Times Of Swaziland: NATCOM, STATION COMMANDERS TO HOLD SPECIAL MEET

NATCOM, STATION COMMANDERS TO HOLD SPECIAL MEET
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Stanley Khumalo on 14/10/2022 07:02:00


MANZINI – The Royal Eswatini Police Service has had a busy week as at 10am
today, station commanders and station operations officers, will be in a special
meeting.
The station commanders and station operations officers from all the four regions
shall be having a special meeting with the National Commissioner (NATCOM) of
Police, William Tsitsibala Dlamini. This comes three days after the NATCOM
convened a special meeting with five representatives of each police station in
the country. There are about 23 police stations, 22 police posts, and 12 border
posts, as well as one airport security monitoring post. These police posts and
police stations are subordinated to the four regional headquarters and there is
also a support unit and a police college subordinated to the executive command.
In a communiqué to all regional police headquarters, dated October 13, 2022,
the NATCOM extended the invitation to the station commanders and station
(operations) officers at the Police Headquarters in Mbabane. The concise 84
words letter advised the officers it was addressed to, that they should attend
the meeting without fail and should treat the communication as urgent.
Discipline
Impeccable sources claimed that the meeting scheduled for today was set to
emphasise that discipline had to be rekindled within the police service,
following what was termed an embarrassing moment wherein junior officers
delivered a petition to the Cabinet offices directed to the Prime Minister (PM),
Cleopas Sipho Dlamini and two other ministers. It is worth noting that this
meeting comes at a time when the NATCOM was said to be engaging in a
‘vusela’ in all the regions to encourage  police officers to work selflessly
while also reminding them of their oath, which is to protect and serve, ensure
peace and safety in the country and serve the authorities of the land.
Dlamini, in a press statement, reminded police officers to ensure that they
respected human rights as they went about their duties while also emphasising
that they should work hand-in-hand with the public as they were a good source of
information. During the meeting, Dlamini was said to have reminded police
officers that even if there were misunderstandings within the organisation,
these quarrels should not let the law enforcers deviate from their oath of
service. Chief Police Information and Communications Officer Superintendent
Phindile Vilakati, could not be drawn to comment on the proposed meeting as she
said internal matters were not discussed with the media.