New 255 Police Officers Graduates In Central Equatoria 255 new police officers graduated on Friday in a colourful ceremony at the Police Headquarters in Juba. The Central Equatoria State Minister of Legal Affairs, Ajonye Barbatelo congratulated the new police recruits and urged them to adhere to the rule of law. 01 May 2011 New 255 Police Officers Graduate In Central Equatoria The new police officers grandaunts at the Juba police headquarters [©Gurtong]
By Juma John Stephen JUBA, 29th April, 2011 [Gurtong] – 255 new police officers graduated on Friday in a colourful ceremony at the Police Headquarters in Juba. The Central Equatoria State Minister of Legal Affairs, Ajonye Barbatelo congratulated the new police recruits and urged them to adhere to the rule of law. In her speech during the graduation ceremony, Anjonye Barbatelo the Minister of Legal Affairs and Law Enforcement urged the new recruits to take their service seriously as they serve South Sudan based on their newly acquired policing skills. “The 255 who have graduated today is a big force that can make a great and positive change if all of you took it at a serious note that you are going to serve the people of southern Sudan in the police forces.” Said Ajonye while adding that; “The State would like this lot of recruits, if not all, to be trained in English language so that they can understand the penal code or the laws of South Sudan which are passed in English very well.” Anjonye cautioned the new force to stick to their vows and not to misuse their weapons by engaging in criminal activities hence taking advantage of their positions. “Don’t and never allow your police signs (gun, uniform etc) which are given to you to be misused by somebody knowing or not knowing that it’s a crime.” She emphasized her caution stating that there were lots of cases where people put on police uniform hence committing crimes while impersonating the police. Anjonye confirmed that 41 people were in CES prisons with similar charges. The Minister urged the Inspector General of Police, IGP, to select 30 graduates from the new police recruits to be trained by Instituted for Promotion of Civil Society, IPCS, to concentrate on Women and Children issues as a special Unit. The Assistant Inspector General of Police for Administration and Training, Major General, Makur Marol Aduot who was representing the IGP said that the police should not take sides when delivering services to the citizens of South Sudan. “I would like to tell the South Sudanese police in general that when they are delivering their services, they should not take sides and should do their work without taking bribes.” He warned. Due to rise in criminal activities in Juba, the force is planning to open more police stations to monitor and protect civilians, Aduot said. The Central Equatoria State Commissioner of Police, Major General Nicholas Dimo reiterated that the new police graduates should respect the law and work according to the law. The Director of Training for the South Sudan Police Service, Major General Jackson Elia highlighted challenges facing the police unit as illiteracy levels, low capacity building for law implementation and low salary payments. He further mentioned that decentralization is one of the challenges that will cause tribalism and he appealed to the police not to indulge in the politics of tribalism. The Central Equatoria State now has over 4, 000 police officers who are delivering services in the State and more are still to be trained according to the Police Administrators. Posted in: Home -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JFD info" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jfdinfo?hl=en.
