyett
o be al
i
gned wi
tht
he new
Const
it
uti
on whi
ch was l
astamended i
n 2013.Whi
l
e sev
eral
st
atut
eshav
einr
ecentt
imesbeencommendabl
yal
i
gned,i
tis
hopedt
hati
nthepl
anni
ngper
iodsuchef
for
tswi
l
lbesust
ainedso
as t
o smoot
hen t
he wheel
s of j
ust
ice. Mor
eimpor
tant
ly,
st
rengt
heni
ngofi
nter
-agencycooper
ati
oni
nthej
ust
icedel
i
ver
y
v
alue chai
n wi
l
lal
so hel
p cur
e some gaps whi
ch ar
e bei
ng
cont
inuousl
yexpl
oit
edbycr
imi
nal
s.

2.
1.6 Et
hicalEnv
ironment
Thebr
eakdownoft
hemor
alf
abr
icandgener
aldi
sregar
doft
he
pr sofUbunt
ecept uandcommunal
i
sm hasbeent
hebi
ggestr
eci
pe
f
orsel
fi
shnessandcor
rupt
ionatbot
hindi
vi
dualandcor
por
ate
l
evel
s.Consequent
ly,
theper
iodunderf
ocusi
sli
kel
ytobebl
i
ght
ed
byi
ncr
easesi
ncor
rupt
ionbot
hint
ernal
l
yandext
ernal
l
y.Tot
his
end, t
he or
gani
sat
ion shal
l st
rengt
hen i
nter
nal cor
rupt
ion-
combat
ing measur
es whi
l
e al
so i
ncr
easi
ng col
l
abor
ati
on wi
th
ext
ernal
stakehol
der
sandsy
stems.

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2.
2 I
nter
nalEnv
ironment
alAnal
ysi
s

Thei
nter
nalenv
ironmentoft
heZi
mbabweRepubl
i
cPol
i
cewas
anal
ysed usi
ng t
he McKi
nsey7S modelwher
e st
rengt
hs and
weaknesseswer
ebr
oughtt
othef
ore.

2.
2.1 St
rat
egy
TheZRPcr
imemanagementst
rat
egyhasov
ert
hey
ear
srev
olv
ed
ar
oundr
etent
ionoft
radi
ti
onalpol
i
cingpr
act
icessuchaspat
rol
s
and campai
gns whi
ch cont
inue t
o pr
oduce desi
red r
esul
ts.
Howev
er,t
hesepr
act
icesar
enodoubthumancapi
tali
ntensi
ve,
cumber
some and l
aggi
ng behi
nd cr
imi
nalsophi
str
yther
eby
r
equi
ri
ng t
hedepl
oymentofmoder
ntechnol
ogi
es.Technol
ogy
-
ai
dedcr
imemanagementt
hrustwi
l
lther
efor
ebegi
vengr
eat
er
i
mpet
us t
o compl
ement human-
cent
red pol
i
cing st
rat
egi
es.
Mor
eso,t
hedepl
oymentofcont
empor
aryt
echnol
ogi
esi
npol
i
cing
wi
l
lenhanceamongot
her
s,t
heeaseofdat
ast
orageandr
etr
iev
al,
i
nfor
mat
ion pr
ocessi
ng, det
ect
ion and capt
uri
ng of cr
uci
al
ev
idence.

2.
2.2 St
ruct
ure

TheZRPhasawel
l
-def
inedr
ankedhi
erar
chi
calst
ruct
urewhi
chi
s
f
unct
ion-
speci
fi
c.Al
though t
he hi
erar
chi
calnat
ure comes wi
th
cer
tai
ntyofaut
hor
it
y,t
hemul
ti
pli
ci
tyoft
heser
ungsofaut
hor
it
y

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f
uel
sbur
eaucr
acyt
her
ebydel
ayi
ngdeci
si
onmaki
ng.I
nthi
sregar
d,
t
heor
gani
zat
ionwi
l
lst
ri
vet
omai
ntai
naf
latandl
eanerst
ruct
ure
dev
oidofr
oler
edundancyanddupl
i
cat
ions.

2.
2.3 Sy
stems

I
nper
for
mingt
hei
rdut
ies,member
soft
heZi
mbabweRepubl
i
c
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i
ceder
ivegui
dancef
rom def
inedpr
ocedur
esandgui
del
i
nes
whi
ch ar
e spel
t out i
n St
andi
ng Or
der
s,manual
s,st
atut
es,
r
egul
ati
ons among ot
her
s,as opposed t
oli
mit
less di
scr
eti
on.
Howev
er,i
nfor
mat
ionmanagementpr
ocessesar
elar
gel
ymanual
.
Thi
sgi
vesr
iset
o chal
l
engessuch asdi
ff
icul
tyi
ninf
ormat
ion
r
etr
iev
al,v
ulner
abi
l
ityt
olossordest
ruct
ion,t
heneedf
ormor
e
per
sonnelandof
fi
cespace.Somepr
ovi
si
onsofor
gani
sat
ional
l
i
ter
atur
e ar
e no l
onger i
ntandem wi
th pr
evai
l
ing r
eal
i
ties.
Ther
efor
e,t
her
evi
ewofpol
i
cel
i
ter
atur
eshal
laddr
essbot
tl
enecks
bei
ngpr
esent
edbyl
i
ter
atur
eredundancy
.Si
mil
arl
y,t
her
eshal
lbea
gr
eat
erneed t
oincr
ease t
he l
evelofcomput
eri
zat
ion oft
he
or
gani
sat
ion’
sinf
ormat
ionmanagementsy
stem.

2.
2.4 St
yle

Asaquasi
-mi
l
itar
yor
gani
zat
ion,
theZRPhasat
opdownappr
oach
t
oaut
hor
it
ywhi
chi
sconduci
vef
ort
hemai
ntenanceofdi
sci
pli
ne.
Howev
er,t
he or
gani
zat
ion cont
inues t
o embr
ace and deepen
consul
tat
ionatal
llev
elst
oengendercooper
ati
onanduni
tyof
pur
pose.

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2.
2.5 Shar
edVal
ues

Cogni
santoft
her
e-br
andi
ngdr
iveandt
heneedt
oreconnectwi
th
cl
i
ent
s,t
heor
gani
zat
ionr
e-def
inedi
tsv
aluesy
stem.Theobj
ect
ive
wast
oembodyar
efr
eshi
ngi
dent
it
yandchar
act
ert
hatpl
acest
he
needsandexpect
ati
onsofcl
i
ent
satt
hehear
tofpol
i
ceoper
ati
ons.
Wi
thoutdoubt
,these endur
ing v
alues wi
l
lbe t
he hal
l
mar
k of
pol
i
cingexcel
l
enceast
heZi
mbabweRepubl
i
cPol
i
ceseekst
o
ent
renchasaf
eandsecur
enat
ion.

2.
2.6 St
aff

Theor
gani
zat
ioncur
rent
lyhasanest
abl
i
shmentof50000pol
i
ce
of
fi
cer
swhi
chi
ncl
ude1743gener
alhands.Thi
sest
abl
i
shmenti
s
notadequat
egi
vent
hef
actt
hatt
hecur
rentpol
i
cingmodeli
s
l
argel
yhuman-
cent
red.Fur
ther
mor
e,t
henat
ionalcensuspenci
l
ed
f
or2022i
sli
kel
ytor
evealagr
owt
hinpopul
ati
onwhi
chmay
r
equi
reanupwar
drev
iew oft
hepol
i
ceest
abl
i
shment
.Gi
vent
he
pr
ofounddesi
rebyt
heor
gani
zat
iont
o under
pinmostpol
i
cing
st
rat
egi
esonmoder
ntechnol
ogi
es,t
hisf
eatshal
lbeaggr
essi
vel
y
pur
suedt
ocompl
ementhuman-
cent
redpol
i
cing.

2.
2.7 Ski
ll
s

Theor
gani
sat
ionboast
sofadequat
eski
l
lset
srequi
redf
ort
he
pol
i
cingmandat
e.Howev
er,t
her
eisneedt
osust
aint
he t
rai
ning
anddev
elopmentt
hrusti
nor
dert
okeepabr
eastwi
themer
ging
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cr
imi
nal
pat
ter
nsaswel
lascur
ingper
enni
alski
l
lsf
li
ght
.

3.
0 VI
SION

Pol
i
cingf
orexcel
l
encei
npur
sui
tofapeacef
ul,saf
eandsecur
e
Zi
mbabwef
oral
lby2025

4.
0 MI
SSI
ON

Toef
fect
ivel
ypr
eser
vet
hei
nter
nalsecur
it
yofZi
mbabwe,pr
otect
andsecur
ethel
i
vesandpr
oper
tyoft
hepeopl
e,mai
ntai
nlawand
or
der
,enf
orcet
hel
awwi
thoutf
earandf
avourt
hroughent
renchi
ng
dy
nami
ccr
imepr
event
ion,i
nvest
igat
ionanddet
ect
ionpr
act
ices
whi
l
euphol
dingt
heconst
it
uti
on.

5.
0 COREVALUES

Asanor
gani
sat
ion,
weshal
luphol
dthef
oll
owi
ngcor
eval
uesi
nal
l
ourpol
i
cingendeav
our
s:-

 Pr
ofessi
onal
ism- weshal
lconductourwor
kwi
th

pr
ofessi
onal compet
ence, i
n
accor
dwi
tht
hehi
ghestst
andar
ds
ofet
hicsandpr
ofi
ci
ency
.

