Caption: Metropolitan Superintendent Bawa (centre) inspecting his officers at the parade.
By MATTHEW VARI
Sunday, September 8, 2013 (Sunday Chronicle, PNG)
THAT was the message by the reinstated Metropolitan Superintendent for NCD, Andy Bawa, at the metropolitan command’s monthly parade held at the Boroko Police station car park, in Port Moresby last week.
In his address, Mr Bawa elaborated on three issues that have collectively tainted the image of the constabulary, and emphasized the importance of addressing them quickly to restore public confidence in the force.
The first issue was in reference to the lack of discipline that members within the police have continued to show in recent times.
“Discipline keeps you, it saves you from trouble and problems, and it makes you look good, in your uniform, in your job, and in your office.”
“How can we discipline others and our own children if we are not disciplined ourselves,” he said.
Referring to 50 percent of the total number of correspondences he goes through are all related to disciplinary issues, not only by members of the police, but the other disciplined forces also.
Good service was the second agenda, which the commander referred to as being pathetic, regarding the time it takes for officers to respond to complaints.
“Our reputation and sales depends very much on the satisfaction of our customers on our product or the service we provide.”
“If we were a profit making organization, we would have been liquidated ages ago since our slow response times would have cost us a huge loss of business.”
“The public perception on our efficiency and effectiveness is very poor and negative- they have numerous complaints on our lack of concern and sensitivity to particular cases,” he pointed out.
He told his officers to change their mindsets on how they approached their job on a day to day basis through the support of the community, which was his third point of address-saying that addressing the first two issues he raised would enable the full trust and support from the community in their fight against crime.
“We cannot fight crime alone, this is an ongoing war as long as evil is present in this world, we can minimize it effectively with the support of our communities.”
He appealed to the resident in NCD to assist the police fight crime in the city, urging them to be partners in the fight against a common enemy which is crime.
When asked about his reappointment to the post of the top cop in the city, a month after being reassigned- he said he was happy to be back and thanked Commissioner of Police Tom Kulunga, for the trust he had in him.
“I will continue from where I started and will not waste any time to reshape the image of the force in the city.”
The Superintendent also announced that independence operations in the city to commence on September 9 and will run for a week.
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