Turi facing challenge of police ill-discipline

Port Moresby police are alleged to have created an environment of ill-discipline fostering a trails of cover-ups involving police cases.

This negligence of discipline has occurred from a lack of command and control over time.

NCD Metropolitan Police Commander Ben Turi says that the serious gap in discipline and command over the past 8 to 10 years in the Port Moresby has seen  no commander carrying out disciplinary actions on police officers of questionable conduct.

Turi says this has seen over time  developed an environment of negligence which is a major challenge for his command.

He says that any commander  must be ready to discipline his own staff because that if they cannot do this, it will be difficult for them to discipline others under their command.

He says that this has led to many serous cover-ups of major cases ranging from murder to rape which he is now now  exposing.

However, Turi says otherwise the good, honest and hard working officers on hand are doing their best despite the need for additional manpower as well as logistics support to help them in their work.

He says there is a real need to deal with the issue of accommodation which is a main issue faced by police, not only in Port Moresby but in other centers as well.

Author: 
Julianna Waeda