WE’LL GET RID OF DIRTY COPS – PM

MBABANE – Formed in 1907, few would dispute that the Royal Swaziland Police Service is currently in its pathetic state ever in its 110 years of existence.

Challenged by this, it appears paralysed.
At the core of its weakness is the rot of individuals, which manifests itself in the form of corruption and committal of serious crimes.

Arguably, the police service leadership at all levels had struggled in confronting and eliminating this scourge of parasitism. As a result, tragically, the Royal Swaziland Police Service’s inflicted state of disintegration mirrors that of other security forces.
The citizens are fast losing confidence in the police service due to the massive scandals involving those who are given a rare privilege of safeguarding our safety.

Against this backdrop, whether highest ranking or junior, all law breaking police officers  find themselves undergoing disciplinary hearings and are put in the dock on charges of corruption and subsequently expelled from the force if found guilty.

This is if the words of the Prime Minister (PM) Sibusiso Barnabas Dlamini are anything to go by. The PM is the one who is in charge of the police service and is even referred to as the Minister of Police.

Speaking to the Times SUNDAY, the first man in command of His Majesty King Mswati III’s government made it clear that all law breaking police officers would be brought to book. The pm said that the police service has a code of conduct, which all police officers are expected to abide by. “If anyone breaks the laid down rules or law he/she is accordingly disciplined or made to appear before a court of law like any other offender,” the premier said.

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