THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has acquired the latest
surveillance equipment to aid officers execute their duties in line with
international standards.
Deputy Commissioner-General Learn Ncube revealed this
yesterday at the end of a week-long rebranding and refresher course for 55
senior officers at Ntabazinduna Training Depot.
He said latest technologies are essential for the
operations of any modern police organisation.
“As an organisation we are aware that for the rebranding
exercise to be successful we should be well resourced. Without doubt policing
requires timeous deployment of necessary equipment. In these contemporary times
we are living in, our police service must have modern tools of trade such as
drones, helicopters, vehicles and surveillance cameras to mention just a few.
In addition our police officers should be provided with a decent office and
residential accommodation,” said Deputy Comm-Gen Ncube.
He said police were satisfied that Government has committed
and pledged to resource the police force.
Deputy Comm-Gen
Ncube said they will continue to engage Government through the office of the
Minister of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Cde Cain Mathema to fulfill the
pledges.
He said so far police have acquired the latest surveillance
equipment and some officers are already being trained to use it.
Deputy Comm-Gen Ncube however, did not reveal the kind of
surveillance equipment the organisation has acquired, only stating that the
public will be notified of the developments in due course.
“Government has
pledged to assist us by provision of the latest technologies, let me share with
the house that we have since received some latest surveillance gadgets and we
have some officers who are undergoing training in terms of the usage of that
equipment and indeed our performance will be improved,” he said.
Deputy Comm-Gen Ncube equated the police rebranding
exercise to a life cycle of an eagle.
He said as an eagle gets old, it loses its strength and has
to reinvent itself through a gruelling exercise or risk death.
“This shows the importance of making choices, its either
you die or undergo this painful exercise of rebranding. Definitely as an
organisation, we have seen it fit to say let us undergo this painful exercise.
It’s an exercise which as an organisation we see prudent to undergo for our
survival,” said Deputy Comm-Gen Ncube.
He said police play a critical role in the country’s
national development agenda. Deputy Com-Gen Ncube said both foreign and local investors
should feel safe in pouring their investments into the country.
“Investors are reluctant to put their wealth in a crime
prone environment. Equally, communities abhor crime. In the Zimbabwe we want as
espoused in vision 2030, the police should remain a symbol of peace and a place
of refuge,” said Deputy Com-Gen Ncube.
Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga officially
opened the rebranding refresher course training on Tuesday and revealed that
the ZRP had started implementing recommendations made to it by the Commission
of inquiry that was chaired by former South Africa President Kgalema Motlanthe.
The commendations include equipping the police with the
necessary skills and capacity for dealing with rioters, further training in
order to be professional and non-partisan in the interests of national
cohesion, the protection of all citizens as well as preventing corporate
failings in the future. Chronicle
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