POLICE headquarters yesterday announced a wide ranging reshuffle of senior officials in its traffic department.

DCP David Misime, spokesman for police headquarters, said in a statement yesterday that Inspector General Camillus Wambura had ordered the changes, describing the shifts as involving ‘minor adjustments’ to strengthening the department’s operations and improving service delivery.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Ramadhani Ng’anzi leaves his post as commander of the traffic division, reassigned to the criminal investigation department at police headquarters in Dodoma. He will be heading its social ethics and offences department, the statement indicated.

Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police (SACP) William Mkonda, takes over as traffic police divsion commander, moving from heading the traffic police unit for the Dar es Salaam special police zone.

Boniphace Mbao, the head of traffic police in the capital, is being transferred to the special police zone of Dar es Salaam in the same position, while ACP Michael Deleli, who oversaw public education at traffic police unit in Dar es Salaam, shifts to police headquarters to head the national celebrations unit. ACP Nassoro Sisiwa, previously head of operations for the traffic police, shifts to Kilimanjaro Region to head the traffic police unit in the region.

The reshuffle comes in the wake of reports indicating a slight decrease in the number of accidents and fatalities, as a police headquarters report on crimes and safety affirmed that 479 accidents occurred between July and September 2024, down from 512 during the same period last year.

A total of 453 people died in road accidents between July and September 2024, a slight decrease from 477 fatalities in the same period for 2023. Still, the number of people injured rose to 835, up from 782 the previous year, it added.