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The National Police Service on Monday revealed how one can identify a fake police officer. While talking in a local radio station, Police Spokesperson Bruno Shioso confirmed that a number of fake cops have been on the rise.

H e revealed that fake cops normally go after the members of the public and sometimes forcefully take money from them in what he termed the act as ‘unprofessional.’

The police boss further said that it is important for a police officer to identify themselves because of the nature of their work. He said because the police are powerful people and some people can take advantage of this to give people sleepless night.

The spokesperson said that officers should always be in uniform and if they are known, they can be allowed to carry out operations. According to Shioso, it is very important for one to demand for identification from officers who are dressed in uniforms.

He added that one can prove the name of the officer and number by looking at their job tags. “If a police has uniform, they can have a name tag so that a reasonable person can know that this is a police officer,” he said.

He also declared that if an officer is armed and he is in the public domain, there is no need of causing drama.

He said it was important for officers in civilians to identify themselves since imposters usually take advantage of this.

This come barely a week after activist Boniface Mwangi got involved in a wrangle with uniformed police officers in a building located in Nairobi’s CBD.

The activist asked the GSU officers who were in uniform to also ask three individuals who were in plain clothes to produce IDs.

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Months after the long-serving National Police Service Spokesperson Charles Owino was moved to the Kenya National Focal Point on Small Arms and Light Weapons as a Deputy Director, Inspector General of Police Hillary Mutyambai has made his replacement.

IG Mutyambai on Tuesday August 17, 2021 appointed Bruno Soshio, a seasoned detective as the new police spokesperson.

The appointment makes Soshio the third spokesperson at NPS under the new dispensation, which started in 2012.

The Kenya Police and Administration Police Service were put under one command of the Inspector General of Police, under the new dispensation .

Owino was moved following changes in the National Police Service announced by IG Mutyambai on May 8, 2021.

Established in 2003, the Kenya National Focal Point on Small Arms and Light Weapons bring together government and civil society and is charged with the responsibility of coordinating all of Kenya’s actions on small arms.

But who is Bruno Soshio, the man that has now replaced Charles Owino?

Well, before his deployment, Soshio who is a former deputy head of the Banking Fraud Investigations Unit served at the UN headquarters, New York.

At the time Ndegwa Muhoro served as the Director of Criminal Investigations, Soshio also served as his personal assistant.

After the Garissa University College terror attack that occurred on April 2, 2015, Soshio was among five officers appointed to investigate the incident and conduct general response to it.

He now comes in at the time the National Police Service is facing pressure from the public following recent murders where police have been accused of executing.

It is also just a year to the next general election. Do you think he will deliver?

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