Police should reflect on how to prevent violent crime – Nyusi

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Police should reflect on how to prevent violent crime – Nyusi

8:57 CAT | 27 Feb 2017

Notícias / Nyusi said that it is the duty of the police to restore order by preventing and repressing crime, in the framework of the law and of respect for the fundamental rights of citizens, such as the right to life and to physical integrity”.

Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Friday urged the Academy of Police Sciences (ACIPOL) and the police force itself to reflect about the best way of combating violent crime and domestic violence.

“It’s time for us to try and seek the reasons behind such attitudes and work to avoid their repetition”, declared Nyusi during a ceremony at which 231 police officers graduated at the ACIPOL headquarters, in Marracuene district, about 30 kilometres north of Maputo.

He stressed that modern societies are characterized by constant improvements in their police forces so that they can rise to present and future challenges, anticipating events through prevention.

He urged the graduates “to commit yourselves to the people and use the scientific knowledge acquired during your training to improve the security of Mozambicans and of all those who, for various reasons, are in the country”.

He noted that the latest cases reported should lead citizens to rethink social values, as well as the role of the state in building a healthy and harmonious society.

Nyusi said that violence is sheathed with the false perception that there is something natural about aggressive acts. “This happens, for example, when we believe that physical and verbal aggression is equitable punishment, and promotes the character and personality of a particular member of the family”, the President added.

Nyusi stressed the role of the family, the churches and the community in general in the all-round training of citizens, and of the State itself, which contributes with educational institutions, such as ACIPOL.

“It is also up to the State to act so as to correct deviant or criminal behavior through the police, on the one hand, and through the courts on the other”, he continued. “Institutions such as ACIPOL should ponder, through studies and research, on how to correct these types of criminal phenomena”.

Nyusi said that it is the duty of the police to restore order by preventing and repressing crime, in the framework of the law and of respect for the fundamental rights of citizens, such as the right to life and to physical integrity”.

Police training, he added, is only meaningful if, on the various fronts of preventing and fighting crime, it makes a positive difference, and if this difference is reflected in public tranquility and security.

Nyusi urged the graduates “to be reference points in professional ethics, so that you can induce transformations which we hope will be permanent”.

Source: AIM