Inside an African Police Force: The Ugandan Police Examined

Foreword
Introduction
	The Core Concepts
		Street-Level Bureaucracy
		Practical Norms
	The Idea and Origin of Police and Policing
	The Field and the Issue of Entry
	Book Structure
Acknowledgements
Abstract
Contents
List of Tables
Chapter 1: Administration, Command and Operational Structures
	Introduction
	The Colonial Origins and Political Disorder
	The Legal Mandate in Contemporary Perspective
		The Police Authority
		The Police Council
	Management and Command Structure
	Configuration of Ranks
	Strength, Capabilities and Extension into New Spheres
		Women in the UPF
		Extension into New Spheres
	Politics of the Budget and Finance Management
Chapter 2: Political Policing: The Fusion Between the Police and the Ruling Party
	Introduction
	Conceptions of Political Policing
	The Ideological Capture
	The Character of Police in the Electoral Cycles
	The Kogikwatako Episode
	Police Commanders in the Context of an Election
	The Soft Power Strategy
	Police Officers’ Political Inclinations
	The Crime Preventers Political Scheme
Chapter 3: The Daily Life of a Territorial Police Commander
	Introduction
	Principle Duties of DPCs/RPCs
	Fluidity in Command Strategies
	Arbitration ‘Experts’
	A Day with an RPC
	Placed Between a Rock and a Hard Place
	Managing Expectations: Balancing the Interests of Influential People, Kith and Kin
	The Question of Personnel and Budget
Chapter 4: Official Versus Practical Norms in Criminal Investigations
	Introduction
	Origins and Approaches to Criminal Investigations
	Structure and Functions of the CID
	Originating Investigations at the Police Counter
	Dynamics of Case Files
	The Practice of Arresting Before Investigations
	The Pocket Files
	Cost Sharing Expenses of Investigations
	Criminal Infiltration
Chapter 5: The Traffic Police: The ‘Devils in White’
	Introduction
	The Structure and Mandate of the Traffic Police
	The ‘Wet’ Deployment
	Inside the Traffic Police Office
	On the Road with the Traffic Police
	The Presidential Convoy: ‘The Long One’
	The ‘Kawunyemu’: Drink-Driving Operations
	The Social Interpretation of the Breathalyser Technology
Chapter 6: The Policing in Rural Areas
	Introduction
	Isolation from the Centre
	Crime Rates During the Harvest Period
	A Blended Approach of Police and Witchcraft
	The Market Day ‘Bonanza’
	Investigations in a Rural Set-Up
	Crime Albums and Determining of Suspects Through Secret Ballot
Chapter 7: The Power Game: Organisational Politics and Intrigue
	Introduction
	Observing Organisational Politics in Action
	Interpreting Organisational Politics
	The Nucleus of the UPF’s Organisational Politics
	Staying in the Game
	Striving for ‘Wet’ and Strategies to Elude ‘Dry’ Deployments
Conclusion
References
Index