Uphold confidentiality and remain vigilant.

New graduates of the Executive Protection Service (EPS) and the Liberia National Police (LNP) have been implored to uphold confidentiality, practice restraint, and remain vigilant in the execution of their duties.

By: Emmanuel Wise Jipoh 

Monrovia, August 11, 2025: At least 166 officers graduated from Basic Executive Protection Course Class-2 at the Liberia National Police Academy and Training School on Friday, August 8, 2025.

Addressing the ceremony, Deputy Inspector General of Police Training and Manpower Development (DIGP) Sadatu L.M. Reeves charged the officers to uphold integrity and confidentiality and remain vigilant in the execution of their duties.

“As a member of the Executive Protective Service and National Police, your duty is not just to protect dignitaries but to uphold the integrity of the state,” she said.

She reminded the new officers always to practice restraint and professionalism and to shield the institution that preserved national stability and peace.

“This task demands absolute professionalism, sound judgment, and complete loyalty to the constitution of Liberia, and not to an individual,” she charged.

Madam Reeves maintained that their completion of the training is not just for physical endurance and tactical skills, but also for their discipline, description, and determination.

“You are now entrusted with one of the most sensitive and high-stakes duties in a law enforcement position; your task demands absolute professionalism.

“As you step out into service, carry out the lesson learned and discipline into the service, and let action reflect the highest standard of Executive Protection Service,” she added.

For his part, Deputy Director for Administration at the Executive Protection Service (EPS), Charles Johnson, describes the occasion as a significant milestone towards the reform of the EPS.

He elaborates that the occasion marks a reform that was instituted some 14 months ago to rebrand and transform the Executive Protection Service.

Johnson stressed the reform is meant to reintroduce the requisite entrance procedure into the EPS, something he said was ignored, allowing the influx of incompetents that were given deficiency, DDA of the EPS, Johnson said.

“It has been 9 years since the last batch of 100 personnel were trained to be EPS officers. Today we have 152 men and women to be EPS officers, and it is that reform that we are celebrating here today,” Johnson said.

The Deputy EPS Boss encouraged graduates to uphold the constitution of Liberia and strictly adhere to the standard operating procedure of the EPS.

Briefly, the Inspector General of the Liberia National Police (LNP), Gregory O.W. Coleman, reechoed the significant efforts placed into the restructuring and reform of the nation’s security sector.

This, he said, is ensuring that Liberia builds state-owned agencies that are meant to uphold and protect the constitution.

IG Coleman inspires graduates always to wear the bag of dignity as they carry on the legacy.

“As you graduate from cadet to officer, we urge you to wear the bag of dignity, uphold the disciplines and courtesy you have learned, and carry on the legacy,” IG Coleman urged.

Also speaking in the Liberia Senate, Chair of the National Defense, Security, Intelligence, and Veteran Affairs Committee, Lofa County Senator Momo Cyrus, reaffirms the Senate’s support for the Liberia National Police in strengthening capacity-building efforts.

“As Chairman of Security, Defense, and Intelligence, I reaffirm the Senate’s commitment to strengthening the institution and upholding national security.

“We will continue to work with the Liberia National Police to ensure that the capacity-building efforts continue,” he added. -Edited by Othello B. Garblah.