 Respect - weshal
lal
way
sremai
n

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cour
teous and r
esponsi
vei
n al
l
ourengagement
s,t
reat
ing ev
ery
per
sonwi
thki
ndnessandhumi
l
ity
.

I
mpar
ti
ali
ty - weshal
lendeav
ourt
obenon-

pr
ejudi
ci
al and obj
ect
ive; and
demonst
rat
e f
air
ness i
n our
deal
i
ngswi
thal
lst
akehol
der
s.

I
ntegr
it
y - weshal
lbest
eadf
asti
nour

adher
ence t
o hi
gh et
hical
st
andar
dsandt
rut
hful
nessaswe
di
schar
ge our const
it
uti
onal
mandat
e.

 Commi
tment - weshal
lexhi
bitt
hehi
ghest

st
andar
d of per
sonal and
or
gani
sat
ional excel
l
ence,
account
abi
l
ity
, dedi
cat
ion and
ef
fect
ivenessi
nthedi
schar
geof
ourdut
ies.

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 Tr
anspar
ency - opennessshal
lbea

Cor
ner
stone i
n al
lour act
ions,
deci
si
onsandengagement
swi
th
al
lst
akehol
der
s.Aswebui
l
dtr
ust
wi
th al
l our cl
i
ent
s and
communi
ti
esweser
ve,
weshal
lbe
open aboutwhatwe hav
e done
andwhywehav
edonei
t.

 Account
abi
li
ty - weshal
lacceptr
esponsi
bil
i
ty

f
orouract
ions,f
ocusonf
indi
ng
sol
uti
ons and r
emai
n r
esul
t
or
ient
ed.Weshal
lst
ri
vet
okeep
ourpr
omi
sesandcommi
tment
s.

6.
0 CLI
ENTNEEDSANDPROBLEM ANALYSI
S

I
tisi
mper
ati
vet
hatt
heor
gani
sat
ioncont
inuousl
yunder
takesa
compr
ehensi
veanal
ysi
sofi
tscl
i
ent
s’needsandpr
obl
ems.Att
he
cor
eoft
heanal
ysi
sisensur
ingt
hatcl
i
entsat
isf
act
ionr
emai
ns
cent
ralt
oal
lourpol
i
cingendeav
our
s.Theconf
igur
ati
onoft
he
or
gani
sat
ion’
s cl
i
ent
sincl
udes t
he gener
alpubl
i
c,cor
por
ate
communi
ty,
roaduser
s,r
eli
giousandt
radi
ti
onalgr
oups,
vul
ner
abl
e
gr
oupssuchast
hephy
sical
l
ychal
l
enged,womenandchi
l
dren,
amongot
her
s.Gener
all
y,t
hought
hesecl
i
ent
shav
edi
ver
seneeds,
t
hei
rdesi
rei
stol
i
vei
nasaf
eandsecur
esoci
ety
,fr
eef
rom cr
ime

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andr
oadcar
nage.I
nthatr
egar
d,t
heor
gani
sat
ionshal
lcont
inuet
o
be sei
zed wi
th pr
ime goal
s ofr
educi
ng cr
ime,r
oad t
raf
fi
c
acci
dent
sandenhanci
ngpeaceandsecur
it
yaswel
lasr
oadsaf
ety
.

7.
0 BROADOBJECTI
VES

I
nanendeav
ourt
opr
ovi
deasaf
eandsecur
eenv
ironment
,the
or
gani
sat
ionhasi
dent
if
iedasetofbr
oadobj
ect
ivesdr
awnf
rom
t
hegov
ernment
’snat
ionalpr
ior
it
iesasespousedi
nVi
si
on2030.
Towar
dst
hatend,
theor
gani
sat
ionshal
lst
ri
vet
o:-

 pr
omot
easaf
eandsecur
eenv
ironment
,

 enhancegov
ernancei
nal
li
tsf
acet
sofpol
i
cing,

 i
mpr
ovei
nst
it
uti
onal
capaci
tyandhumandev
elopment
,

 enhancegenderequal
i
tyi
nther
ankandf
il
e,and

 pr
omot
eenv
ironment
alsust
ainabi
l
ity
.

8.
0 CRI
TICALSUCCESSFACTORS
I
nor
derf
ort
hispl
ant
omeeti
tskeydel
i
ver
abl
es,t
hef
oll
owi
ng
assumpt
ionsshal
lremai
nrel
evant
:-

 adequat
efundi
ng,

 i
nfor
meddeci
sionmaki
ng,

 ef
fect
ivel
i
nkagesatal
lpl
anni
ngl
evel
s,

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 maxi
mum st
akehol
dercooper
ati
onandsuppor
t,

 ef
fect
ivecommuni
cat
ion,

 swi
ftt
echnol
ogi
cal
adapt
ati
on,

 r
esour
ceef
fi
ciency
,and

 commi
tmentatal
ll
evel
s.

9.
0 KEYDELI
VERABLES

TheSt
rat
egi
cPl
an Hor
izon 2025 env
isagest
hef
oll
owi
ng key
del
i
ver
abl
est
o under
pint
hepr
omot
ion ofa saf
eand secur
e
nat
ion:
-

 r
educedcr
imeandt
raf
fi
cacci
dent
s,

 cor
rupt
ioncasesr
educed,

 moder
npol
i
cingt
echnol
ogi
esacqui
red,

 pol
i
ciesr
evi
ewed,

 capaci
tat
edst
aff
,

 of
fi
ceandr
esi
dent
ial
accommodat
ionenhanced,

 i
mpr
ovedcondi
ti
onsofser
vice,

 genderequal
i
tyenhanced,
and

 env
ironmentsust
ainabi
l
itypr
ogr
ammesi
mpl
ement
ed.

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10.
0 KEYRESULTAREAS

10.
1 Saf
eandSecur
eEnv
ironment

Ev
eryci
ti
zen’
sdesi
rei
stol
i
vei
nasaf
eandsecur
esoci
etywhi
ch
per
mit
sthem t
opur
suesoci
alandeconomi
cact
ivi
ti
esoft
hei
r
choi
cewi
thouthi
ndr
ance.Towar
dst
hatend,asaf
eandsecur
e
env
ironmenti
sacr
it
icalenabl
eri
nthequestf
ort
heat
tai
nmentof
suchast
atusquowhi
chdov
etai
l
swi
tht
heNat
ionalVi
si
onofan
uppermi
ddl
eincome soci
ety by t
he y
ear2030.Though t
he
r
eal
i
zat
ionoft
hisdesi
redendst
atei
senmeshedi
nthecol
l
ect
ive
ef
for
ts of sev
eral gov
ernment depar
tment
s,t
he Zi
mbabwe
Republ
i
cPol
i
cehast
hepr
omi
nentr
oleofmai
ntai
ningl
aw and
or
derandsecur
ingt
hel
i
vesandpr
oper
tyoft
hepeopl
e.I
tther
efor
e
behoov
esev
erypol
i
ce of
fi
cert
o puthandson t
he deckwi
th
unshakeabl
etenaci
tyandt
ight
enacol
l
abor
ati
vedr
ivewi
thi
nthe
ambi
tofi
nter
-agencyappr
oacht
oenhancecr
imemanagement
.

10.
1.1 Cr
imeManagement

Combat
ing cr
ime i
s undoubt
edl
ythe cor
e busi
ness of t
he
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Const
it
uti
onofZi
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tisnot
ewor
thyt
hatwi
thi
nthel
i
feof
t
hepr
ecedi
ng st
rat
egi
cpl
an,cr
imehad beengener
all
yont
he
i
ncr
ease.Al
lfacet
s oft
he or
gani
zat
ion shoul
dthus magni
fy
ef
for
tsandener
giest
owar
dscr
imepr
event
ion,i
nvest
igat
ionand
det
ect
iont
ori
dsoci
etyofcr
ime.Thor
oughsuper
visi
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i
nst
ruct
ionsatal
llev
elsofcommand,t
eamwor
k,useofcr
imi
nal
i
ntel
l
igence and t
echnol
ogy shal
lbe t
he hal
l
mar
kin cr
ime
management
. Cr
imesofnat
ionalconcer
naswel
lasemer
ging
cr
imessuchascy
ber
cri
me,amongot
her
sshal
lbegi
vengr
eat
er
f
ocus.I
n or
dert
o gi
vei
mpet
us t
othe or
gani
sat
ion’
s cr
ime
managementef
for
ts,compr
ehensi
ver
evi
ew ofv
ari
ousst
rat
egi
es
andt
ool
sshal
lbeunder
taken.

