Ts'okolo Koro

Former Director
Police Inspectorate, Lesotho
Focus Area(s)
Accountable Policing
Critical Tasks
Internal accountability
Recruitment
Interviewers
Daniel Scher
Country of Reform
Lesotho
Town/City
Maseru
Country
Lesotho
Date of Interview
Thursday, February 04, 2010
Abstract

Ts'okolo Koro discusses the challenges facing the Lesotho national police force and provides an overview of the transition from a joint national security force, which included the army and other security forces, to a separate police force.   A substantial portion of the interview details how he established and expanded a police inspections office to oversee the activities of the police service.    

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

Full Interview

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Ts'okolo Koro interview
Profile

Ts’okolo Koro became the first inspector of the Lesotho national police force in 2005, after the inspectorate was established with the goal of improving the public image and performance of the police service in terms of organization, administration and discipline.  Before taking that post, he served as acting commissioner of police during much of 2004.  Koro joined the police service as a trooper in 1979 and worked his way through the ranks to become deputy commissioner from 2000 to 2004.  He graduated from the National University of Lesotho, holding a bachelor of education degree and a master of arts degree in police and criminal justice studies from the University of Exeter in the U.K..  

Keywords
Reform sequencing
recruitment
oversight agency
internal management
discipline
whistleblowing
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