Police in Dedza have expressed worry over citizens’ reluctance to report criminal activities taking place in their areas.
This was disclosed on Wednesday on the sidelines of a Court Users Committee (CUC) meeting which was organised with support from Rights Advice Centre (RAC) and ActionAid.
CUC comprises of Traditional leaders, councillors, Police officers, judiciary officials (magistrates), and officials from other government departments, and members of civil society organizations.
Dedza Police Station Prosecution Officer (SPO) Superintendent Patrick Chambuluka while reacting to concerns raised by residents of Dedza that the police is not working to their expectation, observed with sadness that people are not coming forward to report crime to the Police.
He described the behaviour as worrisome since the Police depend on people to provide them with tips in order for them to effectively carry out alleged investigations.
Chambuluka cited an example of a certain family that was keeping 17 Ethiopians in their house.
“Recently there was a case where some Malawians were keeping 17 Ethiopians, nobody came to us to report the issue. But a boy aged 12 after noting that the 17 were not looking like Malawians, he came to tip us on the development, we rushed to the area and at the moment the owners of the house have been jailed for 10 years,” he said.
Chambuluka then urged traditional leaders to encourage people to report any criminal allegations to the police in order to ensure peace and stability in the district.
Reacting to the call, Senior Chief Kachere of Dedza said lack of interest among people from various villages is one of the factors which makes them not to report the criminal allegations to Police.
He then said he will civic educate his subordinates to take the responsibility of reporting cases to Police.
“We will encourage them to provide tips to the police so that justice should be prevailing. A lot of people think the police and courts are for government officers but they have to know that it is their home hence they should report the cases to the Police,” Kachere said.
u report someone today, the next time u are a victim of police brutality and they lock u up for no apparent reason or for drinking @ night. waste of time
Next time u must learn to talk sense on the media
chimandibowa nchoti inu mumadziwa anthu amene achita nkhanza amzawo koma u dont take an action. so what r talking about.let us kill each other inu muzidya ndalama zaboma zaulele shit
We get discouraged by reporting wealthy criminals as of which they r scot free than harsh justice to poor criminals. What justice????
Ndiye anthu sakhutitsidwa ndi nthito ya polisi
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kubela anthu basi
He travel instead of searching for criminals
Ask your master who deploy you whenever
Its better to keep quiet than reporting u dont do anything
Why are they busy collecting bribes in our dilapidated roads?We set a thief to catch a thief, so them being criminals should go and catch their fellow criminals.
Olo ine sindingaulule, amamumangaso oululayo amvekele ukudziwapo kanthu. Driver anakakamizidwa ndimfuti kunyamula ng’ombe zakuba. Anapeza masamu mpaka kukawapeleka mu wire Ku Police. Inu mkumumangaso Driver multi ukudzaiwapo kanthu?
Don’t expect to end robbery in Malawi.
when we report to them they say go and catch them and bring them here thats why people dont report
why call the cops when we can handle things better we dont need them #MOB_JUSTICE_SHARIA_LAW
Some police officers are childish, you tip them, they tell everyone about it at a drinking joint.
the last time people had reported that Chaponda has stolen maize and cops were idle,but when they reported about people being in possesion of coupons in Kasungu 15 cops emerged from a toyota cruiser with guns.they must be specific as to which type of citizens we must give them a tip.
Kikkkkk
so they must sit in the office waiting for reports
n when community burn a criminal u say atenga lamulo mmanja mwao
u sound very stupid