10.
1.1.
1Cr
imePr
event
ion

Goal
:tol
i
mitt
hegr
owt
hofcr
imet
o3%onay
ear
lybasi
s.The
f
oll
owi
ngst
rat
egi
esshal
lbeunder
taken:
-

(
i) Vi
sibl
ePol
i
cing

Pol
i
cev
isi
bil
i
tyhasbeenpr
ovent
obeanef
fect
ivev
ehi
cl
ein
det
err
ing commi
ssi
on of cr
ime. Ther
efor
e t
he f
oll
owi
ng
act
ivi
ti
esshal
lbeunder
taken:
-

 const
ant depl
oyment
s at hot
spot
s and ot
her ar
eas
det
ermi
nedbycr
imet
rendsandpat
ter
ns,

 useofcr
imi
nal
int
ell
i
gencei
ndepl
oyment
s,

 st
rengt
heni
ngmot
ori
zed,cy
cle,hor
seandf
ootpat
rol
sin
cr
imepr
onear
eas,

 enhanci
ngpol
i
ce-
publ
i
cint
eract
ion,
and

 moni
tor
inghabi
tual
cri
minal
s.

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(
ii
) Communi
tyPol
i
cing
Thesuccessoft
radi
ti
onalcommuni
typol
i
cingi
nit
iat
iveswhi
ch
t
he or
gani
zat
ion has been usi
ng r
equi
res a compr
ehensi
ve
r
evi
ew.Thi
sshal
lcul
minat
eint
heneedt
ousheraCommuni
ty
Pol
i
cing St
rat
egy
.Thi
s new st
rat
egywi
l
lspel
loutspeci
fi
c
act
ions and out
comes i
nrespectof each i
nit
iat
ive.The
f
oll
owi
ngact
ivi
ti
esshal
lunder
pint
hisst
rat
egy
:-

 enhanci
ngt
heuseofmul
ti
plemedi
apl
atf
ormssuchaspr
int
el
ect
roni
candsoci
almedi
a,

 st
rengt
heni
ngt
heuseofsuggest
ionboxes,

 ensur
ingt
imeousf
eedbackt
ocl
i
ent
s,

i
ncr
easi
ng t
he number of act
ive Nei
ghbor
hood Wat
ch
Commi
tt
eemember
s,

 pr
omot
ing par
ti
cipat
ion oft
he busi
ness communi
ty and
Cr
imeConsul
tat
iveCommi
tt
eesi
nthef
ightagai
nstcr
ime,

 ensur
ingr
obustJuni
orCal
lcl
ubs,
and

 conduct
ingf
ocusedcr
imeawar
enesscampai
gns.

10.
1.1.
2 Cr
imeI
nvest
igat
ions

Compr
ehensi
ve and t
hor
ough i
nvest
igat
ion of cr
ime i
s
par
amounti
nthej
ust
icedel
i
ver
yval
uechai
n.Ther
eisneedt
o
ensur
e sy
stemat
ic appr
oach i
nthe i
nvest
igat
ion pr
ocess

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t
hroughmet
icul
ousr
ecei
ptofr
epor
ts,pr
ofi
ci
entcr
imescene
management
,docketcompi
l
ati
onandsuper
visi
on.Ther
eisno
doubtt
hatsuchr
igourwi
l
lenabl
esuccessf
ulpr
osecut
ionof
cases.Abov
eal
l
,dur
ingt
enur
eoft
hecur
rentpl
anf
ocuswi
l
lbe
onl
ever
agi
ngt
echnol
ogyt
oenhancecr
imei
nvest
igat
ions.

(
i)SceneAt
tendance

Gi
vent
hei
mpor
tanceofsceneat
tendancei
nthei
nvest
igat
ion
pr
ocess,
iti
simper
ati
vet
orei
ter
atet
hatmember
sar
eexpect
ed
t
oobser
vet
hecar
dinal
rul
esofsceneat
tendance.

Goal
:toadoptasy
stemat
icappr
oacht
osceneat
tendancei
n
accor
dancewi
thsetpol
i
cest
andar
ds.

St
rat
egi
es

 ensur
ing t
hatsuf
fi
cientf
act
sar
erecor
ded dur
ing i
nit
ial
r
ecei
ptofr
epor
ts,

 expedi
ti
ousandmet
hodi
calat
tendanceofscenes(
thati
s
assessment and pr
otect
ion, r
ecor
ding, sear
chi
ng,
exami
nat
ion,r
etr
iev
al,pr
eser
vat
ion and pr
esent
ati
on of
ev
idence)
,

 ensur
ingcoor
dinat
ionofr
elev
antspeci
ali
zeduni
tsdur
ing
sceneat
tendance,
and

 enhanci
ngski
l
lsofi
nvest
igat
ingof
fi
cer
sincl
udi
ngchar
ge
of
fi
cedet
ail
sthr
oughcont
inuoust
rai
ning.

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(
ii
) Docketcompi
l
ati
onandf
inal
i
zat
ion

The need f
orsuf
fi
ciency ofev
idence f
orcour
tpr
ocesses
r
equi
rest
hatdocket
sbecompr
ehensi
veandf
oll
ow l
aiddown
pr
ocedur
es.

Goal
:tocompi
l
eandf
inal
i
sedocket
swi
thi
nsetst
andar
ds.

St
rat
egi
es

r
ecor
dingqual
i
tyst
atement
sout
li
ningt
hechai
nofev
idence,

 gi
vi
ng pr
eci
se i
nst
ruct
ions and gui
dance t
oinv
est
igat
ing
of
fi
cer
s,

 conduct
ingper
iodi
cdocketchecks,

 ensur
ingt
imeousf
inger
pri
ntmanagementpr
ocesst
ogui
de
cour
tdeci
sions,

 st
rengt
heni
ngi
ntel
l
igence-
ori
ent
edi
nvest
igat
ions,

 adher
ingt
odocketi
nvest
igat
ionf
inal
i
zat
ionst
andar
ds,

 ensur
ingdocketaccount
abi
l
ity
,

 maki
ngef
fect
iveuseofanci
l
lar
yser
vicessuchasCr
imi
nal
I
ntel
l
igence Uni
t(CI
U),Bal
l
ist
ics,Cent
ralCr
imi
nalBur
eau
(
CCB)andFor
ensi
cSci
enceLabor
ator
ydur
ingi
nvest
igat
ions,

 const
antl
i
aisonwi
thst
akehol
der
ssuchasJudi
ci
ary
,Heal
th,
Nat
ional
Prosecut
ingAut
hor
it
y(NPA)
,

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 pr
ovi
dingt
imeousf
eedbackt
oinf
ormant
sandcompl
ainant
s,

 ensur
ingexpedi
ti
ousr
efer
ralofdocket
sforpr
osecut
ionand
f
oll
owupatcour
ts,
and

 comput
eri
sat
ionoft
her
ecor
dsmanagementsy
stem.

(
ii
i)DocketCl
ear
ance

Cont
inuous ef
for
ts shoul
d be made t
o cl
earout
standi
ng and
i
ncompl
etedocket
s.

Goal
:to ensur
ethatout
standi
ng and i
ncompl
ete docket
s ar
e
compl
eted(
clear
ed)
.

St
rat
egi
es

r
egul
ar cont
act wi
th wi
tnesses and compl
ainant
s on
i
ncompl
etedocket
sfornewev
idence,

r
egul
archecksonwant
edper
sons,

 cont
inuousst
akehol
derengagementi
nthej
ust
icev
aluechai
n
t
oensur
espeedyf
inal
i
zat
ionofdocket
s,and

 conduct
ingper
iodi
ccheckst
oensur
edocketaccount
abi
l
ity
.

(
iv)Comput
eri
sat
ionofCr
imeManagement

Theor
gani
sat
ion’
scr
imemanagementsy
stem i
slar
gel
ymanual
andchar
act
eri
zedbyphy
sicalcopi
eswhi
chdonothav
eel
ect
roni
c
backup.Resul
tant
ly,t
hesy
stem i
snoti
ntegr
atedt
otheext
ent
t
hatt
hel
evelofcr
imi
nali
nfor
mat
ionshar
ingacr
osst
hecount
ryi
s

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v
eryl
ow.Thi
scont
inuest
omakei
tdi
ff
icul
tforst
ati
onst
obe
awar
eofar
rest
sofr
epeatof
fender
sandwant
edper
sons.

Si
mil
arl
y,t
hel
ackofcont
empor
aryI
CT t
echnol
ogi
esnegat
ivel
y
i
mpactont
heabi
l
ityofpol
i
ceof
fi
cer
stodi
l
igent
lyi
nvest
igat
e,
i
nter
ceptorpr
ofi
l
e cr
imi
nal
s.Resul
tant
ly,t
he l
evelofcr
ime
det
ect
ion has r
emai
ned l
ower t
han desi
red whi
l
e cr
uci
al
document
aryev
idencei
ndocket
sisal
soget
ti
ngl
ostal
ongt
he
j
ust
icedel
i
ver
ychai
n.

Goal
:tocomput
eri
zehal
foft
hecount
ry’
spol
i
cest
ati
ons.

St
rat
egi
es:

 acqui
ri
ngadequat
ecomput
ers,accessor
iesandnet
wor
king
t
echnol
ogi
esf
ort
het
arget
edst
ati
ons,

 est
abl
i
shi
nganel
ect
roni
ccr
imemanagementsy
stem,

 cr
eat
ingacent
ral
dat
abasesy
stem accessi
blet
oal
ltar
get
ed
st
ati
ons,
pat
rol
s/i
nvest
igat
ionuni
ts,
amongot
her
s.

