Police officers highlight issues affecting operations

LACK of transport and weapons are just some of the issues affecting police officers in the nation’s capital, according to Police Minister Bryan Kramer.
Police officers told him about the hardships they faced on a daily basis when he visited about 10 police stations in the National Capital District on Tuesday.
Kramer was accompanied by Acting Deputy Commissioner and chief of operations David Manning and director of Internal Affairs Chief Supt Robert Ali.
The intention of the visit was for the minister to observe and monitor how police at each station operated at night. The team started their visit at the Port Moresby Police Station and proceeded onto Badili, Hohola and ended at the Gordon Police Station.
Kramer had a chance to have a one-on-one discussion with shift members at each station and they shared their hardship faced at work place daily.
The majority of the issues encountered were lack of transport for pick-up and drop offs, lack of occurrence books to register complaints, lack of weapons and issue of police uniforms.
At some stations with no transport for pick up, members for the next shift such as midnight (11pm-7am) had to make their own way to their stations during daytime and stayed around until their shift started.