39 cops sacked in a year
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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.
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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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