(
v) Saf
eCi
ti
esandSmar
tPol
i
cing

Thesy
nony
mousconcept
sofsaf
eci
ti
esandsmar
tpol
i
cingar
e
nowaubi
qui
tousgl
obalphenomenon.I
npr
inci
ple,
saf
eandsmar
t
ci
ti
esar
eanet
wor
kedgov
ernancesy
stem wher
edi
ff
erentuni
ts
such as l
ocalaut
hor
it
ies,l
aw enf
orcement
,communi
cat
ion
ent
it
ies,publ
i
cut
il
it
iesamongot
her
s,oper
atef
rom ani
ntegr
ated
sy
stem ofonecommandcent
re.Thecommonf
eat
uresofsaf
e
andsmar
tci
ti
esi
ncl
udet
hef
oll
owi
ng:

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 i
ntegr
ated aut
omat
ed t
echnol
ogi
es f
ort
raf
fi
c congest
ion
cont
rol
anddet
ect
ionoft
raf
fi
cvi
olat
ions,

 t
echnol
ogi
esf
orcr
imi
nalsur
vei
l
lanceonbui
l
dingsandopen
spaces,

 el
ect
roni
cpubl
i
csaf
etymeasur
es,

 ear
ly war
ning t
echnol
ogi
es f
or open spaces and
ent
ert
ainmentar
eas,

 di
sast
erori
ntr
usi
onal
arm sy
stemsonbui
l
dingsandpubl
i
c
spaces,

 env
ironment
alsust
ainabi
l
itymeasur
esi
ncl
udi
ngel
ect
roni
c
pol
l
uti
oncont
rol
s,

 st
rat
egi
cpar
tner
shi
pswi
thpr
ivat
eser
vicepr
ovi
der
s,

 comput
eri
sed i
nter
act
ion and f
eedback sy
stems wi
th
ci
ti
zenswhi
chi
ncl
udeconsul
tat
ivedev
elopment
.

Goal
:tor
olloutsmar
tpol
i
cingi
nHar
are,Bul
away
o,Gwer
uand
Mut
are.

Tar
get
edsmar
tpol
ici
ngconcept
s

 El
ect
roni
cTr
aff
icManagement
.

 Ci
tycr
imi
nal
sur
vei
l
lancesy
stems.

I
ntegr
atedCommandandCont
rolcent
ersf
ort
het
arget
edf
our
ci
ti
es.
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ety’

St
rat
egi
es:

To achi
eve t
hese i
ntended smar
t pol
i
cing obj
ect
ives, t
he
or
gani
zat
ionshal
lempl
oyt
hef
oll
owi
ngst
rat
egi
es:
-

 l
obby
inggov
ernmentf
orr
espect
ivepr
ocessappr
oval
sand
f
undi
ng,

 st
rengt
heni
ngst
akehol
derengagementacr
osspr
ivat
eand
publ
i
csect
ors,

 pr
omot
ingPubl
i
cPr
ivat
ePar
tner
shi
ps.

(
vi)Cy
berSecur
it
y

The whol
e wor
ldi
s wi
tnessi
ng a phenomenali
ncr
ease i
n
popul
ati
onsaccessi
ngandusi
ngt
hei
nter
netf
orcommuni
cat
ion
and f
inanci
ali
ncl
usi
on.Whi
l
ethese adv
ances hav
e made l
i
fe
easi
eri
nmanyway
s,cr
imi
nal
shav
eal
sot
akenadv
ant
ageoft
hese
t
echnol
ogi
est
oupt
hei
rgamei
ncy
ber
cri
me.

Thecount
ry’
slegalf
ramewor
khascommendabl
ybeenst
ruct
ured
t
oensur
esaf
etyandsecur
it
yofci
ti
zensast
heyi
nter
actwi
tht
he
cy
ber
spacet
hrought
hef
oll
owi
ngpi
ecesofl
egi
sl
ati
on:
-

 Nat
ional
Const
it
uti
on,

 Cr
imi
nal
LawCodi
fi
cat
ionandRef
orm Act
,

 Cy
berSecur
it
yandDat
aPr
otect
ionAct
,

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Cer
tai
nly
,thesel
awsar
eint
endedt
opr
otectt
heci
ti
zenr
yfr
om any
oft
hef
oll
owi
ngf
ormsofcy
ber
-r
elat
edcr
imes:
-

 useoft
hei
nter
netorsoci
almedi
aformobi
l
izi
ng,i
nci
ti
ngor
execut
ingv
iol
ence,bul
l
ying,st
alki
ng,t
err
ori
sm,espi
onage,
r
aci
sm,
xenophobi
a,t
reasonori
nsur
rect
ion,

 f
raud,i
dent
it
ythef
t,cr
eat
ionofpseudoi
dent
it
ies,hacki
ngof
per
sonal
,cor
por
ateandgov
ernmentsy
stems,unaut
hor
ized
access,
unaut
hor
izeddi
scl
osur
eofi
nfor
mat
ion,

 use of t
he i
nter
net i
n coor
dinat
ing commi
ssi
on of
t
ransnat
ional cr
imes such as dr
ug t
raf
fi
cki
ng,money
l
aunder
ing,human t
raf
fi
cki
ng,spammi
ng,phi
shi
ng,car
d
f
raud,
etc.

Goal
:to mai
ntai
n a secur
e and r
esi
l
ientel
ect
roni
c oper
ati
ng
env
ironmentt
hatsuppor
tst
henat
ionalsecur
it
yandmaxi
mises
t
hebenef
it
soft
hedi
git
aleconomy
.

St
rat
egi
es:

 acqui
sit
ionoft
echnol
ogi
esf
orcount
eri
ngal
lil
l
ici
tact
ivi
ti
es
par
ti
cul
arl
y f
ull
y equi
p-pi
ng t
he or
gani
sat
ion’
s cy
ber
l
abor
ator
y,

 pr
omot
ingr
egul
ari
nter
nal
andext
ernal
speci
ali
zedt
rai
ning,

 hei
ght
eni
ngt
heuseofmassandsoci
almedi
atoeducat
e
andr
aiseawar
enessoncy
ber
cri
me,

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 col
l
abor
ati
ngwi
thl
ocal
stakehol
der
s,

 st
rengt
heni
ngpar
tner
shi
pswi
thr
egi
onalandi
nter
nat
ional
st
akehol
der
s,

 adopt
ingi
nter
nat
ional
bestpr
act
ices,

 st
rengt
heni
ng mechani
sms f
orgat
her
ing i
ntel
l
igence t
o
count
ercy
ber
-secur
it
ythr
eat
s,

 cont
inuous r
esear
ch and dev
elopmentt
o adaptt
o new
t
rends.

(
vii
)For
ensi
cExami
nat
ions

Theneedt
oensur
ethet
imeousav
ail
abi
l
ityofsci
ent
if
icev
idence
necessar
ytoenhancet
hecr
imi
nalj
ust
icedel
i
ver
ysy
stem r
emai
ns
att
hecor
eofmoder
npol
i
cinghencet
heor
gani
sat
ion’
sper
sist
ent
need t
o acqui
re appr
opr
iat
etechnol
ogy
.Int
hisr
egar
d,t
he
or
gani
sat
ioni
str
ansi
ti
oni
ngf
rom ast
atusquoi
nwhi
chf
orensi
c
exami
nat
ionsar
eent
rust
edi
nci
vi
li
ans.

Goal
:to est
abl
i
sh a f
ull
y f
ledged For
ensi
c Exami
nat
ions
Depar
tment
.

St
rat
egi
es

 f
ull
ycapaci
tat
ingt
heFor
ensi
cSci
enceLabor
ator
y,
 est
abl
i
shi
ngt
heAFI
Ssy
stem,
 r
e-conf
igur
ingt
heFor
ensi
cSci
enceDepar
tment
 cont
inuoust
rai
ninganddev
elopmentofst
aff
,

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ety’

 l
ever
agi
ngt
echnol
ogyi
nfor
ensi
cexami
nat
ion.

10.
1.1.
3Cr
imeDet
ect
ion
Whi
l
etheZRPhasacqui
tt
edi
tsel
fwel
li
nthei
nvest
igat
ionofcr
ime,
t
hedet
ect
ionr
atehashowev
err
emai
nedl
ow.I
tist
her
efor
ecr
it
ical
t
odev
elopandst
rengt
heni
nit
iat
iveswhi
chr
aiset
hedet
ect
ionr
ate
t
hrough ef
fect
ive use of i
ntel
l
igence-
led t
echni
ques and
har
nessi
nguseofcont
empor
aryi
nvest
igat
iont
echnol
ogy
.

Goal1:t
odet
ectatl
east70%ofr
epor
tedcr
ime.

Goal2:t
orecov
eratl
east25%ofst
olenpr
oper
ty.

