Chairman of the Police Complaints Authority (PCA) Cecil Kennard will meet with Bartica residents from Friday, May 23rd to Sunday, May 25th to inform them of the PCA’s mandate.
According to a press release Kennard will meet the Bartica police at 1.30 pm on May 23rd at their station and in the evening he will appear on a televised broadcast to explain his role and function to the community.
On May 24th he will meet with the public from 8.30 am in the boardroom of the Regional Democratic Council to receive complaints.
This is not the correct way for the Chairman of the police complaints to carry out his or her function. The police must have a fair hearing and justice must seems to be done.
The public who have a complaint to make againat any member of the force has that right. However , to stage a public meeting with the members of the community and then sit down and take complaints from the public is not a good sign.
If a member of the public have a complaint to make against a member of the force let them come forward and lodge their complaint. Do not allowed them in such a forum to air their dissatisfaction against the police. You are undermining the police.