A NEW format called “Fortnightly Performance Assessment” (FPA) has been introduced in the Border Command to assess the daily performances and conducts of police officers.
Assistant Commissioner Border Command, Perou N’Dranou is taking this new approach of getting the basic policing foundation right to assess police officers on what they are doing, when they come to work and what they are expected to do in their respective areas of operations.
Mr N’Dranou has implemented this approach in the New Guinea Islands (NGI) whilst he was the Assistant Commissioner New Guinea Islands Division. He said this approach has worked in the NGI and he is again taking the same approach in the Border Command as well.
ACP N’Dranou is introducing the first of its kind approach in the Constabulary and tasked his Provincial Police Commanders (PPCs) to conduct monthly parades to ensure they get these basics right in the commands.
He announced this approach whilst conducting his first ever official parade in the North Fly Police Command on Tuesday 01st October in Kiunga, Western province.
Mr N’Dranou told his policemen and policewomen on parade that if they were to change policing services then they could start assessing themselves daily. He said if police officers do not attend work today, it would be in their assessment records.
“If you continue to be absent from work and your Provincial Police Commander (PPC) or Police Station Commander (PSC) does not deal with you, I will deal with them.
“I am not going to deal with the police officers, but I will deal with the officers in command. That is my role. It is up to them to deal with you. There is no longer a free ride, and this is very important.
“I expect every single police officer in the Border command to at least do something in a day and it is a best practice.
That is the basics I am talking about. If you fail to submit your performance appraisal, all the good work you do is not recognized,” Mr N’Dranou said.
Commander N’Dranou said if PPCs do not assess police officers in each command, then the PPCs are assessed every day as well. The PPCs are required to submit performance assessments of individual police officers so their efforts are not wasted.
“The assessment is good for promotions as well. When promotion comes out the promotion board looks at your assessments to assess your performance. If you have not done any work at all, you do not apply because you are wasting your time.
“If you have been running around all this time, you must change. I know who’s working and who is not working. So, your elevation, and training is based on what you do daily,” Mr N’Dranou said.
Mr N’Dranou told police officers that their performance, and discipline are assessed through the Fortnightly Performance Assessment and the time of roaming around is over.
He said to create a network that if a public comes to the police station, and they (police officers) fail to assist them then the police officers are failing that responsibility so they would be dealt with.
Mr N’Dranou said the police officers were given the responsibility to perform and to serve the people of this nation. He said the police Executive Management and the government are there to ensure the service is delivered to the people.
