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Govt discontinues engagement of special constables

Tuesday, August 20, 2024 | 1020 Views |

Government has taken a deliberate decision to discontinue the engagement of special constables and will accord them an opportunity to be absorbed into the Botswana Police Service police as regular police constables.

This was revealed by the Vice President, Slumber Tsogwane this morning when officiating at the simultaneous ground breaking of 28 police stations and staff housing that was held at the Gaborone International Conference Centre (GICC) Gaborone.

Tsogwane stated that in this regard, the special constables will fully benefit from Botswana Police Service conditions of service including pension accumulation, membership to organisational welfare schemes and progression.

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