The police must stop being a nuisance on our roads

We always have to commend the police for a lot of good work they do. I must confess that among the other security forces which include Prisons Services, Botswana Defence Force and the Intelligence Services, the police have the hardest job of them all.

When I was still an officer at BDF, going on duty for one week on police patrols was always a form of torture. They always have their hands full. The level of crime in this country is always under-reported and therefore under-estimated.

In their overwhelming work, the police seem to have found a way of making their presence rudely felt. Most of us who went out to Jwaneng for the weekend have really suffered at the hands of the police. The only crime we had committed was driving motor vehicles. There were roadblocks everywhere and this to the inconvenience of members of the public.

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