POLICE personnel are not cash collectors and should not demand cash from the public for an offence regardless of its nature and magnitude, says NCD Metropolitan Superintend Andy Bawa.
Mr Bawa said this after a woman inboxed him on his Facebook account claiming she was forced to pay K80 for no good reason by police at Kwikila in the Central Province over the festive season when she was travelling back from the village. "I urge you all to request whoever police personnel who asks you for a spot fine to give you his/her name and number together with which police station he/she works and report them to me so I will deal with them," Mr Bawa said "It is a very serious offence for police personnel to collect cash from the public, there are designated offices for fines to be paid and receipts issued." According to Mr Bawa no major incidents were recorded within his command and the city residents observed a peaceful Christmas and new year period despite minor hiccups. Whilst commending the city police for a successful festive operation Mr Bawa revealed that 904 cartons and nine bottles of beer were confiscated during the festive operations. Meanwhile, a man was killed and four people including a mother and daughter were injured in a new year brawl at Badiagwa near Port Moresby. Police say the diseased is from Goilala and the incident happened as a result of an attack on a group of men who were in search of alcohol in the area during the liquor ban. PNGfacts/PC Comments are closed.
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