Police should fight systematic corruption

Letters

PLEASE allow me space to raise my views in the way the laws are plundered and not protected by the police, whose powers are constitutionally created.
Firstly, no offence should be taken by members of the constabulary, as these comments are general observations.
The powers and functions of the police force are to preserve peace and good order, maintain and enforce the law in an impartial and objective manner; and to lay charges, prosecute or withdraw charges in respect to offences.
The members of the force are not subject to any direction or control by any person as defined in the Police Act.
Over time, the police force had compromised its constitutional functions to arrest, charge and prosecute which made the citizens sick.
It’s a total disgrace on the force when they give excuse after excuse in lack of resources when their simple uniform is far more powerful than their gun.
The country has lost billions through systematic scams and schemes created by the system itself, to legally steal, which the police can’t investigate.
Policemen can’t just run after simple buai sellers and pull them down whilst climbing barbed wires.
What level of loss will this country make chasing a buai seller when you can’t investigate official scammers systematically stealing under the sun?
Of course, the attitude of the street vendor generally is an eye sore but he/she is only doing his best to make ends meet just as your fortnight.
Comparing a policemen chasing a buai seller and not professionally attending to systemic fraudsters is a total disgrace.
I request that the new Police Commissioner take a serious approach to fight systematic corruption which is eroding the functional systems of governance under the Westminster system in this country. Policemen and women, you have a constitutional function vested in you to go after these white collar criminals and help to “Take PNG Back”!

Koreken Levi,
Lawyer/Bureaucrat