St
rat
egi
es

 adopt
ing sy
stemat
ic scene management pr
act
ices i
n
or
dert
ofaci
l
itat
eahi
ghdet
ect
ionr
ate,
 i
dent
if
ying and moni
tor
ing act
ive cr
imi
nalpopul
ati
on i
n
r
espect
ivear
eas,
 i
dent
if
yingandpr
eser
vingsour
cesofi
nfor
mat
ion,
 conduct
ingsur
vei
l
lancet
odet
ectcr
imi
nal
act
ivi
ti
es,
 anal
ysi
ng,sy
nthesi
zi
ng and usi
ng i
ntel
l
igence t
o det
ect
cr
imi
nal
s,
 maki
ngef
fect
iveuseofspeci
ali
seduni
ts(
i.
e.CI
U,For
ensi
c
Sci
enceLabor
ator
y,Bal
l
ist
icset
c)t
oenhancedet
ect
ion,
 sust
aini
ngef
for
tst
oar
restWant
edPer
sons,
 moni
tor
ingact
ivi
ti
esofCBDhol
der
s,
 st
rengt
heni
ngsur
vei
l
lanceofcommodi
ty-
fl
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tor
ing

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r
ecei
ver
sanddeal
ersofsecond-
handgoods,
 enhanci
ngt
heuseoft
echnol
ogyi
ndet
ect
ingcr
ime,
 set
ti
ngt
arget
sforqual
i
tyar
rest
s,
 pr
ofi
l
ingknowncr
imi
nal
s,
 hei
ght
eni
ng st
akehol
der engagement and communi
ty
awar
eness,
 i
ncent
ivi
singwhi
stl
ebl
ower
s,i
nfor
mer
sandcont
act
s.

(
i)ManagementofBor
der
sandPor
tsofEnt
ryandExi
t

Cr
imehast
akenahugegl
obaldi
mensi
oni
nwhi
chcr
imi
nal
sar
e
wontt
o escape t
o ot
hercount
ri
es. I
tisqui
te common t
hat
f
ugi
ti
vesf
leeZi
mbabwet
oot
hernat
ionsandv
icev
ersaast
hey
seeksaf
ehav
en.Thi
sscour
gei
sfur
thercompounded byt
he
i
nadequacyofdet
ect
iont
echnol
ogi
esatpor
tsofent
ryandexi
t.
Si
mil
arl
y,somecr
imi
nal
sexpl
oitt
hecount
ry’
spor
ousbor
der
sto
ev
adej
ust
iceandper
pet
uat
eil
l
ici
tact
ivi
ti
essuchassmuggl
i
ng,
dr
ugt
raf
fi
cki
ng,
poachi
ng,
amongot
her
s.I
tist
her
efor
eimper
ati
ve
f
ort
he or
gani
zat
ion t
o mov
e wi
th gr
eat
erspeed i
n acqui
ri
ng
cut
ti
ng-
edget
echnol
ogi
esf
oref
fect
ivel
ymanni
ngof
fi
ci
alpoi
ntsof
ent
ryandt
hebor
der
li
ne.

I
nthi
sregar
d,t
heor
gani
zat
ionwi
l
lcont
inuet
ohar
nesst
heuseof
moder
ntechnol
ogi
esatal
lof
fi
ci
alpoi
ntsofent
ryandexi
twhi
ch
wi
l
lbel
i
nkedt
otheCr
imeManagementSy
stem andi
nter
nat
ional
cr
imi
nal
syst
emssuchast
heI
NTERPOLi
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or
gani
zat
ion shal
lal
so seekt
o st
rengt
hen sur
vei
l
lance oft
he
bor
der
li
net
hrought
heacqui
sit
ionofdr
onesandhel
i
copt
ersf
or
usebySuppor
tUni
tpat
rol
teamsandbor
derst
ati
ons.

10.
1.2 Tr
aff
icManagement

Roadsaf
etyr
emai
nsacr
it
icali
ngr
edi
entf
orf
ost
eri
ngasaf
eand
secur
e env
ironmenti
nthe count
ry.Howev
er,pr
eci
ous l
i
ves
cont
inuet
obel
ostt
hroughcar
nageont
her
oadsasar
esul
tof
r
eckl
essdr
ivi
ng,
unr
oadwor
thyv
ehi
cl
es,
poorr
oadnet
wor
k,among
ot
her
s.To t
his end,as t
he count
ryj
our
ney
stowar
ds t
he
at
tai
nmentofanuppermi
ddl
eincomeeconomyby2030,t
he
or
gani
sat
ion shal
l har
ness cut
ti
ng edge t
echnol
ogi
es i
n
embeddi
ngpr
ofi
cientt
raf
fi
cmanagement
.
Goal
:tor
educer
oadt
raf
fi
cacci
dent
sby2%onay
ear
lybasi
s.The
f
oll
owi
ngst
rat
egi
esshal
lther
efor
ebei
mpl
ement
ed:
-

 mobi
l
izi
ngadequat
eresour
cessuchasbr
eat
hal
yzer
s,speed
camer
asandr
oadbl
ockequi
pment
,

 pr
omot
ing Publ
i
c-Pr
ivat
e Par
tner
shi
ps f
orr
e-t
ool
i
ng t
he
t
raf
fi
cmanagementsy
stem,

 cont
inuoust
rai
ningofmember
s,

 enhanci
ngt
heenf
orcementoft
raf
fi
clegi
sl
ati
on,

 st
rengt
heni
ng adher
ence t
o pol
i
ce st
andar
ds i
ntr
aff
ic
i
nvest
igat
ions,

 hei
ght
eni
ngt
hef
ightagai
nstcor
rupt
ion,

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 embr
aci
ngt
echnol
ogyi
ntr
aff
icmanagementsuchas

t
heEl
ect
roni
cTr
aff
icManagementSy
stem (
ETMS)
,

 enhanci
ngawar
enesscampai
gns.

10.
1.3 Publ
icOr
derandDi
sast
erManagement

Publ
i
cdi
sor
derand di
sast
ersi
tuat
ionsar
eubi
qui
tousi
nev
ery
soci
etyandt
hepol
i
cear
econst
ant
lycal
l
edupont
ori
set
othe
occasi
on.I
tist
huspar
amountt
hati
nmanagi
ngpubl
i
cor
derand
di
sast
ersi
tuat
ions,pol
i
ceof
fi
cer
sshoul
dexhi
bithi
ghestl
evelof
pr
ofessi
onal
i
sm,pr
epar
ednessaswel
lasuphol
dinghumanr
ight
s
andt
her
uleofl
aw.

Goal
: t
o ensur
ethe hi
ghestl
evelof pr
ofessi
onal
i
sm and
pr
epar
ednessi
nmanagi
ngpubl
i
cdi
sor
der
sanddi
sast
ersi
tuat
ions.

St
rat
egi
es:

 l
obby
ing gov
ernmentf
oracqui
si
ti
on ofadequat
e publ
i
c
or
dermanagementequi
pment
,

 r
egul
arandspeci
ali
zedt
rai
ningofmember
sinpubl
i
cor
der
anddi
sast
ermanagement
,

 l
obby
ing gov
ernment f
or acqui
si
ti
on of di
sast
er
managementr
equi
rement
swhi
chi
ncl
udepol
i
cehel
i
copt
ers,
dr
onesandr
adi
ocommuni
cat
ionequi
pment
,

 enhanci
ngst
akehol
dercol
l
abor
ati
on,

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 hei
ght
eni
ngawar
enesscampai
gns,

 st
rengt
heni
ng t
he use of i
ntel
l
igence i
n publ
i
c or
der
management
,

 benchmar
kingwi
thi
nter
nat
ional
bestpr
act
ices,

 expedi
ti
ouscr
aft
ingoft
heDi
sast
erManagementst
rat
egy
,

 r
evi
ewi
ngt
hePubl
i
cOr
derManagementSt
rat
egy
.

10.
2 I
nst
it
uti
onalCapaci
tyandHumanDev
elopment

Si
ncet
het
urnoft
hemi
l
lenni
um,
theor
gani
sat
ionhascont
inuedt
o
gr
appl
e wi
th odi
ous chal
l
enges whi
ch i
ncl
ude obsol
ete and
i
nadequat
einf
rast
ruct
ure,l
i
mit
ed f
iscalsuppor
t,l
ow publ
i
c
conf
idenceandt
rust
,dupl
i
cit
ousst
ruct
ure,amongot
her
s.The
need t
her
efor
eto t
ake cogent st
eps i
ntr
ansf
ormi
ng and
st
rengt
heni
ng t
he or
gani
sat
ion’
sinst
it
uti
onalcapaci
ty wi
l
lbe
dr
ivenbyt
hef
oll
owi
ng:
-

t
heur
gencyofi
mpr
ovi
ngsev
eralsy
stemsandst
ruct
urest
o
ensur
ethatt
heybecomer
esponsi
vet
opol
i
cingneeds,
i
ncr
eased scr
uti
ny by an enl
i
ght
ened ci
ti
zenr
y demandi
ng
qual
i
tyser
vice,
t
heneed t
o mov
eincongr
uencywi
thgl
obalt
rendsont
he
pol
i
cingt
err
ain.

Goal
:Toat
tai
nani
mpr
ovedandposi
ti
vecor
por
atei
mage,awel
l
dev
elopedmoder
ninf
rast
ruct
ureandcompet
entst
aff
.

