Better Policing Needed

It is quite sad to hear of another fatal shooting incident where a policeman allegedly shot his friend after the revolver under his pillow went off.

Then in today’s papers there is the case of cops being caught for extortion.

Fortunately the police were able to catch the culprits before the crime progressed further.

Studying the two incidents, it seems that better policing methods are needed.

The first incident indicates that some people are not fully aware of how to safeguard their firearms as placing a loaded revolver under one’s pillow is rather foolhardy. The least the guy should have done was to remove the bullets from the weapon and store them separately.

It had been reported that the armoury was closed when the raid was over. Is it the common practice to allow off duty cops to keep their weapons?

One would think having a night safe at the police station for temporary storage would be better than allowing policemen to take home their guns.

If that is the case it surely provides the means for a few rogue cops to smear the name of our police force.

It is time for the government to establish the IPCMC so that the public can be assured that these types of incidents are eliminated.

photo: The Star