SOE to restore law in SHP

THE main State of Emergency (SOE) objective is to restore the rule of law in the troubled Southern Highlands, says assistance commissioner of police operations David Manning.
He said the SOE operation was intended to rebuild the police force in the province.
“We will install public confidence in the police and restore the integrity of police by conducting operational duties independently to bring back peace in the communities,” he said.
“Our job is to rebuild the police force in the province and ensure a higher degree of policing services is available to the various communities and that the police-public relationship is improved.”
Manning said they would also look at fixing the policing services and identify the confusion in rank and file within the local police that resulted in the breakdown of command and control in Southern Highlands.