The current Inspector General of the Sierra Leone Police is William Fayia Sellu who was appointed by president Julius Madda Bio on 27 July 2022 to replace Ambrose Sovula, who had been in the post since March 2020.

The key missions of the Sierra Leone Police include preventing crime, protecting life and property, detecting and prosecuting offenders, maintaining public order, ensuring safety and security, enhancing access to justice, and ensuring police primacy for internal security and safety.

However, during visits, it was found that newly recruited women police officers were sometimes expected to do little more than cook lunch for their male colleagues.

This is done through a joined up leadership approach practicalised into an Executive Management Board, the highest policy making body in the organisation which meets once every week under the chairmanship of the IGP.

(March 2018) Community policing projects are being rolled out across Sierra Leone, having had a proof of concept in Kambia District, it was extended to Kailahun in the Eastern region, this has been running for a year and has proved very successful.

Leadership training is now underway across the middle management including the National Decision Model, Threat and Risk assessments and Human Rights issue.