Create traffic school for police

THIS is a call to the Royal PNG Constabulary to engage relevant stakeholders and government bodies to meet and discuss about establishing a traffic police school in the constabulary.
In the police conference at the Stanley Hotel last week in Port Moresby, not once did I read about a dialogue in addressing issues of traffic policing in the city’s’ peripheries and Central.
This dialogue could mean that in future police recruitments, those who seek enlistment to become traffic officers would be subject to a different screening and recruitment process compared to the general police enlisting.
This request should not fall on deaf ears because it is crucial that this vacuum within the force is addressed.
Almost every day, there are new motorist in our roads and old ones who keep defying basic road safety guidelines.
This would help cut down the issue of roles overlapping within the force where members of the force partake in various roles, which lead to a breakdown in the chain of command and increase in illegal activities by the force opposing to general rules and conduct.
The traffic school would allow officers to go through lectures on road safety, the various traffic laws, understanding how to control flow of traffic.
They can train to use a radar speed gun to see if motorist are travelling above the speed level or a slowing down the traffic mostly in our highways.
Right now, there are numerous traffic violations every day and it seems that the police are either down on manpower or are only concerned with traffic if it’s during a public event or during the festive season.
Opening a school for traffic police would boost manpower and deliver efficient and competent officers.
These officer can be specifically tasked with controlling traffic in our city and country for the greater good of the public.

Observer,
NCD