Addressing senior police officers at the Police Protection Unit (PPU) in Harare yesterday, Commissioner General Godwin Matanga ordered police officers to stop wearing civilian attire when going and returning from work.
He said police officers should only wear their uniforms to increase visibility so as to prevent crime. Said Matanga:
Across all provinces where police uniforms are worn, junior members have of late developed a practice of putting on civilian attire when they travel to and from work. I do not know why members shun police uniform. I really wonder whether this stems from their failure to appreciate the effect of police visibility to the prevention of crime. This practice should cease forthwith. Corrective action should be preferred against anyone doing so without sufficient cause of leave of the superiors.
More: Herald
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