Anthony Howlett-Bolton

Strategic Justice and Security Sector Adviser
independent
Focus Area(s)
Accountable Policing
Interviewers
Daniel Scher
Country of Reform
Sierra Leone
Lesotho
Town/City
London
Country
United Kingdom
Date of Interview
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Abstract

Anthony Howlett-Bolton discusses the process of advising Sierra Leone and Lesotho in policing, justice and overall security during development programs in the two countries.  He discusses in depth the practical concerns of Western officials advising in the countries in a more reflective manner, specifically talking about cultural considerations.  Howlett-Bolton also brings up the need for sustainability to be a prominent concern in any development plan, broadly and with respect to justice and security.

Case Study:  Reining in a Rogue Agency: Police Reform in Lesotho, 1997-2010

Full Interview

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Anthony Howlett-Bolton - Full Interview
Profile

At the time of this interview, Anthony Howlett-Bolton was a strategic justice and security sector adviser, having retired four years earlier as a deputy chief constable for a police force in the United Kingdom.  He worked with the Lesotho Mounted Police, the (Lesotho) National Police Information Agency, Ministry of Home Affairs and Public Safety, and the British Council in Lesotho.  In 2007 Howlett-Bolton began work in Sierra Leone as an adviser to a development program, working with the police, prisons and the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Keywords
Donor Relations
oversight agency
rural policing
Reform sequencing
recruitment
internal management
information management systems
community policing
demilitarization
depoliticization
Sierra Leone
Lesotho
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