By APN Reporter
apearlnews.com
The territorial police in Kampala Metropolitan North, in coordination with the Professional Standards Unit, has two police officers in custody for withdrawing from duty without permission and for executing civil matters.
The officers, which included Police Constable Wako Michael and Police Constable Bwire Kevin, both attached to Kawempe Police Station, left their beat after they were hired by a one Nsubuga Richard to go and arrest his father, Mubiru Haruna, in Mpigi over a civil matter pertaining to his father’s wealth.
They were arrested on October 30, 2012, by Officer Incharge of Nakirebe Police Station after they presented a police reference from Katwe Police Station (63/27/10/2023) that was connected, and detained for professional misconduct and abuse of authority.
Police spokesperson Fred Enanga says that the public should not only expect but also deserve to have trust and confidence in the police. When such police officers abuse their position for selfish gains, particularly in respect of vulnerable persons, such behavior represents a fundamental betrayal of the public and the values for which the police service stands.
He further revealed that the leadership of the police has strongly condemned such reprehensible behavior, which can never be justified or condoned since it is an act of abuse of office and corruption. Those who abuse their position have no place in the service. What is encouraging is that the vast majority of our officers consistently conduct themselves in accordance with our high standards.
Enanga says that the Uganda Police Force has a policy on corruption and standing orders that give proper emphasis to our principled desire to prevent such behaviors from occurring. It also sets out the means by which we will improve our collective approaches to the utilization of proactive tactics to better gather intelligence, identify corrupt and indisciplined individuals, and vigorously pursue and remove them from the service, for the benefit of the public and the police as well.
He also pledged to effectively implement the policy and standing orders to combat such serious forms of misconduct and exploitation that erode public confidence and trust in the police.
