Bad police experience

I wish to thank the office of Police Internal Affairs Directorate director Chief Superintendent Robert Ali which responded quickly and directed senior sergeants Agarong and Mattew and another inspector to investigate a matter at Waigani police station on June 26.
On the other hand I wish to say that police officers at Waigani police station, apart from the commander, lack professionalism.
A suspect was taken into Waigani police station on Tuesday, June 26. He called his lawyer. The police officers he was dealing with at around 2pm to 3pm, were violent, abusive and undisciplined.
The suspect’s lawyer, who is a senior lawyer and the principal of a law firm, wanted to meet with his client to provide advice but the duty officers (named) argued that lawyers were not allowed to see suspects alleged to have committed indictable offences. They became very aggressive when the lawyer questioned them about the law.
The lawyer said that the law the policemen were referring to, the Lawyers Act, had nothing to do with the arrest but the police officers were very aggressive and did not want to talk. They threatened violence on anyone who stood in their way.
Is this behaviour normal? Are police officers mandated to be judge and jury?
If you had never experienced police brutality and were there and seen what was going on, you’d have pissed your pants.
What sort of laws are Waigani police officers following? Are they following PNG laws or some foreign laws? Nowhere in the PNG Lawyers Act does it say that lawyers are not allowed to see their clients when they are being detained to answer to questions.
The police hierarchy should conduct an inquiry into the station and the police officers who work there and warn them any more complaints will result in dismissal and charges laid.

Ramson Eroa