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By SHEILA LASIBORI
POLICE officers in the National Capital District have been warned not to
“abuse” police resources especially when trying to air grievances.
The main problem has been the lack of proper information conveyed to
concerned officers by the respective divisional commanders, who have
reportedly “passed the buck” onto the police headquarters at Konedobu to
address member grievances.
This comes after some NCD-based police officers who were reportedly
engaged in the election security operations, continuously used the main
police operations radio system to call for allowances, particularly
saying, “money, money, money”.
On Wednesday, the name of a senior police officer (named) based at
Konedobu was aired as several voices got into the system and expressed
their disappointment with the officer.
Police Commissioner Gari Baki on Wednesday directed the respective NCD
divisional heads to speak to their officers regarding the continuous use
of police facility to air grievances rather than serve NCD residents.
“I spoke to the officers. It is important they are given correct
information on it (allowances),” Mr Baki said, adding the non-payment of
allowances for the 10 days (of the counting period) was not only a
problem for the NCD-based officers but also for officers throughout the
country.
Mr Baki said the officers who would be paid included those who were
rostered and worked at the counting centres for the 10 counting days and
even those that went beyond the counting days.
He said his officers had been able to get the declaration dates of the
respective candidates especially those in NCD, to allow them to
calculate the appropriate allowances for those who were on duty.
Mr Baki said in NCD, the officers who would be paid were the 259 who
were assigned to the NCD regional counting centre at the Sir John Guise
Indoor Stadium, 169 for the Moresby North-East counting centre and 122
for Moresby South.
Mr Baki also expressed gratitude towards the Police Association for
making it clear to his office that the grievances regarding the
allowances was a management issue and not an industrial one.
 
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