Police pushing ahead with move to make Moresby clean

THREE police units in Port Moresby are working together to carry out cleanliness awareness in the city to prepare for the third senior officials’ meeting (SOM3) leading up to November’s Apec summit.
National Capital District Metropolitan Superintendent Perou N’dranou told The National during an awareness session at 6-Mile that personnel from the dog unit, Central police and NCD community policing were working together to do run the awareness programme.
“One of our roles would be to enforce the betel nut ban and illegal vending in the city to promote cleanliness of the city to prepare for Apec,” he said.
“We are not telling the public to stop selling betel nuts but asking them to bring it to the right marketplace to do their business.”
He requested two things from the community: To keep the city clean and to stop violence on women and children.
“If you listen to me, then I will listen to you, if you want the law to help you then you have to behave so that forces will not be applied,” N’dranou said.
He said police would not be violent against anyone but if they did, there had to be a reason behind that.
The programme should make people aware that leaders from other countries would be visiting our places.
The cleanliness programme was launched on Wednesday and would continue in to November.