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St
rat
egi
es:

(
i) I
mageBui
l
ding
I
nanendeav
ourt
oimpr
ovet
hei
mageoft
heor
gani
sat
ionaswel
l
as ent
renchi
ng t
rust and conf
idence i
n our cl
i
ent
s and
st
akehol
der
s,t
hef
oll
owi
ngact
ivi
ti
esshal
lber
elev
ant
:-

 cont
inuousr
ebr
andi
ng,

 r
eli
giousadher
encet
oet
hicalst
andar
dsi
nthedi
schar
geof
dut
ies,

 pr
ofessi
onal
handl
i
ngofal
lcompl
aint
sagai
nstpol
i
ce,

 f
ormul
ati
onofaMedi
ast
rat
egy
,

 mar
ket
ing t
he or
gani
sat
ion’
simage usi
ng mass,soci
al,
pr
intandel
ect
roni
cmedi
a,
 r
e-l
aunchi
ngt
heCl
i
entSer
viceChar
teratl
eastonceay
ear
,
 car
ryi
ngoutpubl
i
copi
nionsur
vey
s,
 enhanci
ngf
eedbackmechani
sm t
ocl
i
ent
s,
 pr
ofessi
onal
handl
i
ngofcompl
aint
sagai
nstpol
i
ce,
 cont
inuousst
akehol
derandcl
i
entengagement
.

(
ii
) I
nfr
ast
ruct
ure(
Off
iceandResi
dent
ial
Accommodat
ion)

The or
gani
sat
ion r
emai
ns cogni
zantoft
he acut
e shor
tage of
appr
opr
iat
einf
rast
ruct
uref
orpol
i
cing.Ti
rel
ess ef
for
ts wi
l
lbe
madet
ocont
inuousl
ymobi
l
iser
esour
cest
o,notonl
yamel
i
orat
e
of
fi
ce and r
esi
dent
ial accommodat
ion chal
l
enges,but al
so
r
ehabi
l
itat
edi
l
api
dat
edi
nfr
ast
ruct
ure.Thef
oll
owi
ngact
ivi
ti
esshal
l

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be under
taken i
n or
der t
o i
mpr
ove i
nfr
ast
ruct
ure i
n t
he
or
gani
zat
ion:
-

 l
obby
ingCent
ral
Gov
ernmentf
orf
undi
ng,

 ent
eri
ngi
ntoPubl
i
c-Pr
ivat
ePar
tner
shi
ps,

 expl
oit
ingv
ari
ousr
evenuest
reamst
ogener
ater
esour
ces
f
ori
mpr
ovi
ngor
gani
zat
ional
inf
rast
ruct
ure,

 moni
tor
ingandev
aluat
ionofi
nfr
ast
ruct
urepr
oject
s.

(
ii
i) Rest
ruct
uri
ng
The success ofanymoder
nlaw enf
orcementor
gani
zat
ion i
s
pr
edi
cat
edonaseaml
essi
nter
wov
enst
ruct
ureandst
rat
egy
.Inan
ef
for
ttopr
ovi
dehi
ghqual
i
tyser
vicest
oourdi
ver
secommuni
ti
es,
t
heZRP’
srest
ruct
uri
ngt
raj
ect
oryshal
lseekt
opr
omot
eal
eanand
f
lathi
erar
chywhi
chi
sresponsi
vet
opol
i
cingneeds.Thef
oll
owi
ng
act
ivi
ti
esshal
lbeunder
taken:
-

 r
evi
ew and r
eal
i
gnmentoft
he or
gani
sat
ion st
ruct
uret
o
pr
omot
e ef
fi
ciency as wel
las el
i
minat
ing dupl
i
cat
ion,
r
edundancyandi
ner
ti
a,

 mat
chi
ngski
l
lset
swi
thaccur
atej
obpr
ofi
l
esi
npl
acement
s,

 benchmar
kingt
heor
gani
zat
ionalst
ruct
urewi
thi
nter
nat
ional
bestpr
act
ices,

 l
ever
agi
ng t
echnol
ogy i
n human r
esour
ces management
t
hroughcr
eat
ionofani
ntegr
atedhumanr
esour
cedat
abase.

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(
iv) Tr
aini
ngandSt
affCapaci
tat
ion
Theempl
oyeesofanyor
gani
zat
ionar
eit
ssi
ngl
emosti
mpor
tant
asset
. The abi
l
ityt
o achi
eve pr
ofi
ci
ent ser
vice del
i
ver
yis
cont
ingentont
hequal
i
tyofempl
oyeest
her
eof
.Towar
dst
hisend,
cont
inuoushumanr
esour
cesdev
elopmenti
svi
tali
nenhanci
ng
or
gani
zat
ionalef
fect
iveness.The f
oll
owi
ng act
ivi
ti
es shal
lbe
pur
sued:
-

 l
obby
ing r
esour
ces f
or t
rai
ning and dev
elopment t
o
capaci
tat
ePUCs,
Staf
fCol
l
egeandDepot
,

 under
taki
ng ski
l
ls audi
tst
oident
if
ycapaci
tygaps and
t
rai
ningneeds,

 pr
ofessi
onal
dev
elopmentofst
affatal
ll
evel
s,

 benchmar
king and st
rengt
heni
ng knowl
edge and ski
l
ls
exchangewi
thot
herpol
i
ceor
gani
zat
ion,

 col
l
abor
ati
ngwi
thbot
hlocalandi
nter
nat
ionali
nst
it
uti
ons
ofhi
gherl
ear
ning,

 cont
inuousr
evi
ewoft
heTr
aini
ngPol
i
cy,

 r
evi
ewofal
ltr
aini
ngcur
ri
cul
a,

 l
ever
agi
ngt
echnol
ogyi
ntr
aini
nganddev
elopment
.

(
v) Wel
far
e

Pol
i
cing i
sthe mostcr
it
icaland v
isi
ble soci
alser
vice ofany
gov
ernmentwhi
chr
equi
respol
i
ceof
fi
cer
stoexudet
hegr
eat
est

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v
alueofcommi
tment
.Fort
hisr
eason,t
heZi
mbabweRepubl
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Pol
i
ceai
msatat
tr
act
ingandr
etai
ningcompet
entanddedi
cat
ed
pol
i
ceof
fi
cer
sbyat
tachi
ngcol
ossal
promi
nencet
owel
far
eissues.
I
nthi
sregar
d,t
heor
gani
sat
ionshal
lgi
vepr
ior
it
ytot
hef
oll
owi
ng
act
ivi
ti
es:
-

 capaci
tat
ingt
hePol
i
ceAssoci
ati
ont
oexpl
orev
ari
ousway
s
ofi
mpr
ovi
ngmember
s’wel
far
e,

 i
nit
iat
ingpr
ivat
ehousi
ngschemeswi
thpr
oper
tydev
eloper
s
andf
inanci
ali
nst
it
uti
onsf
ort
hepr
ovi
si
onofdecentand
af
for
dabl
ehousest
omember
s,

 est
abl
i
shi
ng a Pol
i
ce Pensi
oner
s’Fund among ot
her
sust
ainabl
e schemes t
o benef
it pol
i
ce of
fi
cer
s on
r
eti
rement
,

 bui
l
ding ent
repr
eneur
ialski
l
lst
hrough r
elev
ant t
rai
ning
pr
ogr
ammesespeci
all
yfort
hosenear
ingr
eti
rement
,

 expl
ori
ngot
herschemest
hatwi
l
limpr
ovet
hewel
far
eof
member
s,

 l
obby
inggov
ernmentf
orbot
hmonet
aryandnonmonet
ary
i
ncent
ives.

(
vi) Per
for
manceManagement

I
n an endeav
ourt
oimpr
ove ser
vice del
i
ver
y,t
he Zi
mbabwe
Republ
i
c Pol
i
ce has al
way
s been oper
ati
ng f
rom a def
ined
per
for
mancemanagementsy
stem char
act
eri
zedbyj
obpr
ofi
l
ing,
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per
for
mancepl
anni
ng,
impl
ement
ati
on,
moni
tor
ing,
eval
uat
ionand
r
epor
ti
ng.Theachi
evementofor
gani
zat
ionalgoal
sandt
arget
s
t
her
efor
erequi
resopt
imali
ndi
vi
dualper
for
manceofal
lof
fi
cer
s
andmember
s.Assessmentofor
gani
sat
ion’
sper
for
mancei
sthus
v
itali
nmeasur
ingt
hecapaci
tyoft
heor
gani
sat
iont
omeett
heset
obj
ect
ives.To t
hisend,t
heper
for
mancemanagementsy
stem
shal
lbegui
dedbyt
hef
oll
owi
ngact
ivi
ti
es:
-

 cont
inuousset
ti
ngofor
gani
zat
ional
expect
ati
ons,

 enhanci
ng super
visor
ychecks t
o st
rengt
hen moni
tor
ing
andev
aluat
ion,

 hei
ght
eni
ngper
for
manceaudi
tsandassessment
satal
l
l
evel
s,

 cont
inuousr
evi
ewofper
for
manceaudi
ttool
s,

 st
rengt
heni
ngt
heshar
ingofbestpr
act
ices,

 pr
ovi
dingf
requentf
eedbackatal
ll
evel
s,

 r
ewar
ding goodper
for
mancef
orexampl
ethr
ought
heZRP
I
ncent
iveScheme,

 i
nst
it
uti
ng r
emedi
al act
ion t
o addr
ess per
for
mance
def
ici
enci
es.

