{"id":169540,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/169540/?format=json","text_counter":47,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Ojode","speaker_title":"The Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security","speaker":{"id":197,"legal_name":"Joshua Orwa Ojode","slug":"joshua-ojode"},"content":"(a) Community policing is a Government policy which was officially launched by His Excellency the President in April 2005, as a crime prevention strategy that establishes a common partnership between members of the community and the police in preventing crime. Community policing is a department within the Kenya Police Force. It is headed by a Director who is a Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police and has a command structure from the police force headquarters up to the police stations level throughout the country."}