Police brutality

THE article in The National on March 16, ‘Police not protecting human rights: Judge’, is a disgrace to the integrity of the force, especially when the comment came from a senior judge.
What irks me is the reaction of the other officers on duty who watched and condoned such brutal acts by their colleagues.
Every citizen of this country is sheltered under the Constitution and the rights accorded to them must be respected and valued.
Citizens have a right to full protection of the law even when arrested.
As revealed by the judge, the culture of police brutality is a threat to people’s human rights in this country. It is appalling as is committed on a daily basis.
The institution should be training a disciplined force to protect and enforce the law on behalf of the citizens but instead it is a lawless and brutal agency.
This is a distressing situation and the onus is now on the police hierarchy to wake up from its slumber and find a way to bring back public confidence in the police force.
The police force is the people’s institution and not an institution for thugs to do as they please.

Kiango Mondiei
Daulo, Goroka