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39 cops sacked in a year

PORT MORESBY: Thirty-nine police men and officers have been sacked and are facing criminal and administrative charges, Internal Affairs director Supt Emil Alpha says.

“We handled 178 serious disciplinary cases in the past 12 months of which 82 had been adjudicated and 96 yet to be dealt with,” he added.

Supt Alpha said more than half of the cases lodged by the public had been investigated, an increase from the previous year.

Read on for more details as reported by The National:

Sacked cops facing court

December 17, 2021The NationalMain Stories

THIRTY-NINE members of the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary have been sacked and are facing criminal and administrative charges, a senior officer says.
Head of the Internal Affairs directorate Supt Emil Alpha said 178 serious disciplinary offences were recorded in the past 12 months, of which 82 had been adjudicated and 96 yet to be dealt with.
Supt Alpha said complainants had visited the office with more than half of the cases investigated – an increase from the previous year.
Police Commissioner David Manning wanted all rogue officers penalised to restore public confidence and trust in the constabulary.
The offences committed by those sacked include robbery, murder and stealing.
Supt Alpha said they needed funding to travel to other centres to assist internal investigation officers there dealing with such cases.
He said the breakdown in communication caused delays in investigations, resulting in the people airing their frustration in the media about police not attending to the complaints they lodged.
Supt Alpha said they would do everything to attend to all public complaints.
“The commissioner had been stressing on police discipline, so we must (fulfil our) responsibility to work according to our police code of ethics,” he said.
“When we step out of the line, the people (will lodge complaints with) my office. If we follow our (code of) ethics, we will be friends (with the people).”
Supt Alpha warned officers attending to complaints not to take things personally but to act professionally.

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