THE Commander of National Capital District and Central province acting ACP Benjamin Turi had called on all police officers down the ranks and files to assist the acting NCD Metropolitan Superintendent Mazuc Rubiang to make sure the city is clean and safe for all.
He said all members must give your undivided support to our new Met/Supt. He said so far you all have done a tremendous job under his leadership.
According to National Capital District Metropolitan Superintendent Mazuc Rubiang, fewer crimes were reported during the weekend in and around Port Moresby. He said this was based on the police reports he had received through police reporting channels.
He said the city also looks clean, especially at the traffic lights, bus stops and public areas where people usually do vending. He said since the awareness program which police did convoys and drunk patrols some people had adhered to the awareness programs.
“Police will continue to do awareness again this week and will start enforcing what they had been doing awareness on. The stricter police bail rates that had been set by the bail authorities of NCD command are active and police will not hesitate to arrest people who do street vending, in possession of offensive weapons, using or holding onto phones when driving, domestic violence and ethnic clashes. The police bail rates are as follows Ethnic clashes is K10 000 police bail, alcohol-related offence is K5 000, domestic violence is K2000, carrying of offence weapons is K10 000, street vending is K5 000 and using a phone while driving is K5 000 police bail, Rubiang said.
He said this penalty applies to all including police officers and anyone of the general public. He said so far there had been some improvements in the city and this is a good sign that people are adhering to what had been said. He said police are moving around observing locations where street vendors are still doing marketing and they will come in numbers to arrest those who are selling or are loitering at the not designated market places.
“ I want to call on the public to help police enforce these laws. It’s not only the police who will police up these places because we are outnumbered. We have fewer police officers in the city who cannot be everywhere in the city at one time. Police officers are working one shift and when one shift rest the other shift comes on duty. Those who are working in the specialist divisions work only during the weekdays. Those who work during the weekdays can be called in to assist when needed, he added.
Supt Rubaing further added that since the city is clean and people are not congregating in public place it must be maintained. He said the police will still be out in numbers to what ever instructions that are he tells them to do.
