PLEASE JUST RESCUE THE POLICE SERVICE

Sir,

This has been going on for a long time and it has been thought to be a correct thing yet it is not. I will be specific, for this is my view of a real observation. I have noted with disappointment how unacceptable behaviors are not taken seriously by not only the public but also by executive members of an organisation believed to be of law enforcers.

The police service is a mockery. It doesn’t make any sense for a leader within a certain section of this organisation to be involved in an intimate relationship with his subordinates.

This is ethically wrong and unacceptable, and in an organisation that has vision and direction, such should be prohibited and if by mistake it happens, it should be dealt with accordingly. I fail to understand how your ‘boss’ can be involved in a relationship with you and nothing gets done about it. Think of a situation where a station commander, for instance, calls a junior officer into his office and because of being ‘disciplined’ the junior rushes there only to be welcomed by ‘charming’ and ‘love’ filled eyes from the boss.

What do you expect that innocent high school graduate to do who might have struggled to get to government’s payroll in the first place? Everybody wants the best for himself/herself and if a ‘chance’ avails itself, nobody would want to let it go. That ‘high school’ graduate will fall for the trap and be fooled into thinking that dating the boss would land him or her chances of being elevated. We have seen it happening so it is now a ‘talk of the town’. This is wrong and something has to be done about it.

Who can intervene and do something about this anomaly that has been perceived by members of this organisation as a norm. This has negative effects on the performance of the organisation in any form of good service delivery that you may think of. The public expects the police to be exemplary in all that they do but that is no longer the case.

To those who do this, they must know that it is wrong and it should not be done. It affects production and service delivery. I pray that as you read this letter, you will think about this and look back. We have not come to change things here but wrong is wrong and we will not sit and fold our arms while things get done the wrong way.

To you our vulnerable sisters who have been victims but cannot realise you are victims because you have since benefited personally, we are ‘happy’ for you but pitiful for the organisation. You are now leading certain sections of this organisation yet you are lacking not only experience but also the fundamental basics of procedures of doing things.

This is really worrying and one wonders where the police service is heading. Women need to be empowered but their empowerment should be done professionally. Deserving women should go into leadership positions.

Labomanyovu asebasicolele. We have women in the organisation who are very professional and dedicated to police work, who actually qualify to be recognised and they deservedly should be promoted for they have all the qualities of being good leaders. Incoming legislators please rescue the police service.

Internal Observer

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