(
vii
) Resour
cesef
fi
ciencymeasur
es

Theef
fect
iveandef
fi
cientuseofav
ail
abl
eresour
cesr
emai
nsa
v
italcogi
nanyor
gani
sat
ion.Consi
der
ingt
hatt
heZRPhasbeen

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gr
appl
i
ng wi
th shor
tage of r
esour
ces f
or a l
ong t
ime,t
he
i
mper
ati
veneedf
orcostef
fect
ivenessandef
fi
ci
encyi
skeyi
n
managi
ngav
ail
abl
eresour
ces.Tot
hisend,t
hef
oll
owi
ngact
ivi
ti
es
shal
lgui
der
esour
ceef
fi
ciencymeasur
es:
-

 met
icul
ouspl
anni
ngi
nther
esour
cebi
ddi
ngpr
ocess,

 equi
tabl
edi
str
ibut
ionofav
ail
abl
eresour
ces,

 st
rengt
heni
ngi
nter
nal
andext
ernal
audi
ts,

 r
eli
giousadher
encet
ogui
del
i
nesf
orr
esour
ceacqui
si
ti
on,
mai
ntenanceanddi
sposal
,

 cur
tai
l
ingmi
suseofr
esour
cesandcor
ruptpr
act
ices.

(
vii
i
)Tr
anspor
tManagement

TheZi
mbabweRepubl
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nlaw enf
orcement
agencyr
equi
resanef
fect
iveandef
fi
ci
entt
ranspor
tsy
stem.Thi
sis
par
ti
cul
arl
ysogi
vent
hatpol
i
cingdemandspol
i
ceof
fi
cer
stobe
mobi
l
e and agi
l
e when di
schar
ging t
hei
rdut
ies.Howev
er,t
he
or
gani
sat
ion’
sfl
eethas been per
sist
ent
ly const
rai
ned due t
o
l
i
mit
edf
undi
ng.Att
hecommencementoft
hepl
anni
ngper
iod,t
he
or
gani
sat
ionhadast
rengt
hof1781agai
nstanest
abl
i
shmentof7
000v
ehi
cles.Mi
ndf
uloft
hisgap,t
heor
gani
sat
ionwi
l
lseekt
o
r
emai
n i
n st
ep wi
th cont
empor
ary pol
i
cing di
ctat
es by
cont
inuousl
yrev
iewi
ngt
ranspor
tsy
stemsandr
equi
rement
s.The
f
oll
owi
ngact
ivi
ti
esshal
lbegi
venpr
omi
nence:
-

 r
evi
ewi
ngt
heTr
anspor
tPol
i
cy,

 dev
elopi
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anspor
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 conduct
ing a compr
ehensi
ve r
evi
ew of t
ranspor
t
r
equi
rement
s,

 l
obby
ingf
ort
heacqui
sit
ionofmot
orv
ehi
cl
est
oboostt
he
or
gani
sat
ion’
sfl
eet
,

 r
evampi
ngi
nfr
ast
ruct
uref
ort
heor
gani
sat
ion’
str
anspor
t
wor
kshopsi
nal
lpr
ovi
nces,

 cont
inuoust
rai
ningoft
ranspor
tper
sonnel
,

 comput
eri
singt
het
ranspor
tmanagementsy
stem,

 cont
inuoust
rai
ningofpol
i
cedr
iver
s.

(
ix) Fi
nanci
alManagement

Pol
i
cingt
hewor
ldov
err
equi
resadequat
efundi
ng.Howev
er,t
he
Zi
mbabwe Republ
i
c Pol
i
ce has per
enni
all
y been under
funded
t
her
eby i
mpact
ing on oper
ati
ons and ser
vice del
i
ver
y.The
f
oll
owi
ng chal
l
enges hav
e t
hus af
fect
ed t
he or
gani
sat
ion’
s
f
inanci
alenv
ironment
:-

 nonappr
oval
ofi
deal
budget
edf
igur
es,

 l
ater
elease of f
unds causi
ng del
i
ver
y of f
ewer t
han
pur
chasedi
tems,

 nonf
undi
ngofpr
ior
it
izedbudget
edpr
oject
s,

Theor
gani
sat
ionwi
l
lther
efor
eunder
taket
hef
oll
owi
ngact
ivi
ti
es:
-

 l
obby
inggov
ernmentf
ori
mpr
ovedf
undi
ng,

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 enhanci
ngi
nter
nal
rev
enuegener
ati
onst
reams,

 st
rengt
heni
ngf
inanci
alpr
udencemeasur
essuchasaudi
ts,
av
oidi
ng wast
efulexpendi
tur
e,ef
fect
ivequal
i
tycont
rolat
pur
chase,
obser
vingpr
ocur
ementr
egul
ati
ons,
amongot
her
s,

 hei
ght
eni
ngcol
l
abor
ati
onwi
thst
akehol
der
s.

10.
3 Gov
ernance
Thepr
eponder
anceofcor
rupt
ioni
nbot
hpr
ivat
eandpubl
i
csect
ors
under
mine t
he del
i
ver
y of basi
c ser
vices such as housi
ng,
educat
ion,heal
thand pol
i
cing.I
mpor
tant
ly,t
heGov
ernmentof
Zi
mbabweabhor
sanyf
orm ofcor
rupt
ionhencei
thasadopt
eda
zer
otol
erancest
anceagai
nstt
hisdebi
l
itat
ingscour
ge.Thi
sis
ev
idenced by t
he est
abl
i
shmentofi
nst
it
uti
ons ofcombat
ing
cor
rupt
ion whi
ch i
ncl
ude t
he Zi
mbabwe Ant
i Cor
rupt
ion
Commi
ssi
on,Ant
iCor
rupt
ion Cour
ts and t
he Speci
alAnt
i-
Cor
rupt
ionUni
tint
hePr
esi
dent
’Of
fi
ce.I
npar
ti
cul
ar,t
heZRPi
s
mandat
ed t
o combatcor
rupt
ion bot
hint
ernal
l
yand ext
ernal
l
y
hence t
he est
abl
i
shmentoft
he Commer
cialCr
imes Di
vi
si
on,
Pol
i
ceAnt
iCor
rupt
ionUni
t,AssetFor
fei
tur
eUni
taswel
last
he
I
nter
nal
Inv
est
igat
ionsUni
t.

Tot
hesameext
ent
,theor
gani
sat
ion’
soper
ati
onsandpr
ocedur
es
ar
e gui
ded bywr
it
ten document
sint
he f
orm ofpol
i
ciesand
st
rat
egi
es.Howev
er,ov
ert
ime,l
i
ter
atur
eusedi
ntheor
gani
sat
ion
t
ogui
desy
stemsandpr
ocesseshasnotbeenamended,
render
ing

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someofi
tredundant
.Toent
rencht
het
enet
sofgoodgov
ernance,
i
tist
her
efor
eimper
ati
vef
orsuch l
i
ter
atur
e whi
ch i
ncl
udes
St
andi
ngOr
der
s,UncodedRul
es,manual
sandf
orms,gui
del
i
nes,
r
egul
ati
ons,
standar
ds,
str
ategi
es,
amongot
her
stobeamended.

Goal
:to st
rengt
hen a compr
ehensi
ve gov
ernance st
ruct
ure
t
hrough combat
ing cor
rupt
ion and cont
inuousl
y updat
ing
or
gani
zat
ional
li
ter
atur
e.

St
rat
egi
es:

 cr
aft
inganAnt
i-
cor
rupt
ionSt
rat
egy
,

 mobi
l
isi
ng adequat
eresour
ces especi
all
y21stcent
ury
t
echnol
ogi
esf
orant
i-
cor
rupt
ionuni
ts,

 capaci
tybui
l
dingf
ori
nvest
igat
ors,

 hei
ght
eni
ngcol
l
abor
ati
onwi
thst
akehol
der
s,

 st
rengt
heni
ng ev
idence-
based appr
oach i
ninv
est
igat
ing
cor
rupt
ioncases,

 pr
omot
inganet
hical
cul
tur
eint
heor
gani
sat
ion,

 pr
omot
ingcooper
ati
onamongsect
ionsanduni
tsi
nthe
or
gani
sat
ionaswel
lasbr
eaki
ngdownsi
l
oment
ali
ty,

 conduct
ingawar
enesscampai
gnsagai
nstcor
rupt
ionand
pr
omot
ingi
ntegr
it
yst
andar
ds,

 cont
inuousl
yupdat
ingpol
i
cel
i
ter
atur
e.

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10.
4 GenderMai
nst
reami
ng

Mai
nst
reami
ng a genderdi
mensi
on i
n al
lty
pes ofact
ivi
ti
es
(
ref
err
ed t
o as gendermai
nst
reami
ng)i
s a gl
obal
l
yaccept
ed
st
rat
egyf
orpr
omot
inggenderequal
i
ty.I
tinv
olv
esensur
ingt
hat
genderper
spect
ivesandat
tent
iont
othegoalofgenderequal
i
ty
ar
e cent
ralt
o al
lact
ivi
ti
es -pol
i
cy dev
elopment
,resear
ch,
adv
ocacy
/di
alogue,l
egi
slat
ion,r
esour
ceal
l
ocat
ionandpl
anni
ng,
i
mpl
ement
ati
onandmoni
tor
ingofpr
ogr
ammes,amongot
her
s.
Zi
mbabwei
ssi
gnat
oryt
oandhasr
ati
fi
edanumberofr
egi
onal
andi
nter
nat
ionalconv
ent
ionsai
medatpr
omot
inggenderequal
i
ty.
Mor
eimpor
tant
ly,Sect
ion17oft
heConst
it
uti
onofZi
mbabwe
under
scor
est
heneedf
ort
heSt
atet
opr
omot
eful
lgenderbal
ance
i
ntheZi
mbabweansoci
ety
.Thi
sref
lect
sthecommi
tmentoft
he
Gov
ernmentofZi
mbabwei
nel
i
minat
ing genderdi
spar
it
yand
achi
evi
nggenderequi
tyi
nal
lsect
orsandr
elev
anti
nst
it
uti
ons
t
hroughoutcount
ry.

