Reform #14: Make Security Services Merit-Based with Health Checks
Choose security personnel based on capability rather than loyalty, with transparent performance tracking, rotation limits, and mandatory health evaluations.
Security personnel are chosen for political loyalty rather than capability. Lack of health checks and long tenures in same positions undermine professionalism and public safety.
- 1Fill all senior security positions through competitive exams and performance reviews
- 2Publish performance scorecards online with security-sensitive information removed
- 3Limit postings to maximum 3 years in same location
- 4Require annual mental health checks and quarterly drug/alcohol screening
- 5Protect officers who report political interference through legal safeguards
Singapore's merit-based public service contributed to world's most efficient bureaucracy
Estonia's digital civil service achieved 99% online service availability
Merit-based systems correlate with reduced corruption and improved public trust
Months 0-12: Change police rules, introduce rotation requirements, start health checks
Years 1-3: Expand Public Service Commission authority, create advisory panels
Years 3-5: Digital HR platform, expand civilian oversight
100% senior positions filled through competitive exams by Year 2
95% compliance with annual health evaluations
40% reduction in public complaints against security services
60% improvement in public trust ratings
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