Privatise police force to see real improvement

 IT was really frustrating to read again about another group of rogue police officers from Port Moresby who were sent to search for the missing scientist, but ended up threatening villagers and almost burned a group of men alive. 

Such frightening incidences are happening daily, and  yet the police minister keeps turning a blind eye on them. 

I do not know when someone will step in to put an end to all these illegal practices that only expose and  reflect  the  weakness of the police minister and the police commissioner when they should be enforcing discipline and control  among the officers. 

The question that continuously comes to mind is do we lack capable people to replace such ineffective and unproductive persons like  the current police commissioner, who seems to have lost control of his men? 

In a private organisation, people like Tom Kulunga would have been first on the list to be shown the door, but it will never happen because of corruption and nepotism in the police force. 

The other question is why the prime minister is so fast to act on other departments like PNG Power, but not the police department, especially when the commissioner has  incurred huge costs to the state through his rogue and undisciplined policemen on the ground? 

Complaints after complaints have been raised in the media for a change of commissioner, but they have fallen on deaf ears. 

Maybe  we  should privatise the Police Department and let it be managed and run as a separate entity  so we can see a change just like other state entities which were once unproductive but had improved after being privatised. 

Wanbel Niape

Port Moresby