{"id":11136,"date":"2026-04-23T07:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T07:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/?p=11136"},"modified":"2026-04-23T07:51:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T07:51:32","slug":"over-7000-former-election-spcs-join-private-security-sector-after-police-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/2026\/04\/23\/over-7000-former-election-spcs-join-private-security-sector-after-police-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 7,000 Former Election SPCs Join Private Security Sector after Police Training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Flavia Ajok<\/p>\n<p>A total of 7,018 former Election Special Police Constables have transitioned into professional roles in the private security sector after completing a five-week training course at the Olilim Counter Terrorism Police Training School in Katakwi District.<\/p>\n<p>The constables, drawn from 32 policing districts across the country, were passed out on Wednesday and will be deployed to various private security companies nationwide. The training, which began on March 11, 2026, was designed to equip the guards with skills to respond to evolving security challenges.<\/p>\n<p>The trainees underwent 16 modules covering weapons safety, guard and escort duties, counter-terrorism awareness, crime scene management, and professional ethics.\u00a0Jaspher Oloka, Commandant of the Counter Terrorism Police Training School Olilim, said the programme was designed to build confidence, skills, and knowledge for the private security sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are convinced the trainees will be able to incorporate self-defence in day-to-day duties and provide protection to VIPs and vital installations,\u201d Oloka said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Flavia Ajok A total of 7,018 former Election Special Police Constables have transitioned into professional roles in the private security sector after completing a five-week training course at the Olilim Counter Terrorism Police Training School in Katakwi District. The constables, drawn from 32 policing districts across the country, were passed out on Wednesday and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11,9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11136","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-national","7":"category-news"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11136"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11137,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11136\/revisions\/11137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}