African Police Oversight Forum

The African Police Civilian Oversight Forum (APCOF) is a network of African policing practitioners drawn from state and non-state institutions. It is active in promoting police reform through civilian oversight over policing. It believes that the broad values behind establishment of civilian oversight is to assist in restoring public confidence, develop a culture of human rights, integrity and transparency within the police and promote good working relationship between the police and the community. It achieves its goal through raising awareness and sharing information on police oversight, providing technical assistance to civil society police and new and emerging oversight bodies in Africa. APCOF was established in 2004 as a coalition of police oversight bodies and practitioners in Africa.