Flying Squad Disbanded, Sting Squad to hold forth.

The Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) George Kinoti summoned the officers to his office on new year eve where he made the announcement.

“The Directorate of Criminal Investigations DCI wishes to inform the public that after disbanding all the Flying Squad Sub-units within the Country, only the Headquarters Unit based in Nairobi remained.”

“With effect from today, the Unit has equally been disbanded. This marks the end of the Flying Squad Unit and no officer will present himself or herself to the public as such. Equally, the Special Crime Prevention Unit (SCPU) has been scaled down to a smaller unit only based.”

He said It has been renamed Special Service Unit (SSU) and officers deployed in the unit have undergone intense training in and outside the country leading to the upgrading of their competencies, enhanced skills and knowledge aimed at making the Unit more effective.

Kinoti said to replace the Flying Squad and create an auxiliary support team on identified, researched and profiled crimes, another squad has been formed and named Sting Squad Headquarters (SSH) that will have a maximum of 50 specialized trained officers who will respond to specific cases.

The cases include; armed robberies, kidnappings, motor vehicle theft, sale and distribution of contraband and substandard goods,” he said.

Before they are assembled, the competitively selected officers will undertake specialized courses within and outside the country touching on their core areas of operation. Both Squads (SSU) and (SSH) will be linked directly to the Crime Research and Intelligence Bureau (CRIB) for intelligence-driven operations alongside other augmenting Units.

The over 60 officers who have been working under the unit were asked to surrender government wares which included weapons and handcuffs and wait for further communication on where they will be posted.

It is an interesting revelation that Kenyans are eagerly waiting to see how the restructuring will improve the efficiency of the unit.

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