The leadership of the National Police (NP) of Cape Verde acknowledged this Thursday that the number of personnel is still insufficient, but predicts another 324 new officers before next year to fill existing gaps.
In a statement clarifying the statements of the Police Union (Sinapol), the NP’s national directorate acknowledged that the number of personnel is “still insufficient” and therefore has an ongoing recruitment plan in place to ensure that staffing gaps are filled. until next year.
The same source said that 132 additional second-class agents completed their training in March and are now joining the institution following the approval of the recruitment process by the Accounts Chamber.
“In order to continue to strengthen police units where shortages persist and, as a result, improve the current workload,” he said.
In addition, he noted that another training course will begin in September, this time aimed at candidates approved in the last competition and remaining in the recruiting pool, with an expected recruitment of another 60 second-class agents by the end of the year.
He added that a tender is currently underway for another 132 agents, whose training will begin in principle in February and end in July next year.
Until next year, the PN provides for the admission of another 324 new agents.
With the implementation of this plan, the country’s leadership “thinks to significantly solve the problem of the shortage of policemen, which arises for various reasons, namely retirement, illness, refusals and dismissals,” he said.
The Cape Verdean police said they were “attentive to the situation of the personnel” and emphasized that they were flexible in instructing leaders that until the necessary reinforcements were received, the duty states were adjusted to the needs and dynamics of the units. , guaranteeing the troops a proper balance gap.
In May, the Minister for the Modernization of State and Public Administration, Edna Oliveira, acknowledged in Parliament the impact of the situation of abandonment of the place and the reform of the police, but assured that it was a problem related to emigration in Fogo and Brava.
When asked by MPs about police restrictions in the country, the minister also replied that “most people on these islands emigrate to the United States of America.”
The Cape Verde National Police received 132 more agents on March 1, the first addition since 2019, but the total staff is around 2,000.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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