Sack the entire police hierarchy, says Papua New Guinea Police Association general secretary Clemence Kanau.
Kanau made the call Tuesday following the general breakdown of command and control in the police force in the first month of this year. “Despite our continuous effort to improve our members’ working conditions in welfare, salary and accommodation, we seem to have deep rooted problems in the code of conduct of our members which, the police union believes, is a sign of bad leadership in the police force,” Kanau said. He said it is those in command and control of the force, which may be regarded as the catalysts for the trend of rising misdemeanour. He urged the Government to make a full change to the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary (RPNGC). Kanau said there should be a complete change in the top police hierarchy, which had failed to command and preserve discipline in the RPNGC. “We need to replace senior officers who are content with the uniform they wear and who have grown stagnant in the organisation. “We need new leadership in the police force. People with vision who can see beyond and who can change with the time and lead a disciplined force,” he said. Kanau added that the police union believes there were brilliant and disciplined young police officers who had come up the rank, matured and who were ready for senior appointment. For that cause, he also called on the Government to look at rebuilding the pride and status of the RPNGC through these officers. He said the Police Commissioner, Deputy Police Commissioner and all the Assistant Police Commissioners must explain why they have allowed discipline to erode. Meanwhile, the National Capital District Commission police reserve unit will be decommissioned and its vehicles, uniforms and firearms returned to the constabulary. Police Commissioner Geoffrey Vaki issued the orders Tuesday which also applied to the Bank South Pacific reserve unit. The order to the NCDC police reserve came as a result of the Hanuabada shootings two weeks ago while the BSP reserve unit disbanding and decommissioning was because guards were using police uniforms and firearms to perform security work for the commercial bank. Acting deputy commissioner operations Jim Andrews said the NCDC would have to explore alternative options on how to enforce by-laws governing all municipalities within the city without the direct involvement of police. He said the city rangers concept should be reintroduced and selected applicants should be trained and fairly remunerated to undertake this very challenging role of maintaining order and cleanliness. “The police should only be called upon as and when the city rangers are faced with resistance from illegal betelnut traders and vendors, loiterers and other municipal law breakers, within the city,” he said. Andrews said the decision to disband and decommission the NCDC reserve unit was made by Vaki to ensure proper care and management of the constabulary’s resources, more particularly the use of firearms. He said the reserve and auxiliary concepts were scrapped during Commissioner Gari Baki’s tenure but reservations were made through signed MOAs with the mining companies, BSP Bank, Air Niugini and several provincial governments which were funding the upkeep of these reservists. The RPNGC was going to review the concept with the aim of selecting applicants with good reputation and character to be re-enlisted into the constabulary, but the review was indefinitely shelved. Source: Radio New Zealand International Next News Headlines
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