MUTARE A senior Mutare police officer has vowed to weed out police officers engaged in corrupt activities, saying the vice had tainted the image of the force.
Addressing a one-day Manicaland Community Relations Liaison Officers workshop held at Mutare Hall at the weekend, Assistant Commissioner Edward Mbewe said his office would work closely with the provincial anti-corruption committee to curb the vice.
His remarks came hardly two days after NewsDay carried a report where senior police officers in the province were linked to smuggling of second-hand clothes and other commodities from Mozambique.
It would be naive for me not to say something about the scourge of corruption, said Mbewe. I know your duties involve mainly interacting with people and chances are very high to be tempted into corrupt activities.
You are all aware that we now have a provincial anti-corruption committee which is mandated to ensure that corruption of whatever form will never be given any breathing space within the province. I urge you to remain upright, sincere, honest and be true ambassadors of the province, the view mirror from which the public see us.
The provincial anti-corruption committee has already arrested some police officers in the province, including a Nyanga-based police inspector who was recently hauled before the courts for allegedly stealing fines.
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The workshop was attended by members of the community liaison section from all stations in the province.