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Namibia: Police Motivation Key to Fighting Crime - Pohamba
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The Namibian (Windhoek)
7 August 2008
Posted to the web 7 August 2008
Absalom Shigwedha
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba says it would be unrealistic to expect the Police to fulfil their mandate if they were not provided with the means to do so.
"They should be adequately supplied with the necessary equipment and tools to do their jobs effectively," Pohamba told the annual meeting of the Southern Africa Regional Police Chiefs Cooperation Organisation (Sarpcco) in Windhoek yesterday.
The President said criminals were increasingly making use of information technology to evade the long arm of the law and faced with such challenges, the Police should work harder, think faster and move faster to outmanoeuvre the criminals.
He called for well-articulated tactics and operational strategies that are well understood, not only by policy makers, but more importantly, by the officers who carry them out.
"Tactical advantage can be further enhanced by ensuring that the men and women in uniform receive proper training and instructions," he said.
Pohamba said the success of law enforcement agencies depended in large measure on officers' level of motivation.
He said it was therefore in the best interest of the SADC region to ensure that the police are motivated to do their job.
Pohamba said it was vital to ensure that channels for sharing information among regional police forces were effective and reliable.
The chief of the Namibian Police, Lieutenant General Sebastian Ndeitunga, is taking over as chairperson of Sarpcco from the chief of the Zambian Police Service, Inspector General Ephraim Mateyo.
Namibian Safety and Security Minister Dr Nickey Iyambo is taking over as chairperson of the Council of Ministers of Sarpcco from the Zambian Minister of Home Affairs, Lieutenant General Ronnie Shikapwasha.
Addressing a press conference at the end of the meeting, Minister Iyambo said crime destroyed countries and chased away much-needed investors.
He said in Namibia crime was mainly caused by unemployment and poverty.
Many of the crimes in Namibia were being committed by able-bodied young people who should have been working to earn money, the Minister said.
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According to Iyambo, the biggest challenges facing the police in southern Africa were drug trafficking, money laundering and the high number of illegal firearms.
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