Overhaul police force before modernisation

 IT was exciting to see the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabula­ry putting on its modernisation road show recently.

How real is this modernisation programme when the con­sta­bulary is faced with deficiencies in its administration and operational capabilities?

The police force is un­likely to adopt stringent and phi­losophical changes to transform from the current form when people who are aging or have already reached retirement age are still clinging onto their positions.

Over the years, the force has been left to crumble under the weight of institutional and or­ganised manipulation and corruption.

Having these adverse symptoms of the social and adminis­trative ills flourishing within the RPNGC, how can we progress from the current state into a mo­dern force comparable to others in the world?

Before we proceed into the modernisation phase, the PNG government should conduct a complete overhaul of the entire police force.

There should be an “open inquiry” to investigate the ad­ministrative, bureaucratic and operational systems of the force.

The entire system should be overhauled and the infrastructure and personnel must be upgraded.

The syllabus and recruitment procedures must also be targeted. 

Personnel with pot-bellies and buai-stained teeth and lips must be among the first to be removed.

Otherwise, there will not be any  positive outcome.

Why come out in public and put on a spectacular show when the institution is crumbling under corruption?

Bush Marasin

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