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The current Inspector General of Police
Mr. Francis Alieu Munu
- Mr. Francis Alieu Munu was appointed to his post on Friday 20 August 2010. Before his appointment, he was in- charge of Crime Services. He hailed from Mateboi, Bombali District; he was born in 1957 to a humble couple. His father was a Sanda-Fula of the Northern part of Sierra Leone. It was believed that his great grandfather was from Mamou of the Fouta Djallon region of Guinea. The young Francis Munu attended the District Council Primary School where he took the Selective Entrance Examination and emerged with flying colours. He later proceeded to the Kolenten Secondary School in Kambia, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Secondary School and the St. Edwards Secondary School in Freetown; where he took the General Certificate of Education Examination Ordinary level {G.C.E `O` Level} and the Advanced level Examination[`A` level] respectively
Mr Francis Munu was admitted to the Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone then known as the `Athens of West Africa` in 1979. He later graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree. After a brief spell in the Civil Service, he enlisted into the Sierra Leone Police as Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police in 1984; and rose through the ranks to become the Chief Executive in the Sierra Leone Police.
He later proceeded to the African Centre for Crime Prevention Research and Studies in Cairo, where he read for the Certificate in Criminal Investigations and Evidence. He is also a graduate of the National Police Staff College in Bramshill, United Kingdom, where he read the Post Graduate Certificate in Criminal Justice and Police Administration. He also holds a master's degree in Business Administration {MBA} from the Institute of Public Administration and Management [IPAM]; University of Sierra Leone. www.police.gov.sl
Brima Archa Kamara was the former Inspector General of Sierra Leone Police (SLP), The professional head of the Sierra Leone Police forces who is appointed by the president of Sierra Leone. He was appointed to the position by former president Ahmad Tejan Kabbah. Kamara is a member of the Limba ethnic group. Kamara also has relation to the town Kamabai situated in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone, 15 miles away from the capital of Bombali, Makeni as well as Mabokeni and Binkolo.