Research Practices in the Ethiopian Federal Police Commission

The Ethiopian Federal Police Commission, which is the research setting to this study, is one of the law enforcement organizations in Ethiopia. It is located in Nifas Silk Lafto Sub-city, in front of Tegbare-id Poly Technique College, Addis Ababa. The EFPC was established in 1992 by the government of Ethiopia (Federal Police Commission Proclamation, 313/2003) as an autonomous law enforcement organization having its own legal personality. It is a government funded law enforcement organization. Since its establishment, it has proved to be an autonomous federal government organ having its own legal personality. Currently, the commission has four main sectors: Crime prevention, Crime investigation, Human resources and Technology development and Education & Training sector which is called Ethiopian Police University College. At present EFPC is providing its services in a way that it can incorporate modern and multidisciplinary technologies and indoctrinates the internal and external environments of the organizations.