TheZi
mbabweRepubl
i
cPol
i
cehast
akenbol
dst
ri
desi
nsi
tuat
ing
genderequal
i
tyatt
hecent
reofal
lspher
esofpol
i
cingi
ncl
udi
ng
pol
i
cy deci
sions, pl
anni
ng, budget
ing, human r
esour
ces
management
,peacekeepi
ng,t
oment
ionj
ustaf
ew.Fur
ther
mor
e,
asaf
oundi
ngmemberofSARPCCO,
theZRPr
emai
nsapaceset
ter
i
npr
omot
inggenderequal
i
tyasdemonst
rat
edbyi
tsunwav
eri
ng
commi
tmentt
odeepeni
ngi
deal
soft
heWomenNet
wor
kChapt
er
nat
ional
l
yandi
nther
egi
on.Consequent
ly,dur
ingt
hel
i
fespanof
t
hispl
an,t
heor
gani
sat
ionshal
lcont
inuet
oensur
ethatgender

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i
ssuesr
emai
nani
ntegr
aldi
mensi
onoft
hedesi
gn,
impl
ement
ati
on,
moni
tor
ingandev
aluat
ionofpol
i
ciesandpr
ogr
ammes.

Goal
:to ensur
egenderequi
tyi
nthef
ullspect
rum ofpol
i
cing
act
ivi
ti
es,
suchaspl
anni
ng,
leader
shi
p,i
nvest
igat
ions,
publ
i
cor
der
management
,capaci
ty-
bui
l
ding,communi
typol
i
cing,pr
omot
ionof
r
uleofl
aw,
int
ell
i
gence,
amongot
her
s.

St
rat
egi
es

 ensur
ing al
lor
gani
sat
ionalpol
i
cies,pr
ogr
ammes and
act
ivi
ti
esar
egendermai
nst
reamed,

 pr
omot
ing a pr
ofessi
onal
,gender
-sensi
ti
ve management
cul
tur
eandwor
kingenv
ironment
,

 i
ncr
easi
ng women’
srepr
esent
ati
on atal
llev
els and i
n
par
ti
cul
arseni
oranddeci
sion-
maki
ngposi
ti
ons,

 ensur
ingi
mpl
ement
ati
onandoper
ati
onal
i
sat
ionofr
egi
onal
andi
nter
nat
ionalpol
i
ciesandpl
ansi
ncl
udi
ngt
hoseoft
he
SARPCCOWomenNet
wor
k,amongot
her
s,

 st
rengt
heni
ngt
hef
ightagai
nstal
lfor
msofgenderbased
v
iol
enceandabusei
ntheor
gani
sat
ion.

10.
5 Env
ironment
alSust
ainabi
li
ty

Thepl
anetear
thi
shomet
othehumanr
aceaswel
last
her
ichl
y
di
ver
se f
auna and f
lor
a.Howev
er,i
tisf
aci
ng a per
iod of

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unpr
ecedent
ed env
ironment
alchange.Gl
obalwar
ming,cl
i
mat
e
change,i
ncr
easi
ngf
requencyandi
ntensi
tyofnat
uraldi
sast
ers,
amongot
her
scont
inuet
oposepr
ofoundt
hreat
stot
hewor
ldand
human exi
stence.Essent
ial
l
y,env
ironment
alsust
ainabi
l
ityi
s
meet
ingt
heneedsoft
hepr
esentwi
thoutcompr
omi
si
ngt
heneeds
oft
hef
utur
e.Zi
mbabwel
i
kemostnat
ionsacr
osst
hewor
ldi
s
al
readygr
appl
i
ng wi
tht
hei
mpact
sofcl
i
mat
echanget
hrough
per
sist
entdr
ought
s,f
loods,war
mtemper
atur
es,t
oment
ionj
usta
f
ew.Resul
tant
ly,t
heneedf
ort
hecount
ryt
oensur
eenv
ironment
al
sust
ainabi
l
ityhasbecomemor
eur
gentt
hanev
erbef
ore.

TheZi
mbabweRepubl
i
cPol
i
ce,i
npar
ti
cul
ar,asabodycor
por
ate
has a si
gni
fi
cant human r
esour
ce base, mul
ti
ple pol
i
ce
est
abl
i
shment
s and equi
pmentwhi
ch i
ncl
ude camps,st
ati
ons,
wor
kshops,f
act
ori
es,heal
thcar
efaci
l
iti
es,v
ehi
cul
arf
leet
,among
ot
her
swhi
cht
oget
herwi
tht
hedi
ver
seoper
ati
onsi
mpactont
he
env
ironment
.

Goal
: t
o meani
ngf
ull
y cont
ri
but
e t
owar
ds env
ironment
al
sust
ainabi
l
ityt
hroughar
aftofi
nter
nal
andext
ernal
measur
es.

St
rat
egi
es

I
nter
nal
str
ategi
es

 dev
elopi
nganenv
ironment
alsust
ainabi
l
ityst
rat
egy
,

 pr
omot
ingr
ecy
cli
ngpr
act
ices,

 enhanci
ng t
rai
ning and awar
eness on env
ironment
al

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sust
ainabi
l
ityacr
osst
her
ankandf
il
e,

 gr
eeni
ng pol
i
ce i
nfr
ast
ruct
ure and space t
hrough
cont
inuouspl
ant
ingoft
rees,

 r
educi
ng consumpt
ion ofpaperby pr
omot
ing use of
moder
ntechnol
ogyandr
ecor
dsdi
git
izat
ion,

 pur
sui
ngenv
ironment
all
yfr
iendl
yandet
hical
procur
ement
,

 hei
ght
eni
ng r
esear
ch and i
nnov
ati
on t
o i
mpr
ove
env
ironment
alsust
ainabi
l
ityi
npol
i
cing,

 ensur
ingaccount
abi
l
ityandmoni
tor
ingatal
llev
elsf
ort
he
at
tai
nmentofenv
ironment
alsust
ainabi
l
ityout
comes.

Ex
ter
nal
str
ategi
es

 pr
omot
ingenv
ironment
alst
ewar
dshi
pandsust
ainabi
l
ityby
enf
orci
ngt
hewi
dear
rayofenv
ironment
all
egi
sl
ati
onand
r
egul
ati
ons,

 car
ryi
ng out env
ironment
al sust
ainabi
l
ity oper
ati
ons
t
arget
ing env
ironment
aldegr
adat
ion pr
act
icessuch as
wi
l
dli
fepoachi
ng,i
l
legalmi
ning,v
eldf
ir
es,def
orest
ati
on,
st
ream bankcul
ti
vat
ion,
sandpoachi
ng,
amongot
her
s,

 st
rengt
heni
ng st
akehol
der col
l
abor
ati
on nat
ional
l
y and
bey
ond,

 enhanci
ng educat
ion and awar
eness on env
ironment
al
sust
ainabi
l
ity
,

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 par
tner
ing academi
cinst
it
uti
ons t
o st
rengt
hen r
esear
ch
andi
nnov
ati
ononenv
ironment
alsust
ainabi
l
ityi
npol
i
cing.

11.
0 MONI
TORI
NGANDEVALUATI
ON

Moni
tor
ingandev
aluat
ionar
epr
erequi
si
tesf
orensur
ingt
hatt
he
i
mpl
ement
ati
onofpl
annedact
ivi
ti
esy
iel
dint
endedout
comesand
i
mpact
s.I
nthi
sregar
d,t
heor
gani
sat
ionshal
lgi
vegr
eat
eri
mpet
us
t
otr
adi
ti
onalt
enet
sofmoni
tor
ingandev
aluat
ionwhi
l
eal
i
gni
ng
wi
th gov
ernmentpol
i
cydi
rect
iveswhi
ch i
ncl
ude t
he Whol
e of
Gov
ernmentPer
for
manceManagementSy
stem.Tot
hisend,t
he
moni
tor
ingandev
aluat
ionf
ramewor
kshal
lcommencewi
tht
he
set
ti
ngofy
ear
lyper
for
mancet
arget
s.Thef
oll
owi
ngact
ivi
ti
esshal
l
ber
elev
ant
:-

 set
ti
ngofmont
hlyper
for
mancet
arget
s,

 mai
ntenanceofr
egi
ster
sandgr
aphi
calpr
esent
ati
onsf
or
per
for
manceev
aluat
ion,

 SDC,DFDC,PDFC mont
hly moni
tor
ing ev
aluat
ion and
r
epor
ti
ng,

 mont
hlyWoGPMSr
epor
ts,

 quar
ter
lyWoGPMSr
evi
ews,

 super
visor
ychecksondepl
oyment
s,

 Annual
Phy
sical
Checks,
Audi
tsandAnnual
Inspect
ions,

 I
nspect
orat
eaudi
ts,

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 per
iodi
cconsul
tat
iver
esear
chev
aluat
ions,

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