constituteproject.org PDF generated: 26 Sep 2013, 21:48 220 Minister responsible for Police Service The President must appoint a Minister to be responsible for the Police Service. 221 Commissioner-General of Police (1) The Police Service is under the command of a Commissioner-General of Police appointed by the President after consultation with the Minister responsible for the police. (2) The Commissioner-General of Police is appointed for a five-year term which may be renewed once. (3) A person who has served as Commissioner-General of Police may not be appointed to the command of any other security service. (4) The Commissioner-General of Police must exercise his or her command in accordance with any general written policy directives given by the Minister responsible for the police acting under the authority of the President. 222 Establishment and composition of Police Service Commission (1) There is a Police Service Commission consisting of a chairperson, who must be the chairperson of the Civil Service Commission, and a minimum of two and a maximum of six other members appointed by the President. (2) Members of the Police Service Commission must be chosen for their knowledge of or experience in the maintenance of law and order, administration, or their professional qualifications or their general suitability for appointment, and-(a) at least half of them must be persons who are not and have not been members of the Police Service; (b) at least one of them must have held a senior rank in the Police Service for one or more periods amounting to at least five years. 223 Functions of Police Service Commission (1) The Police Service Commission has the following functions-(a) to appoint qualified and competent persons to hold posts or ranks in the Police Service; (b) to fix and regulate conditions of service, including salaries, allowances and other benefits, of members of the Police Service; (c) to ensure the general well-being and good administration of the Police Service and its maintenance in a high state of efficiency; (d) to ensure that members of the Police Service comply with section 208; (e) to foster harmony and understanding between the Police Service and civilians; (f) to advise the President and the Minister on any matter relating to the Police Service; and (g) to exercise any other function conferred or imposed on the Commission by this Constitution or an Act of Parliament. Zimbabwe 2013 Page 94